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Atheist Holiday
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Atheist Holiday Friday, December 7, 2007
In Florida , an atheist became incensed over the preparation of Easter and Passover holidays. He decided to contact his lawyer about the discrimination inflicted on atheists by the constant celebrations afforded to Christians and Jews with all their holidays while atheists had no holiday to celebrate.
The case was brought before a judge.
After listening to the long passionate presentation by the lawyer, the judge banged his gavel and declared…
“Case dismissed!” The lawyer immediately stood and objected to the ruling and said, “Your honor, how can you possibly dismiss this case? The Christians have Christmas, Easter and many other observances. Jews have Passover, Yom Kippur and Hanukkah…yet my client and all other atheists have no such holiday!”
The judge leaned forward in his chair and simply said, “Obviously your client is too confused to even know about, much less celebrate, his own atheists holiday!” The lawyer pompously said, “Your Honor, we are unaware of any such holiday for atheists. Just when might that holiday be, your Honor?”
The judge said, “Well it comes every year on exactly the same date—April 1st! Since our calendar sets April 1st as ‘April Fools Day,’ consider that Psalm 14:1 states, ‘The fool says in his heart, there is no God.’ Thus, in my opinion, if your client says there is no God, then by scripture, he is a fool, and April 1st is his holiday!”
“Now, have a good day and get out of my courtroom!”
No More Xmas
Posted by: | Commentsa post by: Rob Singleton
Rob Singleton is the lead pastor and founding pastor of Southbrook Community Church located outside of Charlotte, North Carolina. His passion is to see people connect with God in a personal way and experience the life changes that come when you give yourself fully to Christ.
and Rob writes…
…While we’re at it we could change Mother’s Day and Father’s Day to “Parent’s Day.” They’re already doing this in the California school system—why should Ahhhhnold have all the fun terminating tradition? Let’s all have a crack at it! The options are almost limitless. Let’s see, we could change…
Labor Day to “Play Day,” so we don’t offend everyone who doesn’t really want to work…
Valentine’s Day to, “Significant Other Day,” because Saint Valentine was such a traditionalist when it came to marriage being between a man and a woman…
Thanksgiving to, “Entitlement Day,” because we don’t really need to be thankful for things we have a right to in the first place!…
We could change Easter to “National Bunny Day,” and everyone could exchange eggs (very carefully) with one another and buy pet rabbits…
We could change George Washington’s Day and Abraham Lincoln’s B-Day to “Presidents Day” so as not to offend other presidents who may have done little or even harmed our country, but at least—
Cross that one off…already been done.
We could change New Year’s Day to simply, “Year’s Day,” because we don’t want to offend the Old year?…
Columbus Day to, America Day, oops, not popular right now. How about “Hollywood Day” because I’m sure they’ll take credit for it in an upcoming film anyway!
Veteran’s Day of course, would have to go. Everyone knows those boys in Iraq are just there to secure our oil interests and our troops in Afghanistan just want to see new places and try new foods (please tell me you can actually feel the sarcasm through your computer screen). We could call it “Sean Penn Day.” He seems to need recognition in the worst kind of way.
And why limit it to our traditional holidays? We could change our money from saying, “In God we trust,” to “Trust No one!” That seems more of a cultural fit right now.
Man, I’m on a roll! Somebody stop me!…
Thank you Bro. Rob. You hit the proverbial nail square on the head.
As I said in my reply to your post, I met a person this week who thought ‘X-mas’ was just an abbreviation of the word Christmas and it is in a very sick way. Most people are unaware that Madeline O’Hare, a devout atheist was instrumental in coining the term ‘X-mas.’ She spent most of her life trying to remove Christ from everything.
If they don’t believe in Christmas and don’t want to say it, that’s fine… God bless them. But if they think they are going to stop me from saying it… well I say “tough noogies…It’s my right!”
Merry Christmas from BigDadGib
Muhammad’s Name in Vain?
Posted by: | CommentsTHOUSANDS IN SUDAN PROTEST, CALLING FOR ‘MUHAMMAD’ TEDDY BEAR TEACHER’S EXECUTION
If we were to execute all those who took God’s name in vain, we would have to take out all of Hollywood first.
BigDadGib
Holiday Vacation Trips
Posted by: | Comments“The greatest driving tip I ever received” by Gilbert Purtee
Holidays were always fun when I was growing up. We have a wonderful, extended family and we always had someplace we could go for Thanksgiving, Christmas or any holiday that had lots of food to eat.
The hustle and bustle of getting ready for the trip was always exciting. Dad would be carrying things to the car while mom made sandwiches, filled the cooler with ice and packed supplies. In-between trips to the car, dad would check the oil, water and tires much like a pilot would do before a cross Atlantic flight. We loved to take trips in the car so the ritual of preparation seemed to be planned and well rehearsed.
What do I recall the most clearly about our trips? Two things stand out in my memory. It was not the map on moms lap. It was not the driving hat that dad wore to keep the wind from blowing hair into his eyes. It was not the fun games that mom played with us kids.
The first thing, as soon as we all got into the car, with the engine running and we were all warm, settled and ready to go, dad would look at mom and say, “Ready?” Mom would smile real big and say, “Ready, daddy” and they would hold hands, close their eyes and dad would pray.
“Lord, thank You. Thank you for giving us this chance to go see our family. Keep us safe. Help me to drive and keep me alert. In Jesus name, Amen,” and then we would go. That was the first thing I remember.
The second is even better. As we would turn the last corner before reaching our destination, I would hear my daddy say, “Thank you Lord. We made it safe again. Bless our time while we are here. In Jesus name…”
As a truck driver, this was the greatest driving lesson taught to me by my father. In all the years that I knew my father and his driving a car, I do not recall hearing about my father ever having an accident. That was no accident. He had help.
I have carried this all through my driving career. As I leave the shipper, I thank God for my job. I ask Him to protect me, again, just like He has the last 650,000 miles and I ask Him to keep me awake and alert. When I pull into the gate of the receiver, I do the same thing and thank God for another safe trip. See, just like my father, I have a perfect record too. That is no accident either. I have help.
God; don’t leave home without Him.
Luke 11:1
And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.
Let’s Talk About Sex
Posted by: | CommentsFrom: BACK HOME AGAIN
A Christian Hoosier that loves games, computers, cars, and liberty.
Yet another study strengthens the case for traditional families, but will our sex-obsessed society take notice?
Dr. Laura had it right in describing the rise of sex as a commodity. You cannot escape it, and it is permissible everywhere except, apparently, in a committed marriage. I read a ‘Dear Abby” column in the paper yesterday in which a reader wrote a response to a question from a lonely husband: “I do all these nice things for my wife, and she still won’t have sex with me! What can I do?”
The response? Stop pressuring your wife and being so selfish. The responder’s husband also is guilty of planning numerous romantic dinners and occasions in the expectation that fun will ensue. Not so, says the responder: he should stop expecting and start merely hoping, but oh, keep up the romanticism. “Remember,” she writes, “it’s about what you are giving, not getting.” Well, news flash - she’s not giving, so he’s not getting. What more does he have to give? The columnist agreed with the responder (of course)…