An Atheist Celebration of Christmas
As I decorated my Christmas tree yesterday, listening to Christmas music and pulling out cherished ornaments from years past, I couldn't help ponder the different perspectives from which I have celebrated this holiday. While I do not celebrate Christmas as a season of hope of salvation or rejoicing over a savior's birth, as many of my loved ones do, I am very aware of the many holidays that are a part of this season: the secular Christmas, the Christian Christmas, Hanukkah, winter solstice, and Kwanzaa.
I wish a god DID exist!
In the Christian denomination I was raised in, a personal relationship with Jesus was encouraged. In fact, once you had accepted the doctrine of the church, your relationship with the Divine was your only priority.
The cure for road rage?
This past weekend an article in the Salina newspaper explained how the new 'In God We Trust' license plates are a cure for road rage. The title of the article actually reads 'Colby couple proffer plate as cure for road rage'.
Francis Landry, the sponsor of the bill, said "It's hard to have road rage when you're looking at a tag like that." So what I'm getting from this is that not only is it prosthelytizing, it's somehow magical or possibly has some form of mind altering power to it. Sounds like a bargain for $40. Maybe I'll get one and run some tests.
True Christianity
On my commute home from work today, I was thinking about true Christianity. Being raised in a fundamental Christian religion (Seventh-day Adventism), how many sermons have I heard, books have I read, and lectures I've been given about this subject? While I was growing up, true Christianity was defined by acts, thoughts, belief in a certain set of ideas, and financial devotion, among other things.
Kansas Under Brownback - A Culture of Faith is Necessary to be a Free Society
With all the 'Imagining' going on in Topeka right now, I'd like to imagine Kansas under Sam Brownback. Brownback recently had a commentary published in CNS news (bringing a political balance against the liberal media) titled "A Culture of Faith is Necessary to be a Free Society".
Knowing that Brownback is a creationist, thinks the location of 'In God We Trust' on our money is an important issue and is a member of 'The Family' is one thing.
