Putting the X back in Xmas

wrote:
Not that I'm for offending people, but I think it is ironic that you
can't give Jesus for Chrstmas:

http://www.richmondtimesdispatch.com...!news!vaapwire

..... that creaking sound you hear, is western civilazation
toppling.... as it bends over backwards...

PS, I see the point, but the irony is palpable..

Christmas is a pagan holiday which the christians
relatively recently tried to co-opt and is now a primarily
secular holiday. Giving a toy that preaches one
religion to children of a different religion (or worse
those with no religion) is offensive.

I'd be ****ed if someone gave one of these to
my kids.....of course I've lobotomized several
annoying gifts over the years. A 1/32" drill bit
works wonders and leaves very little evidence.
:-),
- Ken

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Christmas is a pagan holiday

Wrong. It is a Christian holiday. One would like to think that even an
engineer could find the tell-tale "Christ" in "Christmas."

which the christians relatively recently tried to co-opt

Wrong. They invented it......quite a while ago.

and is now a primarily secular holiday.

Hm.......

There are a billion or so Christians worldwide. I'll hazard a guess that
many of them take Christmas very seriously as something other than a secular
holiday.

Wolfgang
who can only guess what a misery life must be for someone who can never say
what he supposes he might mean.