The Holiday Season is in full swing, I say that because many religions have holy days that are observed at this time of the year. Hanukah, Kwanza, Yule, Christmas and probably a slough of others that I don't know anything about, so in order to include everyone, I feel Happy Holidays is totally an acceptable salutation; since it denies no one's Religious Holy Days and expresses good will to everyone. Be honest isn't that what the spirit of the season is truly about? We all have our traditions and some have nothing to do with Religion. To say Happy Holidays to someone isn’t offensive if you don’t’ know what their beliefs are. For the people you know that follow a certain belief you should feel free to speak whichever salutation you think/know is appropriate.
Has anyone ever wondered why, it seems that only the Christians appear to be offended by allowing everyone a salutation that does not specifically deny their religious beliefs and customs? Many such customs and beliefs predate Christianity and yet all the holiday seasons fall in/around the same time of the year. So how is it that the celebrated birth of Jesus Christ happens to have arbitrarily been established in the middle of every other known religion’s holiday celebrations?
Spoken words are meaningless prattle as often as sincere sentiment. What you truly believe in your heart can never be put down by expressing your true sentiment. If Christmas is what you celebrate and you are among those that demand everyone accede to your religious beliefs and customs then everyone else has the same right to demand that you acknowledge their beliefs and customs accordingly. Common courtesy demands equality among people. Most Religions do not accept any form of equality except within the belief structure of their followers. Encouraging their followers to demand that everyone accept their belief structure and customary salutations is in actuality encouraging the spread of hate toward those who believe differently than any single religious faction. If promoting hate in a back-handed way such and being offend by a simple holiday greeting is acceptable in your religion then perhaps you should examine your religions foundation and what their actual belief structure is.
Really, it all comes down to control. Control of peoples personal actions, indoctrination of children (the same thing the occults do) to deny the beliefs of others while promoting their belief as the only one and true religion. Claiming to teach not to hate but that only applies to fellow believers of the same faith structure. If they can control your thoughts, they can control how you behave, how you live, how you teach your children and how you treat those that are different from yourself and your fellow believers.
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