Did Christian 'bullies' manufacture the 'War on Christmas?'
"I remember a time when people of faith bemoaned the over-commercialization of Christmas," the columnist writes.
"Now some are shouting persecution because sales clerks at some stores are wishing customers "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas" or because the tree behind the City Market building was called a holiday tree in press releases instead of a Christmas tree last year.
When it comes to persecution, Christians have come a long way from being fed to the lions, my friends."
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It's absolutely manufactured. Life on Earth would be much more bearable for many more people if all wars consisted of nothing more than one person wishing another “Happy Holidays”.
Posted on December 21, 2006 11:57 PM
Christians are famous for their persecution complex. If you don't agree with everything they say, it's automatically seen as an attack.
Posted on December 22, 2006 8:25 AM
Rebel: “Christians are famous for their persecution complex. If you don't agree with everything they say, it's automatically seen as an attack.”
I agree, there is, undeniably, some pop-level over-reaction; but at higher, more epistemologically self-conscious strata, there IS a concerted effort (maybe not coordinated in a smoke-filled room in Berkley) to marginalize the Church, the God she serves and the Savior she preaches. Most people who are in the know and read widely have acknowledged this for some time now. So it is not a “persecution complex,” but a very real and appropriate response to a widespread attack on the Faith.
This dime store protest movement is an “I can’t stands no more” type of thing. Christians have seen their nation being gradually stripped of all things Christian and biblical, and have simply had enough. These seemingly trivial reactions are, in fact, evidences that Christians will no longer be doormats for the atheist/humanist juggernaut, and will fight back – hopefully in more serious and effectual ways than pressing holiday greeting agendas.
Posted on December 22, 2006 4:31 PM