Category Image The War on Christmas


Well, this has now definitely become a spiritual world war. First we had the Jews against Anti-Christian Defamation, and now we have an atheist in the London Telegraph entering the fray. I'll let you read these stories - the opinion piece is really exceptional, so there is nothing that I can add to it. What is amazing is that we have atheists and Jews, joining the battle on the side of either orthodox or evangelical Christians, against... Islamists? No. Other Muslims? No. Atheists? Not really. No, the enemy here is by and large secular Christians. You know, the folks who were raised Christian, show up at Church once in a while (usually Christmas, btw, which isn't even the biggest day of the year in the Church, but these folks wouldn't know that), but quite frankly have no more belief in God than even Mr. Heffer has. Now, I'm not asserting that I'm some perfectly devout Christian. I try, but certainly not hard enough, and certainly without routine success. However, these people don't even have the courage to admit that they really aren't Christian anymore. After all, if you really believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, you'd think you would, at the least, not be ashamed of it. And that is precisely the way these people feel.

However, my point here is not to pick on secular Christians, as if they are something new on the scene. Frankly they have been around since the time of Ananias and Sapphira , and it only has become worse since Constantine and the legalization of Christianity. No, I think that maybe it would be better to eliminate Christmas from the secular world. Let people have some sort of Winter Solstice celebration. Then, those of us in the Church can return to observing Advent, celebrating Christmas by worshiping, and stop having to deal with the secular Christians regarding Christmas. No more explanations as to why we don't do Santa Claus in our house (we celebrate St. Nicholas on his feast day which seems better than celebrating some made up Coca Cola advertising gimmick), no more explaining to the children why we try to wait and begin celebrating Christmas on Christmas day (so we aren't one of those who announce, on the feast of the Nativity of the Lord of all Creation, "thank God that's over"). Once again, Christmas, as important of a holiday as it is, will be placed in the correct perspective, as the second, or maybe even third most important feast in the Church, not the first.

What is the most important feast in the Church? Well, if you're not a secular Christian then you know. If you are, you may know only because somebody mentioned it to you, but you likely don't. The biggest feast day, by far, is Easter. Yep. The incarnation of our Lord was a huge event, but nothing is more important than the Resurrection itself. If you're not clear why that is, e-mail me following the link below and I can help you out.

Posted: Wednesday - December 21, 2005 at 10:43 AM          

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