No Longer 'Merry Christmas' at Best Buy

Could be a first.

I agree with Daisy.

 

Wouldn't it be nice if we could all let people have whatever holiday they liked, without boycotting them, if they don't happen to agree with us?

That used to be the American way. Apparently, it isn't any more. At least it isn't for some people.

 

What a silly application of a bible verse! You seem to think that anyone who doesn't say "merry Christmas" is of the devil. How ridiculous!

 

Are you sure you only shop and do buisness with true saved Christians. Not just people who say merry Christmas but saved Christians who hire only Christian employees.

If not then you are violating your own application of this principal.

BTW, It is absolutly imposable to do this. Was your car made by a Christian, was the farmer that grows your food a Christian, was the construction worker that built your home a Christian, was the person who soddered the circuts in the key board you are useing right now a Christian.

If not then you violate your own principal.

 

==It is the "natural" result of "Christian" political activism. When Scripture is used, usually out of context, to support political agendas the end result is always silly applications. For example another person in this thread said:

"If nobody takes a stand for anything anymore then no wonder the world is in the shape it's in."

You know there are several problems with that statement.

For one what is one taking a stand for here? Forcing people to pretend they are Christians and that they honor the Savior, when in fact they don't? Are we returning to the days when Christianity was required if one wanted to be part of the community? I certainly hope not. Roger Williams arugments on this issue are great. O, and if you don't know who Roger Williams was you should. He may well have been the first person in the colonies to suggest the need for a seperation of church and state. Did he suggest this because he was anti-christian? No. He suggested it because he was a christian and he had witnessed the damage that is done to the church when there is a union between the church and state. Later on, in early America, Christians such as the Baptists and Quakers understood the danger as well. They had seen, even suffered, the persecution that comes with "required Christianity" or "required forms of Christianity" (ie...state churches). This is why many of these people were supporters of Thomas Jefferson's view of seperation (even though they strongly disagreed with his theology/philosophy). I don't know why more Christians have not learned the lesson of Church History on this issue. We can't force people to become Christians, we cannot force lost people to act like saved people, and we cannot force those who don't honor Christ to honor Him. Boycotting "Best Buy" simply because they don't say "Merry Christmas" is not standing up for anything. It may, in fact, be tearing down some of the religious freedoms we enjoy in this country. For example...Keep in mind that the number of Muslims in the United States are growing. In a few years Muslim holidays are going to start gaining more attention in the American market place. Do you want store clerks to be required to say "Happy Ramadan"? If we start requiring "Merry Christmas" then we can't argue about stores requiring clerks to say "Happy Ramadan". This why seperation of church and state is so very important. It protects us from being forced into religious practices we don't believe in. Sure it has been taken too far by liberals in the ACLU and other groups. However, one and within itself, it is not a bad idea.

Second the world is not in the shape it is in today because people don't wish to say "Merry Christmas". The world is in the shape it is in because it is full of sinners (most of whom have rejected Christ). Putting the Ten Commandments on courtroom walls, forcing people to say Merry Christmas, and other such activist practices will not solve any of these problems. These problems are spiritual problems that have social reprocutions.

As evangelicals we need to stop this "group think" or what I like to call the "herd instinct". We need to start reading up on these issues ourselves and coming to our own conclusions. Just simply because Jerry Falwell or James Dobson says it, does not make it correct. We need to realize that this political activism is getting us no place. Why? Because the Bible does not promote these boycotts. We can't win spiritual wars with carnal weapons. In fact, taking it a step further, alot of this political activism is taking our eyes off the real issue.

 

Merry Christmas to you and yours, sis. Happy New Year, as well.:thumbs:

 

If you know someone is Jewish, do you still wish them "Merry Christmas" or do you go with "Happy Hanukkah"?

I take it you hardliners would not default to the generic "Happy Holidays" which would include the both of you....

 

Same to you Bro. PB.

This thread has made me start humming a few of my favorite Christmas tunes

 

Either, I may say Merry Christmas. I would not be offended if they responded " Thanks, and Happy Hanukkah"

I wish them happy (my holliday) they respond (happy their holliday) we are all happy and not so thin skined. We are all happy.

 

Actually, knowing that they are celebrating Hanukkah, I would wish them a Happy Hanukkah. What good does Merry Christmas do for someone who doesn't celebrate Christmas?

 

Just the present to buy....http://www.baptistboard.com/showthread.php?t=35219

 

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