Re: Thicken your skin, America, December 2012
Dear Editor,
While I agree with your contention that a simple
"Merry Christmas" (or "Happy Hanukkah" or "Happy Ramadan") should not
offend anyone, I don't think it is over-sensitive atheists who pose the
biggest threat to the role of this holiday in North American culture,
nor any perceived decline of its representation in stores or at schools.
If anything, the biggest threat is the willingness of Christians to let
their own faith whither, and to allow this sacred holiday to become
nothing more than a secular shopping marathon. (Granted, who has time
for the sacred when there's people to trample at Walmart on Black
Friday?)
The next time you hear a Christian complaining about
Christmas being 'taken away from them' by atheists, ask them to explain
the central significance of Nikalaos of Myra to this holiday. Their
likely inability to answer that
question with more than a shrug of indifference is all the indication
you need of how empty-headed an occasion Christmas has become.
James Deagle
Ottawa,Canada
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UPDATE: The Auburn Plainsman published this letter in a recent edition with only one very minor edit. :)
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