Assault on Christianity

I was going to title this "Assault on Christmas", but it's more accurate to refer to it as an assault on Christianity, since it's not just Christmas the atheists hate, but anything at all to do with God.

Even as I type this, I can think of a few people it will probably offend. I have a Pagan friend. She might not agree with some of the things I say here.

There are also some Christians who won't like some of it.

I guess I am an equal opportunity offender. :(

So here it goes.

For the record, I don't really see Christmas as a Christian holiday. (Oh boy, the Christians are getting mad already.) Relax, I am a Christian, too. I just don't see anywhere in the Bible where it says that I am to celebrate the birth of Jesus. It tells the story of his birth. But that's about it. It doesn't tell me to reserve a special holiday for it. I always wondered about that when I was growing up. Then I met my husband, who has some really different views about Christmas, some of which I don't agree with. However, December 25th is NOT when Jesus was born. And the December 25th holiday (Christmas) DID come from Paganism. (I actually just made my Pagan friend really happy by admitting that.) None of that is really disputed. Whether or not it matters if we celebrate Jesus's birthday on a Pagan holiday or not....I have no idea. I'm not a Bible scholar. And I don't want to get into a debate on the subject, either. So I'll just say that I don't know if God gets angry at people for celebrating it (as my husband believes), however, I do not believe that he gets angry if I don't.

To my husband's dismay, I do put up a tree. (The tree comes from Paganism, too, by the way.) But I see Christmas as nothing more than a commercial holiday. Jingle Bells, snowmen, Rudolph, Fa La La La, La La La La. To those of you are are freaking out right now, please calm down. I believe in God. I believe Jesus is the son of God. I believe he was born to a virgin and died for my sins. I just don't believe that I have to celebrate his birth in order to get to Heaven. Thank you for your understanding.

I said all of that when I really meant to blog about this story.

The atheists/liberals really just hate God. Anything that's associated with Christianity, they mock it. And even though I don't really get into Christmas the way some Christians do, I know that this country was founded on Christian principles, and Christmas is a big part of Christianity for many people.

So, at the state capitol in the state of Washington, right next to the nativity scene, the atheist group the Freedom From Religion Foundation put up their silly little sign that says, "At this season of the winter solstice, may reason prevail. There are no gods, no devils, no angels, no heaven or hell. There is only our natural world. Religion is but myth and superstition that hardens hearts and enslaves minds."

And they call it free speech.

So, since I'm really not sure if celebrating the birth of Jesus on December 25th is cool with God or not, but I can't stand the whole liberal, politically correct, anti-God attitude, I have my own sign.