I'm a Buddhist but I have no problem with Christmas, I think that this time of the year has always been celebrated (in the northern hemisphere at least) as a time of the dark giving way to the light.
There is even a web page on Buddhist Christmas decorations! http://www.serenereflections.ca/Articles/Articles2002/ConvertingChristmas.html On 12/15/05, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Wayne wrote: > > the people to decide on something is therefore going against the will > > of Allah and an act against Islam. > > > > This is the most ironic part: The US has some of the same > government-religion issues even as it fights zealots abroad. > > There are many Americans (Religious Right) that feel that government's > role is to enforce their morality rather than to protect their rights. > You'll often hear something similar this sanctimonious argument: "You > want to remove all references to God." > > They've gotten themselves lost as to government's role and they've > forgotten that, in the US, the gov't exists to protect their rights to > worship any God they choose. But that goes for everyone else too. > They don't want to admit that the US government is agnostic. > > So, for example, you've got the controversy of saying "Merry > Christmas" (as the US is historically mostly Christian) versus "Happy > Holidays". For me, I think it's perfectly acceptable for a Christian > to say "Merry Christmas" to anybody - unless they hold gov't office > and representing the people when they say it. Then it should be > 'happy holidays'. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:188145 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
