The following is not directed at any particular participant in this thread, but those who have been on this list for more than a year know that this thread repeats one from last year (and, although memory fades, probably the year before that, and the year before that ...). I wonder if those who have participated in those discussions could ask themselves, "Am I about to post something that I've said before, or do I have something new to say?" [Some of the posts have been genuinely new, in my judgment, but many have not been.] Otherwise, our e- mailboxes fill up rapidly, without much pay-off for being a list member.
----- Original Message ----- From: Will Linden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, November 28, 2005 8:24 pm Subject: RE: The Holiday That Dare Not Speak Its Name > At 02:37 PM 11/28/05 -0800, you wrote: > > > >As for being offended by having someone wish me a Merry Christmas. I > >don't get offended. But like most people, I appreciate being > positively>acknowledged for who I am and what I believe. I don't > experience that > >when people tell me Merry Christmas. > > And what gives you the impression that believing Christians > experience > being "positively acknowledged" by being told "Merry Christmas" by > people > we doubt have any appreciation of its "true" significance, and > probably > repeat empty syllables as a matter of rote? You might as well > consider > "Godblessyou" at a sneeze as a positive acknowledgement of > religious > convictions. (And yes, there are atheists who at least claim to be > offended > by THAT.) > > > > _______________________________________________ > To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see > http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw > > Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed > as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages > that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members > can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others. >
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