HI Dark, Yeah, that's my feeling as well over the debate of merry Christmas verses happy holidays. It is not just that it infringes upon a person's first amendment rights, but it also strips them of their individuality. One of the things we should be learning is tolerance towards others and how to respect other peoples religious views etc as they are instead of molding them into identical robots. The politically correct crowd expect everyone to adopt a universal secular view of the holidays and any sign of individuality is unacceptable. That to me is more offensive because it doesn't allow people to share their thoughts, views, and holidays with others regardless of if it is Christianity, Islam, Judaism,or Wicca. It is as you say as though none of them are important enough to mention by name.
What really gets me is having studied various religions myself I've come to see certain themes or beliefs that appear to be universal among the major religions of the world. While they might not be exact its the kind of friendly debate that should happen among people to see where they agree and where they don't. For example, Something like the Five Pillars of Islam is actually something that people of all religions embrace in one form or another. Love God with all your heart, love your neighbor and do unto him/her as you'd have them do unto you, pray without sea sing, etc. Its the foundational teachings of Islam and both Christians and Jews would agree with those principles. While Islam does not accept Jesus Christ as the son of God they do consider him a prophet and many of the fundamental teachings from the new testament appear in the Koran too. So why are political extremists so eager to wipe out peoples individual views instead of discussing them openly? Cheers! On 12/26/11, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote: > Agreed Bryan. > > To me reducing everything to "happy holidays" is actually offensive to every > religion, rather than inoffensive to all, it's as if none! are worth > acknolidgement. > > It reminds me of that quote from the gondoliers, "when everybody's somebody, > then no one's anybody!" > > beware the grue! > > Dark. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.