Merry Christmas?

I will begin this with: I am a Christian and I hold Christian beliefs. I'm not any particular "Brand" of Christian, in that I don't subscribe to any one particular doctrine. I don't think the Catholics have any more insight into my immortal soul than the Baptists. Also, for the record, I was brought up in a Baptist church.

I wanted to lead off with those statements to re-enforce THIS statement: THESE PEOPLE DO NOT REPRESENT CHRISTIANS, ANYWHERE!!






Meet the Westboro Baptist Church. I'm sure everyone has heard of these people and their antics. They're the ones that like to go to the funerals of Fallen Soldiers and protest. They hold signs that berate homosexuals with threats of fire and brimstone. Some of their signs tell everyone that the soldier being buried was actually killed by God out of anger over two guys bangin each other in a bathroom.

Ya know, you don't have to be a Christian to see how terribly fucked up their logic is. Hell, I'd be willing to bet that even some atheists would be willing to concede that those people are fucked up four ways from Sunday.

And, just when you thought they couldn't top their last "Festival of Stupidity", out comes "Santa Clause will take you to hell". Come on, man. You bastards have to pick on Santy Clause, too? I noticed on one of the signs, a pictogram of two stick figures cornholin' in the corner. What the hell does that have to do with Christmas? I mean, really....

I get that the world is fucked up like one big ol' soup sandwich. I get that people everywhere are living selfish, debauched lifestyles. I get that corporate greed is going to be one of the downfalls of civilazation, as we know it. And, I even get that God is probably more than a little pissed at his children. But, I like to think that good ol' Santy Clause is like, one of the last GOOD things left on this Earth. Christmas is the one time of year when people , in their own convoluted way, tend to stop thinking of themselves and genuinely try to do some good. Believe it or not, some people still celebrate the day as the birth of Jesus Christ. And, even if they dont celebrate it for that, it's still looked at as a Season For GIVING. To say that "God hates Christmas" is not only stupid, it's disrespectful.

It's true that Christians are their own worst enemy, sometimes. However, THESE PEOPLE DO NOT REPRESENT CHRISTIANITY ANY MORE THAN MUSLIMS REPRESENT TERRORISM. There are idiots everywhere. Please don't judge us by our worst examples.

Thank you Ester Goldberg, for bringing this story to the world. If you haven't read Views From Abroad, you're cheating yourself. Be sure to check it out and tell her, "that hateful ol' Meroll" sent you.

I Bid You Peace.