Why are so many atheists going around demanding we put any reference to Jesus or God out of sight this Christmas season? Why would anyone be offended by something they don't believe in in the first place? Truthfully, I think it goes beyond a simple case of the non-beliefs. I think it has more to do with hate and intolerance than anything else.
One of the hateful and intolerant groups known as the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) has launched an all-out war against Christmas this year. One reference to this on their website reads "FFRF vs. Christian Crybabies".
Not for nothing, but the only crybabies I am seeing are the ones who are pissing and moaning about a manger being displayed at the local Townhall and that's just pathetic. Why can't these religion-hating ghouls just grow up and deal with it?
And please don't give me that Separation of Church and State garbage. The anti-Christian, non-religious left hijacked its meaning and twisted it to fit their own agenda.
Separation of church and state simply means that the Government can not tell us who we can or can not worship and how we will go about that worship. It doesn't mean we're not to post the 10 Commandments in a court yard. It does not mean Bibles and prayers and "I love Jesus" t-shirts need to be banned from public schools.
It was meant to ensure that America would not become like England was back in those days. Where as a British citizen, you had to worship at, and donate to, one church and one church only. The Church of England. If you failed to do so, you were beheaded.
I say to the atheists of America: You don't believe in God? Fine. That doesn't bother me. That doesn't anger me. If anything, I feel pity for you. To go through life without having God in it must be tormenting. Maybe that's why you're so full of hate and intolerance. You don't have God in your lives.
I still don't get it, though. I mean, I don't believe in little green men on the planet Mars, yet, if a bunch of sci-fi freaks decided to set aside a day to honor these non-existant beings and decided to put fake little martians up all around the town, it wouldn't bother me one bit.
So why does our Nativity scenes bother you so much?
Billy Kess