Jews Strive To Restore Christmas Trees At Seattle Airport
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From: Mike Hunt on 15 Dec 2006 02:13 constantinopoli(a)gmail.com wrote: > Mark K. Bilbo wrote: > >>On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 22:02:49 -0800, Laura Sanchez wrote: >> >> >>>>Too bad Christianity doesn't return the favor. >>> >>> >>>Excuse me? It's Christians that are the only ones defending Israel and >>>denouncing anti-Semitism. >> >>By refusing to add a menorah to the airport display? > > > If there's a choice between displaying all religions and displaying > none - and that was ultimately the choice - then the better option is > to display none. > > Christmas trees are nonreligious as all obvious traces of Christianity > are removed (a nativity scene would constitute an obvious Christian > element). Christmas is in fact a federal holiday and therefore secular > (since the federal state is secular), and so to celebrate Christmas is > not, by itself, to celebrate Christianity. Nonsense. Are you referring to the same Federal government that puts "In God We Trust" on the currency. Or, perhaps the one where Chaplains say prayers in both houses of Congress?
From: Mike Hunt on 15 Dec 2006 02:17 James A. Donald wrote: > There was no manger at the airport, nor any prayer. The > airport Christmas was carefully sanitized of anything > with the slightest connection to Christianity. Nonsense. Why do you think it is called CHRISTmas? CHRISTians brought the tree celebration idea to the US. The Christmas tree is a symbol of Christmas. Christmas is a celebration of the birth of Christ. How can you not make a religious connection there?
From: Mike Hunt on 15 Dec 2006 02:22 flaviaR(a)verizon.net wrote: > > I' m betting that Laura is relying solely on a specialized definition > of Xian - as in, no true Xian would ever do that.... > > Susan I thought a Christian was someone who believe Christ is the "savior". There is nothing preventing someone believing in Christ and committing sins, like genocide.
From: Mike Hunt on 15 Dec 2006 02:25 Tchiowa wrote: > > Not bigotry. Where talking about secular vs. religious. Do you struggle > with that concept? > Did Congress make Christmas a national holiday because it had nothing to do with religion? I doubt it.
From: Mike Hunt on 15 Dec 2006 02:26
Tchiowa wrote: > Mark K. Bilbo wrote: > >>On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 22:02:49 -0800, Laura Sanchez wrote: >> >> >>>>Too bad Christianity doesn't return the favor. >>> >>> >>>Excuse me? It's Christians that are the only ones defending Israel and >>>denouncing anti-Semitism. >> >>By refusing to add a menorah to the airport display? > > > ???? > > What would be the sense of that? What does a menorah have to do with > Christmas? The holiday is called Christmas. Why would you put a menorah > up at Christmas? > It's not about Christmas. It's about the "holiday season" Do XMAS trees only go up on Dec 25? |