I know it may sound like Im a racist but Im not i just seriously think that when it comes to xmas , we shouldnt have any of this poltically correct "multi faith" rubbish and just have a christian xmas, I mean its not like we want them to do a multi faith hannakah or diwali is it? why just pick on xmas?. Another thing that bothers me is saying that the festival of xmas is offesive to muslims/jews/hindus/other and that we should as a multi-cultural society try and make them fit in, but isnt it also true to say that making the festival of xmas "multi -faith" is therefore offending christians? or that some muslim festivals christians could find offensive, we dont ask them to be multi faith do we?
2006-12-04 08:12:17 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Other - Holidays
i know it may sound like Im a racist but Im not i just seriously think that when it comes to christmas , we shouldnt have any of this poltically correct "multi faith" rubbish and just have a christian christmas, I mean its not like we want them to do a multi faith hannakah or diwali is it? why just pick on christmas?. Another thing that bothers me is saying that the festival of christmas is offesive to muslims/jews/hindus/other and that we should as a multi-cultural society try and make them fit in, but isnt it also true to say that making the festival of christmas "multi -faith" is therefore offending christians? or that some muslim festivals christians could find offensive, we dont ask them to be multi faith do we?
2006-12-04 08:23:06 · update #1
I agree. I have yet to find a Muslim or Jew that finds Christmas offensive, as both faiths acknowledge Jesus as a holy man, and it is a good excuse for a party. On the other hand, many Christians find the hoggishness and materialism of Chrismas offensive.
Lets face it, the whole Christmas is a compromise between the ancient solstice celebrations and Christ's birth day (originally in January), set when it was to squash the pagan festival. We pagans have got it back though :)
Why dilute it even more and lose the one message that still gets through - a time for family and visiting friends we maybe have lost sight of? And isn't that something all faiths can agree on?
Shame we don't celebrate Diwali as it sounds pretty.
2006-12-04 08:33:40 · answer #1 · answered by tagette 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If we were in a Muslim country we would be attacked for celebrating Christmas, why should we not have Christmas, I read that in Birmingham England the council have struck Easter from their yearly calender.as it offends the Muslims, we have no Golly in jam anymore,no Ba Ba Black sheep. This Government have not given a thought to the Christian people of this country,when making their stupid rules and laws. Is Diwali not an Indian festival? I've never heard them complain,when did Hindi's complain and as for the Jews is it not their festival too.
Maybe we should ask Bush to invade Britain as here it is the Christians who are oppressed
2006-12-04 08:27:35 · answer #2 · answered by st.abbs 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am glad you changed your wording,
to Christmas and Christian
that is what it is all about ; we can have a party anytime of the year,
but, Christmas is sacred, to the Christian faith , no matter how commercialised it has become
I would love, to invite any-one of my friends, of any Faith,
to celebrate with us , they would be made, most welcome.to join us
But their presence, will never detract from our celebration on the birth of Jesus .
I have been invited, to many religious festivals ,
from several different Faiths and i have also, been made, so very welcome, at them all .
Who are these face-less , faith-less, ones,
who dare to decide, that any Faith will be offencive,
to another ??? How do they work that out
There is an evil manipulation of our lives about ;
We must fight this, at every turn ,
Especially when it affects our innocent children .
Have a Happy unspoiled Christmas
>^,,^<
2006-12-04 08:51:31 · answer #3 · answered by sweet-cookie 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You're right. Xmas is a religious holiday and celebrating it is part of the Christian religion. The push for multi-faith celebrations comes from the advertising industry who wants us to forget about the religious significance and just buy as many presents as we can. For many, Xmas has already become so materialistic that they don't think of it as a religious thing at all.
2006-12-04 08:19:22 · answer #4 · answered by barx613 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
why indeed. Jesus is the reason for the season. Hanukkah is not a high feast in Judaism and neither are any other celebrations by other non-Christian faiths. The idea of putting these on par with Christmas is the so-called 'political correctness' secularists are forcing on the majority of us today.
PS. Xmas is slang that can be taken as mockery i suggest you stop using it.
2006-12-04 08:18:05 · answer #5 · answered by Pastor Billy 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Um, no one wants to make Christmas multi-faith. It is a Christian holiday and a separate secular holiday. What people want is for you to recognize that there are other important holidays around the same time as Christmas, making this a multi-faith holiday season.
2006-12-04 08:15:36 · answer #6 · answered by Phoenix, Wise Guru 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
All the multicultural mongers including Blair and his cronies should be made to work throughout the festive season and spend those Asian festivals they love so much in Afghanistan or somewhere as nice.
2006-12-04 12:12:44 · answer #7 · answered by geoff t 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The thing is, these winter holidays take the darkest time of the year and celebrate light and life and hope and togetherness, and these are universal human concepts that don't belong to any one religion. It would be nice if we could focus on the things that unite us rather than the things that divide us.
Wouldn't it be great to have less emotional investment in having things YOUR way and more in celebrating our togetherness as humans? Don't you think maybe we'd actually have world peace if people weren't so nit-picky on the details?
... and anyway Christians have already been absorbed into Pagan celebrations and you don't seem to mind all that much.
2006-12-04 08:21:05 · answer #8 · answered by KC 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Christmas cannot be multi-faith because by definition it is a Christian celebration.
Merry Christmas!
2006-12-04 08:20:44 · answer #9 · answered by hello772345 2 · 4⤊ 1⤋