Get Rid of Christmas!

Michelle, I really do have a large ass. I've been told it's a ghetto booty. No worries. I don't have children of my own, but I borrow other people's on occasion. Kids ask, say and think the craziest things. It's amazing really!

I like to reread your articles because every time I read one I take something different from it. For example: I found the line, about this information coming from your daughter who thought oral sex could result in pregnancy, hilarious. I work in a casino, we're open 365 days a year, and I generally work every holiday. I got lucky on Christmas this year (had the day off) --- First Christmas I had off in 9 years. You know what the great thing was? I didn't have to deal with the people who drop their annoying relatives off, because they don't want to deal with those relatives.

Ah, I see where you're coming from and I really agree. A religion that strips rights the way Fantom Religion has been known to doesn't sit too well with me, but at the same time, like Christianity the roots of it are OK, it's just people tend to get extremist on you and go too far. It's too bad we can't all start from scratch without using the H Bomb, lol.

*(and I know a few Christians who are just super people but they are very few), but I don't see how extending the same respect for the religious beliefs of others that you demand from them is going to hurt you any. Plus, I don't see how making a holiday that should be all inclusive literally all inclusive is some kind of victory, nobody wants to take your holidays, that's paranoia - do you people really think there's a war going on? If so, I feel sorry for you. Once again, collective 'you', not speaking about anyone in particular. ;) I do agree, though, that every religion has extremists and every belief system has psychos, that's just the nature of humanity, but not every religion has such a hold over politics and world affairs and that's just dangerous. People who aren't Christian deserve rights, too, and shouldn't have to keep their beliefs to themselves or risk the chopping block.

*and I'm the only way to your salvation? Be honest with yourself, if you're like most people you'd tell me to get lost or listen 'politely' and then feel relieved when I finally left, hoping to God I never came back and having no intention of reading my literature. Now, as far as saying that what can arguably called the Bloodiest Religion in recent history isn't intollerant and predjudice, I'd like to say based on what? And if I were talking about preachers and extremists, that would be one thing, but I'm speaking of about 70% of all of the Christians I've ever met in my life, and I've met a lot of them. In fact, nearly everyone I've ever met is Christian. And, honestly, I've seen them do some horrible things including setting a gay boy's hair on fire during a youth seminar because he was a 'fag', thank the Gods he wasn't really hurt but still, hello - yikes! I'm not saying all Christians are like this, in fact I don't think anyone can be pigeon-holed into a sterotype like that (and I

*mean of their beliefs ( I've written a topic on that which I hope gets published, but since it's only my second I don't know what will happen there, lol. ) I mean of their actions. The fact that this seems to anger Christians and Righties so much proves that if the roles were reversed they'd raise hell over it, because right now they have more or less all of the power in this continent and they're still scared to death that they'll have to share their country or freedoms. Justice Lives Not: First of all, I don't see how someone not wanting to be preached at is intollerant? I don't want to be preached at, I don't want to be 'saved', but that doesn't stop countless missionaries from bothering me every year with various messages from different Jesus' telling me about how much better my life would be if I let their church control me. What would you do if I showed up at your doorstep and pressured you into hearing a sails pitch from Odin about how you're wrong and I'm the only way to your

I'm sure they will publish it Michelle, you seem to be a big content maker for them and I don't forsee them gaining anything by shooting themselves in the foot any more than they already have with you! And no, I'm not glad that only Christians are represented in Politics, I think we could benefit from diversity. I'm not trying to tick you off, honey, I'm 100% for you speaking your mind and getting people talking about this because it really is an important discussion, but for there to be disscussion there should be voices from as many sides as possible. Plus, if you're going to say something one sided, especially in public, you have to expect that there will be people who won't agree with you, and as big a fan of your articles as I am I'm not going to blindly kiss your *ss, okay? Besides, crazies like me and my affinity for disagreement and link-popping generate extra pageviews for articles like this. I've lived in fear of Christians all my life, and I don't mean of their beliefs ( I'v

As for Christians having "no tolerance" for other religious views, I'd say that assumption is wrong, because they have just as much tolerance for other dogma as non-believers do whenever someone tells them about the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Saying "Merry Christmas" does not exclude or belittle other faiths. As for Christian "bullying" of religious minorities, please don't make the ghastly error of including the average Christian in the same category as those power-seeking "preachers" who use Scripture as a way to further their political ends. Actually, calling everything "holiday trees" and "Winter break" does not bother me at all, because it is a hollow victory for the ones engineering that change; the celebration of Christmas and Easter can NEVER be removed from the Christian heart!

Well it's too bad you don't want to hear about it, because that's exactly what people need to hear. Christians have *no* tolerance for others, it's just a fact for most of the montheist community, and the ones that do practice tolerance complain about it. You can't push an arguement against other beliefs and then say, "You know what? I don't want to hear about the other side, because I know I'm right regardless of never having experienced it." I do, however, think that removing all religious holidays may be a good idea, because most Pagan holidays aren't represented unless their bastardized versions like Christmas and Easter, or observed but without the holiday actually getting time off from work like Halloween ( which is a religious holiday, actually, though not for my people. ). and we seem to do just fine without them. I don't see Christians and traditionalists loving that, though, and I've got the feeling that it would end the same way Prohibition did, lol.