When confronted by facts, these fundamentalists point out that the Puritans, the ones who fled England for religious freedom, demanded adherence to a strict code of Protestant principles--and if it was good enough for the first American "citizens," it's good enough for the rest of us. What they never learned, obviously, is that the Puritans banned Christmas celebrations, declaring them to be pagan festivals.
If the Fox pundits, leading their sheep into the abyss of ignorance in a counter-attack in a war that doesn't exist, would take a few moments to think before blathering inanities, they might realize that the man they worship was called "the Prince of Peace" not the "General of War."
[ Walter Brasch is an award-winning syndicated columnist and multimedia producer. His latest book is the mystery novel, Before the First Snow .]
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