tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post1905559844884456974..comments2024-03-14T11:50:14.761-04:00Comments on DarwinCatholic: A Bad Witness to the True Meaning of ChristmasDarwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-2112120802484751982010-12-30T17:30:32.459-05:002010-12-30T17:30:32.459-05:00Maybe the manager of the bank was Catholic and was...Maybe the manager of the bank was Catholic and was observing the Advent season, which is a penitential season. Catholic churches don't decorate for Christmas until right before the first Christmas Mass.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00256515088755994673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-45806049990527058862010-12-28T17:42:03.210-05:002010-12-28T17:42:03.210-05:00On a related but maybe tangential note, this year ...On a related but maybe tangential note, this year I noticed that some people we know who are of different kinds of professed beliefs and religious practice or lack thereof, but all very sort of culturally mainstream, have felt comfortable going back to saying merry Christmas on their family photo cards. It didn't lead me to suspect that anything had changed but that the cultural mainstream had realized more people get worked up about being wished "happy holidays" than do about "merry Christmas."theresanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-38012422745260224182010-12-28T17:11:46.307-05:002010-12-28T17:11:46.307-05:00I agree. Chase is a bank, a commercial enterprise...I agree. Chase is a bank, a commercial enterprise. If my church didn't have Christmas decorations up, I'd be worried. But my bank, I don't really care.JMBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02542004362101344466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-14794272070179337842010-12-28T13:05:50.451-05:002010-12-28T13:05:50.451-05:00I used to get worked up about the "Happy holi...I used to get worked up about the "Happy holidays/Merry Christmas" issue and such, but now?<br /><br />I don't care.<br /><br />I mean, I do, but I think we as Christians witness far better to non-believers by living happy, Godly lives than by preaching stridently. <br /><br />Nobody asks the fat person who is always talking about being on a diet how to lose weight. The one who attracts attention is the he who has lost the weight quietly, without bothering anyone else.<br /><br />(And yes, I know weight loss is not the best example to use because fat <> bad, but it was the first thing that came to mind and I wanted to free up my hands so I could eat my butter-laden butternut squash.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-53130698469411851392010-12-28T12:24:09.439-05:002010-12-28T12:24:09.439-05:00Yikes!Yikes!Melanie Bettinellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12557248434888642114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-62225116332710391372010-12-28T11:36:34.907-05:002010-12-28T11:36:34.907-05:00Amen.Amen.Rebekkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13536021238594385545noreply@blogger.com