Christian Group Launches New Attack on Christmas Commercialism

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

It's not what you think...

But to a growing group of Christians, this focus on the commercial aspect of Christmas is itself the greatest threat to one of Christianity's holiest days. "It's the shopping, the going into debt, the worrying that if I don't spend enough money, someone will think I don't love them," says Portland pastor Rick McKinley. "Christians get all bent out of shape over the fact that someone didn't say 'Merry Christmas' when I walked into the store.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20091215/us_time/08599194759000">Christian Group Launches New Attack on Christmas Commercialism

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[undeterred]

2. Nobody has embraced commercialism like

right wing Christians. Let them lead the way by getting rid of the tv stations, "Christian" business scams on the internet, and Christian paraphernalia if they really mean it.

[el_bryanto]

3. Some Christians are hypocrites. Therefore all Christians are hypocrites.

Some Muslims are terrorists. Therefore . . . better stop there I suppose.

Bryant

[undeterred]

4. I said right wing Christians.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

6. A brand-new John the Baptist Shower Curtain

Name that TV show!

[damntexdem]

5. The War on Christmas Stockings.

But how dare they attack the divine -- i.e., this mainstay of the Almighty Dollar?

;-)

[brooklynite]

7. What's wrong with going into debt?

I understand my debts will be forgiven in a few years....

"At the end of every seven years you shall grant a release of debts. And this is the form of the release: Every creditor who has lent anything to his neighbor shall release it; he shall not require it of his neighbor or his brother, because it is called the LORD's release" (Deuteronomy 15:1-2).

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

8. Old Testament. Bank of America is DEFINITELY New Testament...

nt

[get the red out]

9. If a Republican were President

They wouldn't dream of doing this, it would make the Christmas season less robust and hurt the economy.

These people are politics first, their own selfish aims second, and then religious rules (for others, not necessarily them).