I was recently sent a forwarded email from my parents sharing Ben Stein's comments on the whole "Christmas culture." His comments, from the perspective of a Jewish person, encourage religious tolerance, and calls for people to understand that America is not inherently an atheist country.
For the video of his comments, watch this here. Here is the important text as verified by Snopes (as the email I got had some added content - also good, but not written by Stein)
Thursday, November 17, 2011
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No one ever said it's wrong to say Merry Christmas. The real problem is those who get offended if someone says Happy Holiday instead of Merry Christmas. Those on the Right tend to feel the left wants to outlaw Christ. Those on the Left are smart to say both Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday. Happy Holiday, James!
ReplyDeleteAgain, I am not sure what article you are reading CTR. To your first comment however, people are saying it is wrong to Merry Christmas all the time. All over the debate has raged on for years about wether or not that is culturally acceptable to say as it is religiously based. While I meant no "left-Right" arguments in this article, one recent example of this is that the Obama's called the tree at the White House a Holiday Tree, not a Christmas tree so as to not be culturally offensive to anyone. If you think that no one is having a problem with "Merry Christmas" that you have had your head in the sand.
ReplyDeleteI am not saying that the left want to outlaw Christ, but there are many that want to eliminate religion or religious practices in public. Again, if you can't see that then you must really like the way sand feels on your head. However, since this article was not meant as a right-left argument, I am not even going to justify your attempt to start an argument. Merry Christmas CTR.
Our troops have fought in the middle east for us to say Merry Christmas. If people don't like it they can go over there and take the troops' place to fight for our freedom of Speech
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