Mott the Hoople
12-20-2015, 09:20 AM
It's that time of year again where Bill O'Reilly's favorite fake cause is making the rounds again.
That so many people buy into O'Reilly's mythological war on Christmas just amazes me that people can be so gullible and dumb. If one just used one shred of critical thinking or their Christian values to scratch O'Reilly's thin tissue of lies the truth becomes obvious. There is no war on Christmas and O'Reilly is a bloviating propagandist.
I'll give you examples of what I mean.
The first is Christian principle. Obviously O'Reilly and those misguided people who actually believe in the mythological war on Christmas don't understand the true meaning of Christmas. The true meaning of Christmas is the joyous celebration of our savior's birth by a show of good will towards "all".
O'Reilly's mythological "war on Christmas" is a gross violation of Christian principle and values as he does not share good will towards all and is purposefully sowing the seeds of division and hate. There is nothing Christian in his actions at all. If anyone has a war on Christmas it's Bill O'Reilly and his misguided believers. They themselves are violating Christian principles and the true meaning of Christmas by sowing division, fear and hate and bastardizing the true meaning of the Christmas spirit to do so.
Secondly there is simple logic. If a person of good will offers me a blessing such as "Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Seasons Greetings, Happy Hanaka or Joyous Kwanza, etc" my reaction is to respond to the intent of the blessing by saying "Thank you.". To be offended cause that person didn't officially recognize your religious doctrine is simply rude, boorish and, again, clueless about the meaning of Christmas.
So there really is no war on Christmas. What there really is are some blow hards trying to sow division and hate, like O'Reilly, who could learn from Dickens very humble character "Tiny Tim" who sums ups the true meaning of Christmas by saying "A Merry Christmas to us all; God bless us, every one!"
I guess according to O'Reilly Tiny Tim was at war with Christmas as he extended God's blessings to all and not just evangelical Christians who believe exactly as Bill O'Reilly does.
That so many people buy into O'Reilly's mythological war on Christmas just amazes me that people can be so gullible and dumb. If one just used one shred of critical thinking or their Christian values to scratch O'Reilly's thin tissue of lies the truth becomes obvious. There is no war on Christmas and O'Reilly is a bloviating propagandist.
I'll give you examples of what I mean.
The first is Christian principle. Obviously O'Reilly and those misguided people who actually believe in the mythological war on Christmas don't understand the true meaning of Christmas. The true meaning of Christmas is the joyous celebration of our savior's birth by a show of good will towards "all".
O'Reilly's mythological "war on Christmas" is a gross violation of Christian principle and values as he does not share good will towards all and is purposefully sowing the seeds of division and hate. There is nothing Christian in his actions at all. If anyone has a war on Christmas it's Bill O'Reilly and his misguided believers. They themselves are violating Christian principles and the true meaning of Christmas by sowing division, fear and hate and bastardizing the true meaning of the Christmas spirit to do so.
Secondly there is simple logic. If a person of good will offers me a blessing such as "Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Seasons Greetings, Happy Hanaka or Joyous Kwanza, etc" my reaction is to respond to the intent of the blessing by saying "Thank you.". To be offended cause that person didn't officially recognize your religious doctrine is simply rude, boorish and, again, clueless about the meaning of Christmas.
So there really is no war on Christmas. What there really is are some blow hards trying to sow division and hate, like O'Reilly, who could learn from Dickens very humble character "Tiny Tim" who sums ups the true meaning of Christmas by saying "A Merry Christmas to us all; God bless us, every one!"
I guess according to O'Reilly Tiny Tim was at war with Christmas as he extended God's blessings to all and not just evangelical Christians who believe exactly as Bill O'Reilly does.