Why as a christian country although multi ethnic do we have to deny our christian beliefs and christian symbols. We are the majotity in this our country, Muslims are allowed to wear articles of faith, as are Hinu's etc and those of the Jewish faith. We know Christmas as CHRISTMAS a celebration for birth of Jesus the Christ, we also wear the Cross a symbol of our christian faith and have holy days throught the year to celebrate our faith. So what's with the don't call Christmas "CHRISTMAS" but call it Yuletide or Winter Festival etc And don't wear your Cross or you will offend the ethinic minorities, or sing your christian hyms in case you offend. Lets us Christians celebrate our Holy days and wear our christian symbols etc.
2006-12-13 03:34:57 · 34 answers · asked by Gamall 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Exactly. It seems to me that people are going so far to not offend anyone that we are keeping quiet our religion just so that other people won't be upset. Also at Christmas the business of not being able to put Nativity plays and such on is so dumb. Do any of those people remember Jesus Christ? That is what Christmas is about not consumerism. If we stopped other religions there would be an uproar. Even now as we type answers to this question people will try to silence what they know to be true.
It isn't anything to do with other religions they can do what they want i respect ever religion and free expression but why aren't we allowed to express ourselves.
Exactly what I said straight away they are rating my question bad well they obviously can't handle the true. No offence but Diwali is Diwali, Kwanza is called Kwanza and so on. So why are they changing the Christian holiday.
2006-12-13 03:37:29 · answer #1 · answered by Dreamer 4 · 5⤊ 5⤋
You are quite right to those who state Britain is not a Christian country the head of state the Queen is a Christian also the Church of England is the state church. Yes we are a democracy in we respect all faiths and none but that is not suppose to be at the expense of our Christian heritage . For a while now the secular left is been on a mission to oppress our national heritage we seen this with Winterval and in certain schools who have stopped having nativity plays and there's many more . The crass reason is that it might offend which is total rubbish in fact quite the opposite as Muslims have come forward in defending Christmas and we know have a Christian Muslim Forum which is fighting back . So the real reason is the Left wing Secularists like Communists want to impose there views and values in the public arena and suppress those of traditional faith.
2006-12-13 04:05:06 · answer #2 · answered by jack lewis 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't know of anyone telling Christians they can't celebrate however they want. You can put a nativity set on your lawn, wear a dozen crosses, go to church, sing hymns, etc.... whatever you wish. The only thing in question is the very reasonable idea that in public places shared by all we keep things neutral and not favor one religion over others or none. We share these spaces. The US was founded on the principle of establishing no religion and allowing individuals to be free to worship or not worship as they saw fit. If our public spaces are overrun by religious saying and icon from one religion that idea is smushed. I don't think saying Happy Holidays in situations where you don't know what the person celebrates is a war on Christmas. I am not Christian but when I know someone is I wish them Merry Christmas. Christmas is not just the celebration of Christ's birth. It was and still is also a solstice time celebration, the time of Kwanza and Hannakah and also has evolved into a secular holiday.
2006-12-13 03:40:27 · answer #3 · answered by Zen Pirate 6 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Since Christmas has been so commercialized, it is everywhere. Store clerks will wish you a merry Christmas, signs are displayed with similar themes, carols such as Silent Night are playing on loudspeakers. If you do not happen to believe in Jesus, all of these constant reminders of his birth can be frustrating. It can seem that everyone is expected to be Christian at this time of year. However, when other religions have major holidays, there is no comparable display.
No one is requiring you to take down your lights, or keeping you from saying Merry Christmas or banning cross jewelry. Mainly, non-Christians are just asking you to remember that they exist, and might not share your "Christmas spirit."
2006-12-13 03:44:13 · answer #4 · answered by AClaire 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The American constitution does not allow the country to declare a national religion. Nobody is stopping anybody from wearing any symbols of their faith. Anybody can do that. You can adorn your house in any way to like with symbols of your faith. But officially in respect for other religions, the federal government cannot display symbols of faith. This country was founded on the principal of freedom of religion, hence the country cannot adopt an official religion due to the fact that the population is not all one religion.
2006-12-13 03:50:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
This is NOT a Christian country. Yes, there are a lot of christians here, but it is against our constitution to have a state religion, and I believe that to be a good thing.
I am a Christian and I would like this to be a primarily Christian nation, but I don't really see evidence that it is, at work and out in public I rarely run into people that I believe are truly Christians.
I think that freedom of religion means that everyone has the right to practice their religion. I don't think, as it appears to be, that it means no one can show their religion in public. I believe what is happening today is unconstitutional.
2006-12-13 03:42:10 · answer #6 · answered by BaseballGrrl 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
To those who answered before who say this is not a Christian country, i would say that we are a PREDOMINANTLY Christain nation and are welcoming to those of other religions. I think Christmas is a really importnat holiday for us and should be given the respect it deserves. We should have natvity plays for our kids and not feel bad that it tells the story of Jesus, and we should have advent calendars, not as we had in our supermarket 'Seasonal' calendars, etc etc i could go on. We do seem to shrink away from celebrating purely because we may offend others. We should be proud of our traditions.
2006-12-13 03:44:44 · answer #7 · answered by jo jo 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
What country are you talking about? The US is not a christian country and nobody says you have to deny anything. You can practice at home and at church and wear all the symbols you want. Yule and the winter solstice were around way before christianity existed anyway but you dont see us pagans having a pissy fit.
2006-12-13 03:50:43 · answer #8 · answered by KathyS 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
This country is a christian majority but you are missing the point. It isn't now nor has it ever been deemed or made into a law that you HAD to be christian to be part of this country. That is the whole point, freedom of religion. Call Christmas whatever you wish, just don't expect NOR demand that everyone do as you.
2006-12-13 03:44:14 · answer #9 · answered by ndmagicman 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Unfortunately for you, we don't have a national religion and so are not a "Christian Country," no matter what the majority is.
But hey--wear your crosses and pray to your gods (neither of which is illegal or looked down upon... methinks you're exaggerating a bit), sing your carols. When they say "happy holidays," it's usually business policy. As for ethnic minorities... that's just a *tad* racist in this context, as ethnicity has absolutely nothing to do with religion.
Why do you care if you offend someone as long as you're not pushing your religion onto them? That's what all these policies are about.
That's what freedom of (or from) religion is all about.
2006-12-13 03:41:31 · answer #10 · answered by Tedium 2 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Like you said, you call it Christmas, you have holidays on christian holy days, and you wear crosses. Seriously, you've got a pretty massive persecution complex if you think Christians are being oppressed. Celebrate however you like, just don't force it on anyone else. That's the same rule for everyone.
2006-12-13 03:44:22 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋