How about instead of sending around petitions and putting this much effort into getting people to boycott certain stores due to percieved snubs, you go give some money to a homeless shelter or adopt a family for the holidays? WHOOPS I MEAN CHRISTMAS.
yeah this is deffinatly not the first year. even at schools they have "winter" partys to include the kids that dont even have a religion. thats been like that since i was in elementary.
i'm about as zealous as they come, but i don't care about this issue. Stores do what is in their best interest, and i'm sure at some point they did a survey that showed the Christians are less offended by being wished "Happy Holidays" than non-Christians are by being wished "Merry Christmas"
businesses do what best serves them, and that's predictable.
as the other commenter said, people do just need something to complain about. The Alabama state courthouse Ten Commandments issue is a prime example of people going nuts about something that really has no point or meaning. But, insanities like these are self-validating. "If i'm against Sears, I must really love Jesus!" or "If I sing songs and protest the removal of the 10 commandments, I'll surely earn a nicer house in heaven."
I call shenanigans as well! That last paragraph was a thought I was going to put into my entry, but then couldn't think of a good way to word it.
Let me just say that when I go on these rants about Christians, I'm not talking about all Christians, because I really respect you and your faith. You're definately one of the good ones. I'm just talking about all the idiots in America with superficial shallow "faith", if you even want to call it that. People that feel the need to complain when a store stops saying "Merry Christmas!", like the baby Jesus is up in heaven crying over it.
yesterday at work i told all kinds of people to have a merry christmas. i also once said 'happy christmas' and i felt all confused and embarrassed because i 'messed up the saying'. how are two words ' a saying'? i have no idea, but i messed it up. that's the point.
and yeah, wal-mart sucks. i braved a tornado struck toysrus lastnight to avoid having to enter walmart.
I've heard some people say "Happy Christmas!" and I thought it was weird too! I mean, it still makes sense, so you can't really say you're wrong, but you just get so used to hearing people say it a certain way that saying it any other way just sounds like when you use "a" before a word that starts with a vowel. It just comes out sounding funny.
the other night on stephen colbert's show, he had a whole segment about how the word "holidays" comes from the words "holy days," and that he was angry about christians trying to take the holyness out of the holidays. it was funny and i think his point is very good.
That is probably the best thing I've heard about this subject, and you can bet your sweet bippy that I'll bring that up whenever this comes up in conversation!
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People need lives. Seriously.
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How about instead of sending around petitions and putting this much effort into getting people to boycott certain stores due to percieved snubs, you go give some money to a homeless shelter or adopt a family for the holidays? WHOOPS I MEAN CHRISTMAS.
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people just need something to bitch about.
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businesses do what best serves them, and that's predictable.
as the other commenter said, people do just need something to complain about. The Alabama state courthouse Ten Commandments issue is a prime example of people going nuts about something that really has no point or meaning. But, insanities like these are self-validating. "If i'm against Sears, I must really love Jesus!" or "If I sing songs and protest the removal of the 10 commandments, I'll surely earn a nicer house in heaven."
i call shenanigans.
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Let me just say that when I go on these rants about Christians, I'm not talking about all Christians, because I really respect you and your faith. You're definately one of the good ones. I'm just talking about all the idiots in America with superficial shallow "faith", if you even want to call it that. People that feel the need to complain when a store stops saying "Merry Christmas!", like the baby Jesus is up in heaven crying over it.
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and yeah, wal-mart sucks. i braved a tornado struck toysrus lastnight to avoid having to enter walmart.
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