Hi MT,
Originally posted by midnight Target
I think the real point of all this is that the Conservative movement in America cannot exist without an enemy. Unless there is some grave threat to our very existance they got nothing. On one hand they are all for getting the government out of our lives, but all for getting the church of the majority into our lives. Like it or not.
But here is the thing.... no one is forcing you to be a muslim, no one is forcing you to be an atheist. No one can force Target or Walmart to stop saying Merry Christmas or Happy St. Visson's day or whatever. The only "attack on Christmas" is in the propaganda of the conservative movement.
You all enjoy your straw man ... set him up, knock him down... repeat as needed until it sounds like the truth.
I'm hardly one to go around screaming about the elimination of Christmas from the public square, but I would put it to you that there is an undeniable spiritual dimension to all of this.
Take note of the article above on Ramadan being taught in public schools in Virginia (this mirrors recent teaching initiatives in states throughout the nation to introduce teaching on the fundamentals of Islam) and let me ask, why is it acceptable to teach about Islam in public schools, but even the most peripheral mention of Christianity has to be expunged? Apparently even
the tunes to Christmas carols are unconstitutional, but bringing in the Council on Islamic Education (another Saudi Funded group btw) to teach Islam using their own workbooks is to be encouraged? MT, surely you can see a hopeless double standard in this approach. How else could you explain it except that - institutionally speaking - one religion is despised and the others are honored?
- SEAGOON
