I need to stop reading or hearing the news. Anymore, most of it just depresses me. Here’s a good one out of Los Angeles…
The Marine “Toys For Tots” program has rejected the donation of 4,000 talking Jesus dolls by a company that specializes in Biblical figures. The rational was that they “…can’t take a chance on sending a talking Jesus doll to a Jewish family or a Muslim family…”
Ok… Let’s see if we have this straight… According to the Marines Toys For Tots Foundation web page, the Foundation “…provides Marines the opportunity to bring the joy of Christmas to needy children and accomplish passive mentoring by serving as positive role models.”
Maybe I don’t understand the definition of Christmas… Let me look it up… Hang on… Entering in the Meriam-Webster URL… Referencing Christmas… OH… It’s a noun… OK… Here it is…
The definition: “A Christian feast on December 25 or among some Eastern Orthodox Christians on January 7 that commemorates the birth of Christ and is usually observed as a legal holiday.”
So… If I understand the philosophy here… The Toys For Tots program is saying that it is inappropriate to hand out a toy doll made up as Jesus during a holiday season (Christmas) that commemorates His (Jesus) birth because it might be inappropriate, even though their program is designed to “…bring the joy of Christmas to needy children…” but somehow by sending out a Jesus doll during the commemoration period for Him (Christmas) it would be wrong…
Ok, boys and girls, I’m about to have a WTF moment here… Guess it’s time to stop thinking about the absurdity of this particular mind set before I stroke out.
I guess before I go, I need to ask: When in the bloody hell did this country, founded upon Christian principles, make such a wrong turn into ludicrousness?
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Your guess is as good as mine!
Without going into a long discussion, as you said, this country was founded on Christian principles but not on Christianity. Those Christian principles had been abstracted out of the living faith by the Enlightenment, giving us several deists and a couple of theists, but few what we'd call "Christians" by today's conservative standards.
I agree, though, it is ludicrous. Especially since a Jewish or Muslim toy given to a Christian child would be seen as an educational opportunity for multicultural awareness. I like paradox and irony and sometimes even heresy, but this kind of crap I haven't the stomach for right now. You're right, Morgan, it's a definite WTF moment.
Quite right, Slacker... Which is why I elected the to use the wording I did...
And, I somehow suspect that even Thomas Jefferson (one of the more well known deists) would have not understood the human reason behind this one...
It is a true shame...
But, does it really surprise you that this is happening? After all, everything has to be politically correct anymore so that we don't step on anyone's toes. I believe it is wrong the way the country is heading. Because everyone wants to not offend any other race or religion, God has been taken out of everything. That is why America has gone to Hell in a handbasket.
I kind of think it is every American God given right to step on toes... It's what sets us apart from the rest of the world, and regardless of what some may want to think, is the primary reason this country is now as great as it is.
SO... Put on the clogs and start stompin'!!
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