Today’s Forwards - 11/28/07
March 10, 2008
I received two forwards in my “inbox” today. Both were from people I love dearly. Both were completely different and both got a response from me.
FWD: 1
Twas the month before Christmas
When all through our land,
Not a Christian was praying
Nor taking a stand.
Why the Politically Correct Police had taken away,
The reason for Christmas - no one could say.
The children were told by their schools not to sing,
About Shepherds and Wise Men and Angels and things.
It might hurt people’s feelings, the teachers would say
December 25th is just a “Holiday”.
Yet the shoppers were ready with cash, checks and credit
Pushing folks down to the floor just to get it!
CDs from Madonna, an X BOX, an I-pod
Something was changing, something quite odd!
Retailers promoted Ramadan and Kwanzaa
In hopes to sell books by Franken & Fonda.
As Targets were hanging their trees upside down
At Lowe’s the word Christmas - was no where to be found.
At K-Mart and Staples and Penny’s and Sears
You won’t hear the word Christmas; it won’t touch your ears.
Inclusive, sensitive, Di-ver-si-ty
Are words that were used to intimidate me.
Now Daschle, Now Darden, Now Sharpton, Wolf Blitzen
On Boxer, on Rather, on Kerry, on Clinton!
At the top of the Senate, there arose such a clatter
To eliminate Jesus, in all public matter.
And we spoke not a word, as they took away our faith
Forbidden to speak of salvation and grace.
The true Gift of Christmas was exchanged and discarded
The reason for the season, stopped before it started.
So as you celebrate “Winter Break” under your “Dream Tree”
Sipping your Starbucks, listen to me.
Choose your words carefully, choose what you say
Shout MERRY CHRISTMAS, not Happy Holiday!
When all through our land,
Not a Christian was praying
Nor taking a stand.
Why the Politically Correct Police had taken away,
The reason for Christmas - no one could say.
The children were told by their schools not to sing,
About Shepherds and Wise Men and Angels and things.
It might hurt people’s feelings, the teachers would say
December 25th is just a “Holiday”.
Yet the shoppers were ready with cash, checks and credit
Pushing folks down to the floor just to get it!
CDs from Madonna, an X BOX, an I-pod
Something was changing, something quite odd!
Retailers promoted Ramadan and Kwanzaa
In hopes to sell books by Franken & Fonda.
As Targets were hanging their trees upside down
At Lowe’s the word Christmas - was no where to be found.
At K-Mart and Staples and Penny’s and Sears
You won’t hear the word Christmas; it won’t touch your ears.
Inclusive, sensitive, Di-ver-si-ty
Are words that were used to intimidate me.
Now Daschle, Now Darden, Now Sharpton, Wolf Blitzen
On Boxer, on Rather, on Kerry, on Clinton!
At the top of the Senate, there arose such a clatter
To eliminate Jesus, in all public matter.
And we spoke not a word, as they took away our faith
Forbidden to speak of salvation and grace.
The true Gift of Christmas was exchanged and discarded
The reason for the season, stopped before it started.
So as you celebrate “Winter Break” under your “Dream Tree”
Sipping your Starbucks, listen to me.
Choose your words carefully, choose what you say
Shout MERRY CHRISTMAS, not Happy Holiday!
Response to FWD: 1 (please note, this is not my entire response, I first started out by telling this person how much they meant to me and that I was ranting about the poem and not the person who sent it to me)
There are a lot of presumptions (incorrect ones at that) in this poem and most of it is just silly. Especially this part “as they took away our faith” Are you kidding me? Does the author of this have any idea what early Christians went through? We’re not even being persecuted, let alone executed like they were.
We live in a secular society. Many people aren’t believers and its ridiculous to ask them to act as though they are. I especially can’t stand the political aspects of this poem. Jesus wasn’t a Republican and lots of Christians are Democrats. And don’t get my started on “Christmas” trees which were originally worshiped by some pagan outfit somewhere.
I’m so tired of middle class, white, self righteous people who think their brand of Christianity is what is right for everyone and its okay to be rude and obnoxious to anyone who doesn’t agree with them. Where is the love in that? The only way to win people is to be a light and to be hope and to share your faith out of your relationship with people and your relationship with Jesus. I’ve never met anyone that was won over to the Way with a ballot, or a picket, or an internet forward about offended Christians. Jesus said we aren’t to be offended. Isn’t part of dying to yourself giving up your right to be offended? The only people Jesus railed on were “believers” and religious leaders and mostly because they had wrapped themselves up in their wrong ideas and had no compassion for the lost.
Didn’t mean for this to be so long, I just think this poem embodies everything that is wrong with the right wing Christian movement of today. I know I’m especially sensitive to this because I live in a liberal college town and talk to people who hold up these things as examples of why they would never consider coming to church.
Whew!! Are you still with me? Cause if you are, here’s your reward:
FWD:2
I am passing this on to you because it definitely works and we could all use a little more calmness in our lives. By following simple advice I heard on the Dr. Phil show, you too can find inner peace. Dr. Phil proclaimed ‘The way to achieve inner peace is to finish all the things you have started and never finished.’ So, I looked around my house to see all the things I started and hadn’t finished, and before leaving the house this morning, I finished off 23 Bud Lights, a bottle of Absolute, a package of Oreos, the remainder of my old Prozac prescription, the rest of the cheesecake, some Doritos and a box of chocolates. You have no idea how freaking good I feel
Response to FWD: 2
Funniest forward EVER!!
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