Is this Xmas??
As you guys know I’m Islamic and don’t really celebrate Christmas. Well actually Islamic-lite, I love bacon, drink Scotch and smoke cigars.
But I really have to wonder what’s going through people’s heads when a Wal-Mart greeter is trampled to death and two people are shot dead at a mall on what’s supposed to be the busiest shopping day of the year.
I don’t think the Son of Man would appreciate people acting like this as they get ready to celebrate his birthday, which by the way was nowhere near December 25.
November 29th, 2008 at 11:06 am
First of all, we’ll pray for your salvation.
Secondly, polluting your body with poisons is also something the Son of man would not find attractive, whether you are Islamic or Christian.
Thirdly, it’s no secret that herd instinct, greed, and the annual door crush is hazardous to your health. If the woman 8 months pregnant puts herself in harms way, she ought to be taken to court for endangerment to her pregnancy.
Finally, the celebration on the timing of Christ’s birth pales in comparison to the truths He taught in daily living and the ‘new birth’ available to us all. Every day should be a spiritual celebration.
November 29th, 2008 at 11:15 am
The only connection with these events to Christmas is the opportunity presents itself at this time of year.
I would wager most of the people at the heads of those lines was shopping not for a present, but for something to sell on eBay for a profit.
Every year there are some ‘must have’ items, that are invariably expected to be in short supply. The items just as predictably show up on eBay after Black Friday, at an elevated price.
November 29th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
It is our society that has commercialized the celebration of the birth of Christ with gift-giving and shopping. Not Jesus Christ.
As there is no clear-cut account of the exact date on which Christ was born, setting a date to celebrate his birth is, also, a commercial thing. Those of us who know Christ personally celebrate his birth and resurrection EVERY DAY, not just on Christmas. It is for the rest of the world that Christmas exists. We just try to remind them at the time of Christmas what that day is symbolic of.
I join Patriot Paul in praying for your Salvation, and for the Salvation of those around the world who have not yet come to a personal relationship with the Son of God.
Merry Christmas!
November 29th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
Decisions about salvation take place at an unfamiliar altitude, from which, my imperfections & those of my fellow sphere riders can be clearly seen; prompting prayers for our collective salvation. Negative attitudes are the most destructive of pollutants, dosed in the now seasonal form of misguided sentiments, targeting a hallmarked herd; sheep like myself for whom Jesus offers salvation.
November 29th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
I don’t think Christ cared much for the Inquisition either, Abdul. I don’t celebrate Christmas anymore either. Last year I did celebrate Hannahkuh with my boyfriend.
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For people that want to know more about the origins of religion (not spirituality) and how it is used to control the masses, watch the movie “ZEITGEIST”.
November 29th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
In America, our religion is(for now) recognized as a God-given choice. After all, it is a freedom ‘of’ religion, not a freedom ‘from’ religion.
November 29th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
If Patriot Paul is praying for your salvation, Abdul, you’d better have some other folks on standby to balance things out.
Cause when someone TELLS you they’re going to pray for your salvation, you can bet they won’t be attending any Mensa meetings. And, believing that prayer works, I’d hate to see the wrong prayers work, know what I mean?
Peace to you and all.
November 29th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
As I recall, there is a lengthy and sorry history of “human stampedes” amongst pilgrims making the Hajj in Mecca — those multiple deaths grievously mar the sacred nature of that religious event…
November 29th, 2008 at 5:22 pm
Tramplings at Wal-Mart have about as much to do with the teachings of Jesus Christ, as subsidized chilbirth does with successful parenting. Many of us could agree on a middle ground of common sense to delay our decline. Will we do it?
November 29th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
While not typically churchgoers, our family prays daily. I imagine a list can be found of Mensa members (of varying religions), who do likewise. However, I’m more concerned with the demographics of “common sense”. Is it found in the “religion and gun-clingers” or those that believe in the “change”? How about neither and both? How about no stereotype is any more applicable to the religious as to Democrats? Fair enough?
November 29th, 2008 at 7:02 pm
Great get together today Abdul we should do that on a Saturday afternoon again.
Peace
November 29th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
I love those believers that take a little part of the Bible, twist it around, make it sound perfect for their political viewpoint and then shove it down the throats of anyone and everyone as the only definitive and authoritative word of God and pray for us sinners. Abdul, Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Happy Everything Else and I agree Jesus likely looked at those stampedes and shook his head.
November 29th, 2008 at 11:28 pm
Boring!!!!!!!!!!!! Funny that the blogs have stopped talking about local politics. Greg Ballard and his wife going to Japan??? on taxpayers dollars. to attract a china town?
Peterson was bad. Ballard is a JOKE!
November 29th, 2008 at 11:36 pm
Abdul: A Muslim who eats pork and drinks scotch is about as much of a Muslim as a Christian who supports the death penalty, has sex outside of marriage, or harms another human (not even in self-defense. Turn the cheek and all that rot, etc.)
Oops, this is the USA where belief trumps fact. I’m a vegetarian since I eat corn and lettuce. Even though I eat the hell out of beef it does not matter as I identify myself as a Vegetarian, as such, I am a Vegetarian.
I know that you can’t admit it, Abdul (No public figure in America can) but I find it hard to swallow that you truly belive the Islamic (or any) mythology is actually true. One does not get admitted to law school without at least a bit of an ability to think critically. If one truly believes in their religon, one will follow it to the letter. If one doubts the veracity of their ideology, they tend to ignore the inconvienient parts. {subject/verb agreement, I know. I weren’t not a English major}
I thank Reason and Luck for my lot in life, and I wish you, yours, and all mankind the best today, tommorrow, and in the future.
Note to the God-fearing: I am a godless evil-doer who tortures children for entertainment and then eats them. Whole, bones and all. Please dismiss my babble as the demented rantings of a satanically-controlled conspiritor in the fight of evil against all that is good and holy.
November 30th, 2008 at 3:45 am
Abdul, there ain’t nothing wrong with good smoked bacon(the kind we used to have out in the smoke house on the farm – hard to find now-a-days), a good hand wrapped cuban cigar, and 25 year old scotch. By the way I’m a methodist and there are worse things than good food, booze, and nicotine. These are the lesser of “pleasures of the flesh” which are so derided by many. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the old curmudgeon of Winthrop Ave.
November 30th, 2008 at 8:35 am
Hey, this means the new true meaning of Christmas is to not only trample on someone’s feelings, but someone’s body.
November 30th, 2008 at 8:44 am
There are many holidays that coincide this time of year including the commercialization of christmas. The rampant gift giving while going into hock holiday called christmas must not be confused with the celebration of the birth Christmas. It is not politically correct to distiguish between the two but there is a difference. The commercialization of christmas is considered to patriotic. So many people believe going into hock is helping the ecomony. Some of our elected officials have even said go shopping, help the economy, go use the plastic and be patriotic. Hopefully there are still plenty of people out there who understand Christmas is not about the gifts we give but the gift of renewel we can choose to accept, no charge of course.
November 30th, 2008 at 11:08 am
Wilson: I assume Andre gave permission to you before you sent in that blog.
November 30th, 2008 at 11:16 am
>I don’t think the Son of Man would appreciate people acting like this as they get ready to celebrate his birthday
Huh?
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I think the Son of God wouldn’t appreciate this sort of behavior any time of year, not just this time of year.
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November 30th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
Mauri–I believe nicotine is added to cigarettes, not naturally found in hard-wrapped cigars. But I could be wrong.
Oh yeah–Cracker Barrel has the best smokehouse bacon I’ve seen outside my grandparents’ farm. Thick-sliced, too.
A cardiologist’s dream.
November 30th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
It’s called marketing, Steward. ‘Selling’ our city to both local and foreign business interests should be a goal of our mayor. For far too long, the public relations role of our local leadersship has been ignored.
November 30th, 2008 at 8:38 pm
As a Muslim do you believe that violence is justified on the grounds of religious purpose? How about the violence I sent you via email which is showing up all over the internet and media elsewhere? I suspect you don’t, along with the 75% or 85% of Muslims in the world. What should be done to or with that 15 to 25% that not only so believe but act upon them? Is it time for loyalty oaths from American Muslims on this specific point-trials in American courts are showing many Muslim traitors.
December 1st, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Many of the people who shop on Black Friday do it for sport. These otherwise socially invisible individuals are like people who practice road rage relying on the anonimity of their car. I know a group of women who go every year. Normally, you don’t get to actually see their greed, mean-spiritedness or aggressive natures. They can’t physically act up without revealing themselves during the course of the year (just gossip, backstab, spread rumors, etc., you know the type).
On Black Friday, however, all of those pent-up emotions are unleashed in a socially acceptable, even celebrated, manner. These women can afford to pay top dollar for anything. They like the hunt, the fight and acting out. They brag about what they scored and the manner in which they did it. They talk about it all year long. They live for this annual event where shoving, punching, grabbing, running over people, name calling, etc. is all expected and part of the fun. The same behavior their kids would get suspended/expelled from school for if they did it there. It’s my dream that these babes won’t realize until it’s too late that they have become too old and frail for the annual melee. They all deserve to have their clocks cleaned by a bigger, meaner brute.
A friend went out Friday morning. After being side-swiped twice on the way to the mall, she decided the “savings” weren’t worth it and went home. Maybe after enough people are killed/injured and enough restitution is made, merchants will stop this crap because it’s no longer profitable. It’s definately forseeable that people are going to get hurt. It’s only going to get worse, too. Let the lawsuits begin. Maybe sanity will yet prevail.
December 2nd, 2008 at 12:16 pm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3539171/Mumbai-attacks-Jews-tortured-before-executed-during-hostage-crisis.html Are Muslims proud of this? It finally showed up on Drudge yesterday but not a word in MSM that I have seen. Muslims have killed over 4,000 in India. Are Muslims proud of this accomplishment? I’m assuming that not all are but I think those who are proud of torture and murder for religious reasons are a problem. Any ideas about how to solve that problem of proud Americans who are Muslim?
December 2nd, 2008 at 2:00 pm
leon dixon, yes the torture was mentioned. Not prominently, but I heard it. One time. There was evidently no video, otherwise they’d have had it on non-stop. That’s the way TV news works.