More holiday hissy fits
Wednesday December 13, 2006
This time, in Chappaqua, NY. From the NYTimes report:WHEN the New Castle Town Board was brainstorming ways to attract holiday shoppers to downtown Chappaqua, a local merchant suggested lining the two main streets with flags, as is done for Memorial...
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I do have a bit of a problem with part of Rabbi Lapin's statement:
"There remains one group of people who love and support us and they are America s Evangelical Christians."
So ... American Catholics and American Orthodox Christians are ... what ??
The Evangelical community, with its literalism that wants to see the Dome of the Rock removed and a new Jewish temple restored a bit off base, in my book.>
Rod said, "What is it about the holiday season that turns people into such pluperfect asses?"
If I had to guess, I'd say that people get involved in these 'tempest in a snowglobe' situations as a means of working off some of their holiday stress. I prefer the old-fashioned method, which is to hide the bathroom scale till January and scarf Christmas cookies 24/7. :)>
No, Lapin is an odious, blinkered narcissist.>
she and the town received about 20 calls.
STOP THE PRESSES!!!
20 idiots got offended!>
I prefer the old-fashioned method, which is to hide the bathroom scale till January and scarf Christmas cookies 24/7.
Amen and amen.
I've instituted a twice-weekly potluck at my office. It's so hard to bitch and cry about saying "Happy Holidays" instead of (insert religiously motivated greeting here) when one's mouth is full of hot-dish or pie.>
For a moment, I thought, "Why would they put up just Hanukkah flags? I mean, that's not even the dominant religion." Then, I thought about it for just a second and thought, "Who cares?" The main problem I have is that the colors aren't really festive enough. I can't really understand why a Christian would be offended by Hanukkah---or a Jew by Christmas. For the sake of interfaith peace, I might go out and buy some Christmas cookies and some of that little chocolate money...
God bless.>
"The Evangelical community, with its literalism that wants to see the Dome of the Rock removed and a new Jewish temple restored a bit off base, in my book."
Those are the dispensationalist Evangelicals, which does not make up the largest segment of Evangelicals in the U.S.
Most Evangelicals, who trace their roots to the Reformation and not the Second Great Awakening, are not dispensationalists.
Having said that, what would be wrong in supporting a policy based on one's theology? People base their policies on a variety of reasons including national interest, self-interest, economic considerations, etc. I don't see why these latter reasons are any more noble than the former.>
Having said that, what would be wrong in supporting a policy based on one's theology?
Absolutely nothing -
Unless one's theology led one to commit genocide, for example.>
"received several phone calls and e-mail messages last week from residents upset that a hamlet as religiously diverse as Chappaqua would pay for flags that appear, at first glance, to be inspired by a particular faith"
It was simply the 'wrong' faith, that's all. No wonder them kristian supremacists got all upset. Good thing the flags weren't in - GASP!!! rainbow colours, or there'da been some lynchin goin' on. (Or maybe just a coupla words carved into the offenders forearms as happened to some lesbians down south last week.)>
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