How many Christians feel that the following statement is an attack on their Religion?

Question

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!

Wow. I'm glad I got that off my chest. Now maybe I'll see if I can find a showing of "The Golden Compass."

I don't know if it's so much Political Correctness as laziness, Squirrel Cage. After all, Christmas, Hannukah, Kwanzaa, The Winter Solstice, Yule, Jimmy Buffett's Birthday, (the 25th,) Saturnalia,New Year's Eve and usually Ramadan all fall in the month of December.

A catchall phrase that covers the lot without excluding anyone is just the price we pay for living in a multi-cultural country.

I'm not sure that the anarcho-syndicalist commune in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" counts as a religion Mikey. And there was no mention of their Holidays.

"Political Correctness" and the pseudolibs who practice it are about as far from being Liberal as you can get, Free Thinking American. PC was, in fact, introduced to the US by the Chicoms during the Vietnam War as a tool with which to divide and weaken the American Left--whom they still perceive, (correctly,) to be the biggest threat to their plans for a Maoist World. Liberals have a distressing tendency to get huffy about things like Human Rights Violations and the displacement of American Workers in favor of slave labor.
The Right, on the other hand, will go along with anything if the money is right.

Mao always said, "The Last Capitalist will sell us the rope to hang him with." And Big Business seems determined to prove him correct.

Answer 1

I've had at least one tell me it was. And I thought I was trying to be nice.

Answer 2

Yes, because it is intended to be insulting. What person tells another they are brainwashed without intending to insult? Imagine you are in a format debate. This would be name calling and has nothing to do with the topic of rather you agree with someone's faith. Read the rules for debate. You focus on presenting the evidence and not upon the opponent's intelligence or inability to reason. What is your evidence that all Christians are brainwashed? Where is your study? Where is your source . It is opinion.It is conjecture.You must present proofs of brain washing. Where did this take place? How often? What techniques? Etc. Would you be offended if I said you were a fool? I would have to prove you were a fool and it would have to be pertinent to the debate. As examples:You have made foolish statements in the past. You have a low IQ.Several of your close friends assert you are a fool . What bearing would this have on rather you were anti Christian in your theological views? It would have NO bearing at all except the Bible does assert that the man who doesn't know God is a fool. I am not saying this is true, I am trying to explain to you that it would be insulting to assert you are a fool in a debate concerning religion.It is a personal attack and introduces personal insult into an arena that should be focused on ideas and theories concerning religion and spirituality. I would also be insulted if you said all Christians were apathetic. It smacks of bigotry. It is no different than saying that one race is lazy and always on welfare or that all atheists molest children. All atheists do not molest children. I happen to know ONE who did. I knew many who were brilliant and funny people and great friends. I was not brainwashed into believing Jesus is the Son of God. I read Mere Christianity by CS Lewis when I was in my twenties. I had no Christian friends. I thought they were stupid people I had my own prejudices.. I did not attend church or know Christians. I was simply curious about this particular faith. I read the Bible and thought parts of it were absurd. I still find some of these passages absurd. I dismiss those passages. I came to believe in God and Jesus as the Son of God. I remain convinced although I do not attend church or take part in rituals of the religion. I do not buy into a certain denominational slant and have never joined a church although I am a Christ follower now for nearly 40 years. I have read and studied other religions and myths. Does this sound as if I have been brainwashed? Debate Rules and Suggestions Advice on Debating with Others 1. Avoid the use of Never. 2. Avoid the use of Always. 3. Refrain from saying you are wrong. 4. You can say your idea is mistaken. 5. Don't disagree with obvious truths. 6. Attack the idea not the person. 7. Use many rather than most. 8. Avoid exaggeration. 9. Use some rather than many. 10. The use of often allows for exceptions. 11. The use of generally allows for exceptions. 12. Quote sources and numbers. 13. If it is just an opinion, admit it. 14. Do not present opinion as facts. 15. Smile when disagreeing. 16. Stress the positive. 17. You do not need to win every battle to win the war. 18. Concede minor or trivial points. 19. Avoid bickering, quarreling, and wrangling. 20. Watch your tone of voice. 21. Don't win a debate and lose a friend. 22. Keep your perspective - You're just debating.

Answer 3

I think that it begs the question, "What Holiday?". It's not an attack on my "religion", it's a fallacy to the Christian sector of society though. Let me tell you something, and maybe this will make sense to you (Hopefully it will). I work at Starbucks, alright. We sell Starbucks Christmas Blend every year for a couple months during the "Holiday Season". It constitutes 60% of our bean sales per capita. We are instructed to push that product hard during "this festive season" -- nearly to the brink of insanity.

I risk suffering a right up for saying "Merry Christmas", however, to our customers. It is all fine and well for the corporation to cash out on a product with the name of Christmas, geared toward the Holiday of Christmas, but if I delight in the REASON for the season, that is suddenly unacceptable.

I also observe Yule, and I have no problem with Hanukkah. What I do have a problem with, though, is that some of our products contain the symbolism of the Menorah, a blatantly Jewish symbol, and that is acceptable. It would be unacceptable to have any semblance of a Christian symbol, however. The Christmas Tree does not count, that stems from Paganism anyway.

And see, this is tend trend in America. "Tolerance" to all, to the exclusion of Christians being allowed to be openly Christian. America now encourages those of all OTHER faiths to be open and feel accepted by society at the expense of the nation's Christians.

It is not an attack on my "religion", it is a display of ignorance and overly liberal "political correctness".

I'll be seeing the Golden Compass right along with you, sometime soon.

Oh, and by the way, I hope that you vehemently deny any type of Christmas gift whatsoever this year. Be a good liberal hippie and renounce all material possessions and don't accept anything in the name of anyone's God.

Merry Christmas, basket case.

Answer 4

Well I don't feel it is an attack on my faith, but I do feel it is political correctness going a bit too far, however, I can see respecting another persons choice and have no problem with it simply because the other person might not believe. You know, they could be atheist, agnostic, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu or something else.

But I do reserve the right to say Merry Christmas and not Happy Holidays.

Answer 5

In my VERY multicultural neighborhood (ie - a very healthy mix of Hasidic Jews, Greek Orthodox, and a large group of (primarily) atheist artists... with a large Muslim population a few blocks down- everyone tends to just say 'Happy Holidays'.

True, it's really PC... but no one gets bent out of shape one way or the other. I don't see why people need to get upset over virtually nothing... it's a happy sentiment, there's no need to make someone else feel bad over it.

I actually think it's funnier that Santa in Australia has to say: 'Ha! Ha! Ha!' because some crackpots thought that 'Ho! Ho! Ho!' was derogatory to women... now THAT's going a bit too far.

Answer 6

Thanks for the sentiment. I completely understand that Christians are not the only religion celebrating a holiday in the Winter.

In fact, I would rather the mass commercialism of the holidays be directed AWAY for Christmas. Who cares if Macy's has a Christmas sale? Does it have anything to do with the birth of Christ? No! So call it a holiday sale.

Answer 7

Merry Christmas...

Answer 8

I don't feel that it is an attack... People say "Happy "Holidays" to be politically correct these days, since not everyone celebrates Christmas. That way, it's a blanket statement so you don't accidentally offend someone who is, say, Jewish, or someone who celebrates Kwanzaa, by saying "Merry Christmas."

I'm a Christian and I say, "Happy Holidays."

Answer 9

Well I was recently given a dirty look when I replied Happy Holidays to a christian woman who told me Merry Christmas. She certainly felt like it was an attack.

Answer 10

Merry Christmas...God Bless !

Answer 11

MadMan,
I certainly don't feel that way,. Have a wonderful week, a great weekend, and a glorious Holiday Yourself.
Thank You,
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Judy,
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