{"id":31,"date":"2010-12-01T17:24:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-01T17:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godscomic\/2010\/12\/christmas-with-a-capital-c.html"},"modified":"2010-12-01T17:24:00","modified_gmt":"2010-12-01T17:24:00","slug":"christmas-with-a-capital-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godscomic\/2010\/12\/christmas-with-a-capital-c.html","title":{"rendered":"Christmas with a capital C"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:200%\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'\">As of<br \/>\nthis writing the GoFish song Christmas with a Capital C is one of the most<br \/>\nrequested songs on Christian radio. This song sampled my Christmas rant from<br \/>\n&#8220;Put a Helmet On!&#8221; and has well over 14 MILLION hits on YouTube. The song and<br \/>\nmy routine is simply a response to the politically correct nonsense that has<br \/>\nessentially censored the age-old American tradition of celebrating Christmas in<br \/>\nstores, schools and businesses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:200%\"><span>Of<br \/>\ncourse &#8220;Christmas&#8221; itself is not being censored in that there is still a break<br \/>\ngiven to school kids nation wide that has somehow morphed into a celebration of<br \/>\nsnow and winter, because after all, who doesn&#8217;t feel all warm and fuzzy inside<br \/>\nwhen they see slush and freezing rain? It is the use of the word Christmas and<br \/>\nits religious connotations that are being erased of course. The fact that we<br \/>\nstill have stores selling gifts, ribbon, trees, wrapping paper, tinsel, stars,<br \/>\nornaments, and the green and red theme colors is a sad testimony to what<br \/>\npolitical correctness does to truth. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:200%\"><span>Even<br \/>\nthough all of these items are here ONLY because of Christmas, (not Hanukah or<br \/>\nKwanza or Ramadan) they pretend it isn&#8217;t there and by doing so it will force it<br \/>\nto disappear. My beef with this fascism in the name of sensitivity by the way<br \/>\nis not saying we shouldn&#8217;t be respectful of non-Christians and dissenting<br \/>\nviewpoints. My problem was that this tradition has existed for well over 150<br \/>\nyears in America. It is not about forcing non-Christians to celebrate<br \/>\nChristmas, it is the fact that it has been taken away from everyone. Removing<br \/>\nsomething that always was is a far cry from forcing it on others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:200%\"><span>I<br \/>\ncould quibble about the immaturity and lack of tolerance from the small<br \/>\nminority that is apparently outraged and traumatized by a dogmatic religion<br \/>\nthat would pound us over the head with such intolerant a concept as &#8220;Peace on<br \/>\nearth good will towards men&#8221; when it suddenly occurred to me. Christmas is a <i>gift<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:200%\"><span>Christmas<br \/>\nis a celebration of God almighty humbling Himself towards His creation in<br \/>\ncreating an opportunity for humanity to be restored to fellowship with its<br \/>\ncreator. Yet even from its inception there were those that refused the gift.<br \/>\nThose who want the grace and forgiveness and love but are adamant that they<br \/>\nwant nothing to do with repentance, humbleness, and sanctification.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:200%\"><span>What<br \/>\nhas happened in America is a natural outcropping of the fallen man and his<br \/>\nrebellion. We will accept God in small doses and only under the caveat that we<br \/>\nget to decide who God is and what role He will be permitted to affect our<br \/>\nbehavior. We have the proof even in some Christian denominations that have kept<br \/>\nthe Jesus of &#8220;love&#8221; as long as love doesn&#8217;t conflict with the new cultural norm<br \/>\nof morality. They allow the culture to define their faith instead of the<br \/>\npurpose of Christianity and Christmas in redeeming culture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:200%\"><span>Does<br \/>\nJesus love us all, you bet. Does love mean no perimeters for our choices? No.<br \/>\nThat is actually called hate. To allow someone to make choices that are<br \/>\nrepulsive to God without GENTLY and humbly steering them toward freedom isn&#8217;t<br \/>\nlove at all.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:200%\"><span>I<br \/>\nguess what I&#8217;m saying is Christmas will never leave America. It will be<br \/>\ncelebrated by churches and in the homes of Christ followers who can decorate<br \/>\nall they choose (for now). We are to offer the gift of Christmas to everyone<br \/>\nand yet allow him or her the option to opt out. I feel sorry for America<br \/>\nthough. It was at one time such a beautiful tradition for us all. We are post<br \/>\nmodern now folks and secular, and so now we are to draw inspiration from<br \/>\nholiday tree&#8217;s and freezing snow and wind to truly bring us as a nation<br \/>\ntogether. What a gift we&#8217;ve been given huh? P.S. watch Brad co-starring in the<br \/>\nfilm &#8220;Christmas with a capital C&#8221; with its world premiere Sun night Dec 5<sup>th<\/sup><br \/>\non the Gospel Music Channel!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As of this writing the GoFish song Christmas with a Capital C is one of the most requested songs on Christian radio. This song sampled my Christmas rant from &#8220;Put a Helmet On!&#8221; and has well over 14 MILLION hits on YouTube. 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