Comments on: War On Christmas http://www.spiritualtramp.com/blog/2009/12/war-on-christmas/ Musings on Christianity Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: decipheryourself http://www.spiritualtramp.com/blog/2009/12/war-on-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-2868 decipheryourself Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:13:20 +0000 http://www.spiritualtramp.com/blog/?p=985#comment-2868 You make it hard to lump you in with the pulpit-pounding Christian set. Curse you and your open-minded understanding! You make it hard to lump you in with the pulpit-pounding Christian set. Curse you and your open-minded understanding!

]]> By: spiritualtramp http://www.spiritualtramp.com/blog/2009/12/war-on-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-2867 spiritualtramp Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:19:19 +0000 http://www.spiritualtramp.com/blog/?p=985#comment-2867 LOL. LOL.

]]> By: spiritualtramp http://www.spiritualtramp.com/blog/2009/12/war-on-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-2865 spiritualtramp Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:19:00 +0000 http://www.spiritualtramp.com/blog/?p=985#comment-2865 Not much to argue with there. Not much to argue with there.

]]> By: sidfaiwu http://www.spiritualtramp.com/blog/2009/12/war-on-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-2866 sidfaiwu Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:17:51 +0000 http://www.spiritualtramp.com/blog/?p=985#comment-2866 Hehe. The war on Christmas was won years ago by the retailers. All that's left are a few very minor boarder skirmishes near Greetingsland and Nativitia. Hehe. The war on Christmas was won years ago by the retailers. All that's left are a few very minor boarder skirmishes near Greetingsland and Nativitia.

]]> By: Nobilis http://www.spiritualtramp.com/blog/2009/12/war-on-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-2864 Nobilis Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:17:12 +0000 http://www.spiritualtramp.com/blog/?p=985#comment-2864 Shh! Don't you understand? <br><br>If the modern Christian church were to start actually acknowledging that it has power, rather than being an oppressed, vilified, marginalized minority, then the church would have to either acknowledge the depths of its hypocrisy, or else actually start living up to the Christian ideals of foregiveness and charity. <br><br>By claiming to be powerless in the face of corrupt mainstream culture, they are free to ignore the fact that they are, in fact, one of the influences that's corrupting it in the first place. Shh! Don't you understand?

If the modern Christian church were to start actually acknowledging that it has power, rather than being an oppressed, vilified, marginalized minority, then the church would have to either acknowledge the depths of its hypocrisy, or else actually start living up to the Christian ideals of foregiveness and charity.

By claiming to be powerless in the face of corrupt mainstream culture, they are free to ignore the fact that they are, in fact, one of the influences that's corrupting it in the first place.

]]> By: decipheryourself http://www.spiritualtramp.com/blog/2009/12/war-on-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-2783 decipheryourself Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:13:20 +0000 http://www.spiritualtramp.com/blog/?p=985#comment-2783 You make it hard to lump you in with the pulpit-pounding Christian set. Curse you and your open-minded understanding! You make it hard to lump you in with the pulpit-pounding Christian set. Curse you and your open-minded understanding!

]]> By: spiritualtramp http://www.spiritualtramp.com/blog/2009/12/war-on-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-2781 spiritualtramp Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:19:19 +0000 http://www.spiritualtramp.com/blog/?p=985#comment-2781 LOL. LOL.

]]> By: spiritualtramp http://www.spiritualtramp.com/blog/2009/12/war-on-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-2779 spiritualtramp Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:19:00 +0000 http://www.spiritualtramp.com/blog/?p=985#comment-2779 Not much to argue with there. Not much to argue with there.

]]> By: sidfaiwu http://www.spiritualtramp.com/blog/2009/12/war-on-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-2778 sidfaiwu Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:17:51 +0000 http://www.spiritualtramp.com/blog/?p=985#comment-2778 Hehe. The war on Christmas was won years ago by the retailers. All that's left are a few very minor boarder skirmishes near Greetingsland and Nativitia. Hehe. The war on Christmas was won years ago by the retailers. All that's left are a few very minor boarder skirmishes near Greetingsland and Nativitia.

]]> By: Nobilis http://www.spiritualtramp.com/blog/2009/12/war-on-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-2777 Nobilis Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:17:12 +0000 http://www.spiritualtramp.com/blog/?p=985#comment-2777 Shh! Don't you understand? <br><br>If the modern Christian church were to start actually acknowledging that it has power, rather than being an oppressed, vilified, marginalized minority, then the church would have to either acknowledge the depths of its hypocrisy, or else actually start living up to the Christian ideals of foregiveness and charity. <br><br>By claiming to be powerless in the face of corrupt mainstream culture, they are free to ignore the fact that they are, in fact, one of the influences that's corrupting it in the first place. Shh! Don't you understand?

If the modern Christian church were to start actually acknowledging that it has power, rather than being an oppressed, vilified, marginalized minority, then the church would have to either acknowledge the depths of its hypocrisy, or else actually start living up to the Christian ideals of foregiveness and charity.

By claiming to be powerless in the face of corrupt mainstream culture, they are free to ignore the fact that they are, in fact, one of the influences that's corrupting it in the first place.

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