It’s that time of year again when a certain cable news
network tries to make something out of nothing when it comes to Christmas. Somehow it’s good for ratings. The lone atheist comes on to debate the so
called ‘attack on Christmas’. First let
me state, I thinks it’s a rather banal waste of time to lawyer up and go around
looking for manger scenes on public property and sue them. Time is much better spent on trying to
educate these pundits, some less evolved than others. Take the following statement for
example: “Jesus was a white man
too……that’s a verifiable fact.” Quite a
loose interpretation of the word fact, but I digress. Now, I’ll do my best to defend the devil in
disguise-a suit and tie actually-and get to what I hope he’s trying to
say. When people wonder why America is
so exceptional, look no further than
the first amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, yada
yada yada, you know the rest. The
founders basically said we’re not choosing sides when it comes to religion and
you’re free to worship whatever or whoever you want, or don’t want. We are the birth place of Mormonism and
Scientology for Pete’s sake. It’s why no
one is buying a one way plane ticket to Iran.
And its why, even though the majority of Americans are Christians,
government shouldn’t take sides. Imagine
if JFK, a catholic, instead of respecting separation of church and state,
decided to declare the U.S.A. a catholic country. Sorry Protestants, Lutherans, Jews, Muslims,
atheist, convert or be banished. Missed
Ash Wednesday, off the jail you go.
Didn’t take communion last Sunday, sorry no excuses you now will be
burned at the stake. Sounds absurd to
us, but you only have to look across the Atlantic to understand where I’m going
here.
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