The War on CHRISTmas

from Agape Press
by Chad Groening

John Gibson is the anchor of Fox News Channel's "The Big Story." His new book is called The War on Christmas: How the Liberal Plot to Ban the Sacred Christian Holiday is Worse Than You Thought (Sentinel, 2005). In it, the author contends that secular militants have expanded their war on Christmas to go after things regarded by most people as innocent emblems of a primarily secular federal holiday.

He points out, reverence for the so-called separation of church and state does not adequately explain the apparent particular animus toward Christmas and Christians as opposed to other religious holidays and observances.

Ample evidence of the secular left's bias:

1. government workers in Illinois who were barred from saying the words "Merry Christmas" at work
2. the case of local Rhode Island officials who banned Christians from participating in a public project to decorate a City Hall lawn
3. New Jersey school where even instrumental versions of traditional Christmas carols were prohibited
4. an Arizona district where school officials banned any reference in a class project to the religious history of Christmas
5. in Eugene, Oregon banned Christmas trees because they're Christian

The only thing that one can conclude is that this reveals a bias against Christians which would not be expressed against any other religious group," Gibson says.

But while these militant secularist liberals cloak their war on Christianity in the jargon of constitutional rights, he asks, what about the right to freedom of expression for millions of Americans who want to celebrate their traditional holiday without having to do so behind closed doors?

{Haven't you heard? The Constitution does NOT apply to Christians......UNLESS WE FIGHT FOR OUR RIGHTS THEY WILL CONTINUALLY, SYSTEMATICALLY STRIP THEM FROM US.}

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Return of the Grinch from Agape Press
By Ralph Barker

Christians are getting fed up with the gross hypocrisy demonstrated by retailers as they use Christmas for profit, all the while denying the soul of the holiday: Jesus Christ.

We Christians are the worst when it comes to standing up for our rights and claiming what is ours. Attention Christians! Christmas is definitely ours. It is the celebration of the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ. Certainly unbelievers can enjoy the season and merchants can make their money, but the essence of Christmas is Christ. It is a Christian holiday.

We need to understand this war, fight it, and win it. We need to get offended. We need to get mad. We need to do something this year to stem this tide toward a totally Christ-less holiday.

The Grinch is back, but this time he's not working alone. Macy's, Target, and many other huge retailers have joined him in efforts to steal the true meaning of the Christmas season and replace it with a secularized, paganized, non-religious holiday. They have to be very careful. In doing so they don't want to lose the massive profits they make by selling Christmas gifts. They want to deny Christ without denying the cash. These efforts add new meaning to the word "hypocrisy."

Have you had enough? Are you tired of letting others capitalize on your holiday while denying the Christ it represents? Are you willing to stand up for Christ at Christmas? If so, let's do something and do it now.

Let me suggest a plan of action. This Christmas, don't spend your money at stores who won't allow their employees to wish you a "Merry Christmas." "Happy Holidays" is a PC {politically correct} copout. Don't invest in companies who won't let the Salvation Army ring their bells outside their doors as they have for decades. Let store management know that in their attempts to not offend anyone, they are offending you. Christians spend a lot of money during the Christmas. We have a choice of "where" to spend our hard-earned money.

Finally, tell others what you are doing. Share your efforts in your Sunday school class and at church. Inform you family members and friends. Together we can make a big, big difference.

You won't be alone in your efforts. There is an alliance building right now among major Christian ministries -- such as the American Family Association (AFA) -- to identify and target those companies who want our money but not our Christ.

Begin praying now. This is not just another economic boycott effort. It is a witness to the world that Christmas is important to the world because Christ is important to the world. This is exactly why the world has paused for 2,000 years and acknowledged the baby in a manger. That little baby has meant billions of dollars to retailers. It is time that they acknowledge Him.

{MAYBE CHRISTIANS SHOULD JUST QUIT CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS. IT'S BECOME TOO "COMMERCIAL" ANYWAY.

RATHER THAN EXCHANGING MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF GIFTS, PERHAPS WE SHOULD INSTEAD DONATE THAT MONEY TO A CHARITY THAT SUPPORTS OUR CHRISTIAN IDEALS.

IF 83% OF AMERICANS ARE CHRISTIANS, RETAILERS WOULD CERTAINLY GET THE BIG PICTURE THEN AND WE WOULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING CHRIST-LIKE IN HONOR OF OUR CHRIST'S BIRTH.}



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