Wednesday, December 3, 2008

War on Christmas Part 2: Viggo would sooo make a great Jesus

It would seem from the dogmatic expounding of the Great Americans fighting this 'war on Christmas' that you would see signs of it somewhere, aside from the Happy Holidays messages in stores or other businesses (which still sell countless 'Christmas' items, believe it or not). There has been some signs of it, in the form of secularization, or separating (by force, if necessary) of Church and State. How this has happened in recent years is the complaints filed against cities for placing nativity scenes on public (government) property. In many eyes, this is akin to posting the Ten Commandments (not the movie with that dreamboat Heston) in a city building. I, for one, am completely for the separation of Church and State, and let's throw Business in there as well. These three things need to stay as far away from each other as ethically possible, for when one taints the other, problems inevitably arise. All three together are sometimes called communism, or share a semblance t0 governments in many middle-eastern countries. But I have gone astray.
This removal of nativity scenes from the lawns of city buildings is seen by some as a fight against Christianity, since, of course, this is a Christian nation. Forget all that 'talk' about equality and separation of Church and State and freedom of religion; if you don't fall in line and agree with the majority, there will be hell to pay! Afraid not. In almost every instance, the judge has sided with the complaining party when it and if it goes to court. How often do you see a giant menorah or a Buddhist shrine in front of a state building? Ever seen a reenactment of the birth of Mohammad down at city hall? Think you ever will, in this country? Keep your baby Jesus off my lawn, and I'll keep my Flying Spaghetti Monster statue off of it too.

No comments: