What's wrong with "Merry Christmas"?

[Tonks]

> > Geoff:
> 
> > Hence, I like to feel that we can "own" our festivals without 
folk who are outside Christianity apparently trying to dilute our 
belief to suit their own  taste. My apologies if that seems critical 
but that is how it often looks from my point of view.
> 
> Magpie:
> I'm afraid I still don't get it. Certainly any Christian can "own" 
> Christian as a holiday that's very significant to them in a 
religious way. Snip

> But who are you referring to here? Are you making a comment about 
what  I guess would be just called "bad Christians?" Or "weak 
Christians?"  People you don't think practice their faith correctly--
like basically  an internal disagreement amongst people of the same 
church?

Tonks:
I think that Geoff is saying what many Christians in the U.S. feel 
and that is that pe ople who are not Christian and hostile to 
Christianity are trying to remove any signs of Christianity from the 
country. It is more than just a separation of Church and State. Why 
this is happing I am not sure. Perhaps it is a backlash against the 
Fundlmentalist who push their religion down everyone throat and tell 
people they are all sinners going to hell. I can see why someone 
might take offence to Christianity if that is the only exposure they 
have. I take offence to that type of holier than thou behavior 
myself and I am a Christian. 

This “war on Christmas” would be the same as some group in a Muslim 
country trying to eradicate the Muslim religion from that country 
bit by bit. (of course, it would be much harder there since there is 
no seperation of church and state.) I would imagine it might be 
somewhat like what must have happened in the Russian countries where 
Alla grew up, years before she was born. It is the way to change a 
culture into one with no religion, and it is done one piece at a 
time, little by little and be sure you get to the children first. 
This is why Christians are so upset about it. We can see where this 
is leading.

When a company that I do business with in the U.S. and the U.K. both 
send me the same e-greeting card after 5:00pm on Dec. 24th and the 
one from the U.S. says "Happy Holliday" and the one from the U.K. 
says "Merry Christmas", that says to me that the corportations in 
the U.S. are going overboard on political correctness. Just 
what "holiday" are they talking about? CHRISTMAS! Damn it... call it 
what it IS.

Tonks_op