CHRISTmas

Okay so this blog is very unlike me because I am typically rather liberal when it comes to issues of religion, but this topic was brought to me today and I felt the urge to rant about it!!! I will be the first person to admit I am a "cafeteria Catholic" and that I have fallen off the going to church wagon, but I still consider myself to be a religious person. I still believe in God, prayer, and I know the true meaning of Christmas. Ya know the one that has nothing to do with Santa or shopping. I am just starting to feel like their is only a small minority of people left out there that focus on the actual reason behind Christmas and not the commercial aspect of it. I started thinking that if someone were to pole random people on the street I am willing to bet that a number of them wouldn't even be able to state the religious meaning of Christmas and why it was originally celebrated. I am getting a bit off of the topic I wanted to be on though. While I dislike the fact that most people celebrate Christmas for the wrong reasons, my main issue is with those who claim to be atheist and all anti-religion and then freakin go ahead and celebrate Christmas! Do they not understand the amazing irony in that???? I was listening to the radio today and this idiot woman was bitching because she is atheist and her town's post office hung light up stars in their windows! Not a nativy, cross, picture of baby Jesus or anything...but stars. She is causing a huge uproar because the stars represent the star of Bethlehem and that is religious symbolism in a government agency. I was listening to this woman go on and on and was amazed. I have never wanted to call into a radio station so bad in my life! And if I didn't have to go to class I might have actually done it! The best part of her entire rant was when the dj asked her what type of decorations would be accepted to her she said anything non-religious like santa, snowmen, trees, etc. Does this chick no realize the meaning behind santa??? I seriously wanted to send her some kind of Christmas education booklet. But her idiotic comment got me wondering how many people don't realize that without the Christian symbolism behind the holiday there would be no Christmas. Anywho this rant is getting rather long so in summary my message is...enjoy the holiday season and try to focus on the true meaning of Christmas instead of the commerical one. And for those who you who claim to be so anti-God and religion you might want to throw out the tree and create you own reason for getting presents in December so you don't continue to look stupid. In conclusion, I would say I'm sorry to anyone who has been offended by this blog...but I'm really not.