1st Annual Anti-Christmas Conference - Featuring our own Rico and EB

[Evang.Benincasa]

Originally Posted by Berkeley

I started to have convictions about christmas before I was Apostolic. It wasn't until a few yrs after I was Apostolic that I decided to not participate in the christ-mass celebration. Now, it's just a day for family, food, and maybe a gift or two. I don't try to make christmas about Jesus. I participate in the commercialism, the secular christmas.

Richard Dawkins a professor who wrote the book "the God Delusion" calls himself a "Cultural Christian" which means that although he doesn't believe in God he doesn't want to lose his culture of Christian festivals. Xmas is a cultural thing and not a Christian matter.

I had a couple ask me if I thought there was any problem if they gave gifts during xmas but didn't have a tree. I answered them this way, my family and I don't acknowledge xmas. Therefore any facet of the Roman Catholic holy day is not part of "OUR" Christian experience.

We also don't celebrate Kwanza or Hanukah.

If others want to indulge that is there business.

My dear Brother Berkley, I don't celebrate the mass. I preach and teach that xmas is not a Christian practice. People are free to conduct their lives as the very well please. As for me and my house we will abstain from the practice of keeping the mass.

The Lord bless you richly

In Jesus name

Brother Benincasa

www.OnTimeJournal.com

[berkeley]

Originally Posted by Evang.Benincasa

Richard Dawkins a professor who wrote the book "the God Delusion" calls himself a "Cultural Christian" which means that although he doesn't believe in God he doesn't want to lose his culture of Christian festivals.

I have that book lying around somewhere. I have yet to read it.

Did you read the book?

[Evang.Benincasa]

Originally Posted by Berkeley

I have that book lying around somewhere. I have yet to read it.

Did you read the book?

I've haven't read the "God Delusion" I've skimmed the "Blind Watchmaker".

I have read Christopher Hitchins "God is not Good" and found it to be a repulsive collection of rhetoric.

Atheist writers attack what they think Christianity to be not what it is.

In Jesus name

Brother Benincasa

www.OnTimeJournal.com

[RandyWayne]

Originally Posted by Evang.Benincasa

I've haven't read the "God Delusion" I've skimmed the "Blind Watchmaker".

I have read Christopher Hitchins "God is not Good" and found it to be a repulsive collection of rhetoric.

Atheist writers attack what they think Christianity to be not what it is.

In Jesus name

Brother Benincasa

www.OnTimeJournal.com

Bingo!

On another board, there has been a discussion about the film, the Golden Compass and while it is well known that the author is a militant atheist, the books the movie is based on shows the church as a huge "Catholic-like" organization -similar to what the catholic church was through the middle ages. So THAT is what represents Christianity to him. Likewise if I was writing a fantasy novel I may very well have a character or two which would be an analogy to an authority-hungry, starch collared, apostolic pastor, from 20+ years ago.

[Evang.Benincasa]

Originally Posted by RandyWayne

Bingo!

On another board, there has been a discussion about the film, the Golden Compass and while it is well known that the author is a militant atheist, the books the movie is based on shows the church as a huge "Catholic-like" organization -similar to what the catholic church was through the middle ages. So THAT is what represents Christianity to him. Likewise if I was writing a fantasy novel I may very well have a character or two which would be an analogy to an authority-hungry, starch collared, apostolic pastor, from 20+ years ago.

That's it all the atheists focus on is what their references flow from. If I told you that something tastes like strawberry you would know what I was talking about if you had once tasted strawberries. Because of your point of reference you have something to go by and relate that to others. Dawkins, Hitchens, Victor J. Stenger, Carl Sagan and Philip Pullman are also apt to fire their darts towards the Christianity that they are the most familiar with.

Christopher Hitchens was raised Anglican, and later in life married to a Greek who was part of the Orthodox faith. He got divorced and married a women who is Jewish. Christopher Hitchens attacks religion totally from what he understands religion to be, based on his experiences.

Bertrand Russell in his book "Why I'm not a Christian" tackles Christianity from Russell's point of reference on what Russell believes Christianity to be.

There will always be atheists writing books and there will always be starchy collared apostolic preachers to refute them.


In Jesus name

Brother Benincasa

www.OnTimeJournal.com

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[Rico]

Originally Posted by Daniel Alicea

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You're a riot Dan! I knew you were going bump this thread back up!

[Truthseeker]

Xmass is still from pagansim.

[TRFrance]

Originally Posted by Rico

I don't see the humor in having my convictions mocked, but it's to be expected around here. Dan, all I am going to say to you is that everything comes with a price.

Interesting, since it kinda sounded like you were mocking those who were offended at the Jesus image that 1Corinth used over on this thread.

[TRFrance]

Originally Posted by Evang.Benincasa

I've haven't read the "God Delusion" I've skimmed the "Blind Watchmaker".

I have read Christopher Hitchins "God is not Good" and found it to be a repulsive collection of rhetoric.

Atheist writers attack what they think Christianity to be not what it is.

You're a better man than me, to have read all the way thru that tripe. I head Christopher Hitchens on the radio once talking about his book and found him and his beliefs extremely repulsive. I could never bring myself to read his God-hating garbage.