Hello....uhm..I'd like to...to..er..take the devil's point of view on this..cough..sub- ject,I believe that the atheists that erected a sign next to a Nativity scene ,did it just to get their own religious point of view across.I think that they hoped(nay=prayed;-)for the exact reaction the sign garnered.Good for them...they got their 'equal religion time'.
But(I like big 'buts' and I can not lie),is Christmas even a religious holiday for most people anymore?Could not the Nativity scene be seen now-a-days more or less as just an early traditional scene of,perhaps,a better called,'Giftmas'?
I mean,come on...the only reason it isn't called,'Giftmas' is because the non-Christian sects like the 'tradition' of the holiday being called,Christmas.
How many Tv specials for Christmas even have Christ in them? One percent?Two?
Christmas,not only in America,but Japan/China,etc,is about giving presents,Santa Claus,the Tree,eggnog and parties.
It's not about the birth of Jesus.
Even among most Christians ,Christmas is only very little about Jesus' birth-maybe an hour for Christmas-eve service.
So...aren't the atheists sort of beating a dead horse here...taking that what very little of Jesus Christ out of the holiday that isn't already drained out of it?
I say the atheists are right:totally take the Christ out of the holiday,put Santa up instead of the Nativity scene and let one's private beliefs of Jesus be celebrated in a church.
In fact,I say:'TAKE THE CHRIST 'OUT' OF CHRISTMAS ALL TOGETHER!LET'S GO ALL THE WAY AND CALL THE HOLIDAY WHAT IT TRULY HAS BECOME:"GIFTMAS"!
