Economically Terrorized Into Towing the "Christmas" Line
So what does it take exactly for one to qualify as an anti-American enemy of Christ and Christmas? Apparently, it doesn't take much. As those over at Fox News tell it, anyone who prefers the words "Happy Holidays" over "Merry Christmas" as a greeting and expression of holiday cheer, for whatever reason, is at war with Christmas and an enemy of Christ.
Of course, Fox News isn't alone on this. Various conservative religious groups and websites, almost across the board, tell us the same. Christian Christmas warrior, Susan Knowles, a psychotherapist and contributor to Glenn Beck's website, the Blaze, put it this way:
Saying Merry Christmas is an integral part of Christianity.
When Christians greet others with these words they are not merely using it in the same way they would use the word "hello." Christians are openly expressing to the world that they believe in Jesus Christ as their personal Savior.
The significance of teaching Christians to say Merry Christmas as part of their faith stems from Jesus' words to his people that "For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, of him the Son of Man will be ashamed when He comes in His own glory, and in His Father's, and of the holy angels" (Luke 9:26). We as Christians are not to be ashamed to proclaim our faith in Jesus.
Really? Saying "Merry Christmas" is an integral part of what it means to be a Christian? And to forego saying "Merry Christmas" in favor of some other expression is to reject Jesus and to be ashamed of him? It's absurd in the extreme. Patently false. But this is what these "war on Christmas" fabricators are pushing.
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