It’s a double-edged sword, you know

This excellent post by David Silverman at the NoGodBlog: Not Just Christmas really nails the issue:

OK Folks one more time: Christmas is secularizing BECAUSE it was made a national holiday. This is ONLY happening to Christmas because it is the ONLY religious holiday that has been nationalized — e.g, made mandatory for all Americans. I cannot get my mail, or do my business on Christmas, but I certainly can on Passover or Ramadan. When you make unbelievers comply by force, they will comply the way they can without changing their views, and that’s why Santa is more important than Jesus this time of year. The only solution is to deal with it. It’s too late to change.
[emphasis added]

This is precisely the point I was trying to make last night when I posted this on Twitter:

I love Xmas, but you gotta admit: saying Xmas is “about” Christ is like saying the Super Bowl is “about” the Halftime show…

Why do so many people have so much trouble understanding this?

[via NoGodBlog]

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