Why are they (liberals) trying to destroy this great Christian holiday?
2007-11-23 00:51:31 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Er, folks, he's kidding.
He's just lampooning that silly "War on Christmas" line that Fox News uses.
2007-11-23 01:03:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Thanksgiving is an American holiday - only those of us in the United States celebrate it. It's also a private family holiday when we remember the first harvests after arriving in this land. People can thank whomever they wish for the good food and family gathering. Everyone, even recent immigrants, can celebrate Thanksgiving here - that's kind of what's so great about it. Think of it as the harvest version of the 4th of July (unless you consider that a Christian holiday too).
2007-11-23 01:06:09 · answer #2 · answered by Susan G 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
This liberal celebrated Thanksgiving just like everyone else and we even said Grace before serving the meal!
However, just for my own curiosity... which part of taking over a country that had already been inhabited, poisoning the natives with small pox, treating them like savages and leaving all the hard labor to the enslaved Africans technically constitutes a Christian holiday?
Nice try, asshole!
2007-11-26 05:37:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It more of a national holiday then a Christian one.
Several reference works, including the “Encyclopædia Britannica,” report that in the fall of 1621, the Pilgrims celebrated for three days with their Indian friends. This is described in a letter by Edward Winslow, dated December 11, 1621. However, in the years that followed, thanksgiving holidays were kept to celebrate all kinds of events besides the harvest. The most infamous “thanksgiving” was proclaimed in 1637 by Governor John Winthrop of the Massachusetts Bay Colony after the massacre of hundreds of Pequot Indians.
2007-11-23 01:02:26 · answer #4 · answered by papa G 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well, I always thought Thanksgiving was an AMERICAN holiday, do Christians celebrate in other countries ?
Also, can you give an example of a liberal "removing God" from Thanksgiving ? A link to an article perhaps ? I really have no idea what you are going on about, but perhaps if you supply a link to an article about this band of liberals removing God from an American holiday, I can answer your question.
2007-11-23 00:55:49 · answer #5 · answered by queenthesbian 5 · 7⤊ 1⤋
Uhhhh.... thanksgiving is not a christian holiday. Do you even know the story of the first thanksgiving? It was a meal the indians and pilgrims shared before we stole their land, killed them, and gave them small pox. I would say if anything its a fairly un christian holiday, at least historically.
Also, why do you have to use the term liberal? I am a christian, but I suppose I would be considered fairly liberal. I do for the most part believe in a seperation of church and state. Not for the same reasons many atheists do. I think in a fair country, if we were to acknowledge christian ideals, and symbols, we would need to recognize ALL of them. And I don't know about you, but I would not be very comfortable having symbols of satinism and other pagan religions all around me and in public areas.
2007-11-23 01:00:28 · answer #6 · answered by evil_kandykid 5 · 3⤊ 2⤋
The real original reason for Thanksgiving, (and all the other pre-winter harvest feasts in other countries), was that people needed to eat all the types of stored food that wouldn't keep much longer after the harvest. They also needed to bulk up on as many carbs as they could at this point so that they would stand a decent chance of surviving the harsh winter months ahead.
Thanksgiving wasn't really a religious holiday. It was a survival technique that eventually took on religious overtones.
Now a really good question would be: "Why are fundamentalists trying to force Satan into Halloween?"
2007-11-23 01:05:39 · answer #7 · answered by Azure Z 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
First of all, it is a national holiday, not necessarily a Christian one, it is a national holiday made official by Pres. Lincoln. However, if you read Lincoln's speech when this was made an official holiday, you will see he spoke of thankfulness to God for our life going on despite the calamity which was happening in the country at the time (Civil War and all, you know).
2007-11-23 01:03:49 · answer #8 · answered by TroothBTold 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
They can't destroy what you celebrate in your own home. Keep celebrating Thanksgiving; teach your children the truth about the holiday. There are more believers than you think doing exactly the same thing.
2007-11-23 01:06:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Thanksgiving is not a Christian holiday.
Read your history books and get over yourself.
2007-11-23 01:02:26 · answer #10 · answered by lilly 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Thanksgiving is in celebration of the day that the pilgrims and indians partook a day of peace and shared their bounty together. It has nothing to do with christianity other than brotherhood. Now Christmas...........I think you need to read the back history of the holidays a bit more.
2007-11-23 00:59:27 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋