2006-12-22 15:06:27 · 15 answers · asked by kevin l 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
johncondo. what the hell are you talking about? republicans are the ones trying to save christmas. open your eyes, and figure something out. you problem is that you just dont like republicans, so anything bad that happens here, no matter who is actually responsible, you blame republicans. what you said there makes you look like a true tard. thanks for making my point for me.
2006-12-22 15:40:39 · update #1
dianebrama: where have you been for the last 5 years, thanks to the UCLA and other liberals that hate everything christian, its getting more and more dangerous to show any sort of religion, unless it islam or some other minority religion in this country. so please have some idea what youre talking about before opening your mouth. (you kinda remind me of rosie). thanks
2006-12-22 16:10:48 · update #2
Christmas is always spoiled because they think the real menaing is giving, when every single Christian knows it's the birth day of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ!
2006-12-22 15:10:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
No. I am agnostic, but I realize the value of Christmas. It's supposed to be a time of happiness and family, etc. I understand it's Christian roots, but let's be honest, when someone says Merry Christmas, they're referring to happiness that comes with Christmas (as above), not "be happy cuz Christ was born". I'll say Merry Christmas to someone that fits the profile. If they don't appreciate it, who cares. How can someone really be offended. If they are offended, then I don't care if that person is offended. They just need to chill. It's essentially secular now anyway. If I know the person is jewish or muslim, I won't say it, but I also won't say happy holiday..cuz they are one in the same. How can someone appreciate and have a happy holiday if they don't appreciate Christmas for the values stated above. Rather, I'll just say "have a good weekend", enjoy the time off, or something.
There are too many things in this world to worry about. Merry Christmas is not one of them. Anyone who actually gets offended should take an anti-depressant.
2006-12-22 23:24:13 · answer #2 · answered by John D 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I've never been particularly religious, but Christmas seems to be so commercialized that its current meaning really seems to be an excuse to get together, buy extravagant presents for our family members, take some time off work, eat too much, watch movies, and enjoy the lull in the normal traffic!
So while I don't believe much of the stuff about a star that actually led three kings to a baby, "Merry CHristmas" doesn't offend me. Neither, by the way, does Happy Festivus, Happy Channakuh, Kwanza, or Holiday (the official holiday of the flying spaghetti monster)
2006-12-22 23:22:34 · answer #3 · answered by firefly 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No... oh, wonderful. Now it's going to be considered politically incorrect to say "Merry Christmas" to people, in case they might be offended. I wish some folks would grow a backbone and learn to tolerate other cultural or religious differences.
>>> Don't doubt that I haven't seen what's going on. I know well enough that showing religious display is considered dangerous nowadays, but that is only because of the acts of people with no tolerance. Don't give me that bullshit and say it's all because of anti-Christian liberals. That is a sweeping generalization and you miss out a lot of the people who actually are responsible for ill tolerance.
2006-12-22 23:54:05 · answer #4 · answered by High-strung Guitarist 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hey, how are you doing today? Good question. It doesn't offend me at all. It has a good meaning to it, and I don't take it so seriously because even though I am from India and don't celebrate it, I know others do, so I have respect for christmas because it's such an important holiday. Although at work, people are offended, for instance, the jews, or others that don't like the term, so at work, our policy is to say Happy Holidays instead of Merry Christmas, so it balances things out. On the other hand, some people are even offended when we say Happy Holidays, they correct us by saying Merry Christmas. I personally, just don't get it.
2006-12-22 23:13:56 · answer #5 · answered by Sid 4 · 5⤊ 0⤋
It does offend me because I am a Jew and I do not celebrate Christmas. I do not celebrate the birth of Christ. I celebrate Jewish holidays.
Christians should realize that even though this an important holiday to them, it is not everyone's holiday.
I do not consider Christmas to be a secular, national American holiday. It is not like Thanksgiving which is a secular, national American holiday.
I think Christians should respect the rights of other people to practice their own religion and not to practice their religion (Christianity). This would be true freedom of religion.
2006-12-24 10:19:31 · answer #6 · answered by happy inside 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes and No. Yes, it offends me when I hear it coming from a greeter at a store that does no care for the teachings of Christ and treats its workers poorly for extra profits in addition to what they get from selling Christmas toys that cost 2 cents to make for 10 dollars.
However, I I hear that from a group that actually does good works (The salvation Army, to name one) or from a individual I meet, then I am happy to hear it. In fact, I like hearing it. That makes me feel like some people still get it even while many preachers and elected officials don't.
2006-12-22 23:27:01 · answer #7 · answered by The Big Box 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's a secular holiday in the U.S., so I don't mind someone wishing me a good day. If they were wishing me a happy hannukah, I would also appreciate it, but I would wonder more if they thought I was Jewish.
If they were a friend, I would hope that Happy Birthday came just before or after.
2006-12-22 23:12:41 · answer #8 · answered by Mark S 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No.
Merry Christmas!
2006-12-22 23:38:19 · answer #9 · answered by DAR 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No....I think the PC crowd needs to be a little less sensitive to all things having to do with Christianity.
2006-12-22 23:17:56 · answer #10 · answered by foleycat 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋