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[Grainne Rhuad]

With this season of both celebration and salabration I have one of the phrases that peeve me the most ringing in my ears. "Jesus is the reason for the season!" Arghhh no He's not! Christ Wept! (That's because they can't even get his birthday right!) I actually truly do believe in the Christ, Rav Yeshua, Messiah, whatever you want to call Him by, but the whole mantra of bedazzled shoppers in the U.S. "Jesus is the Reason for the Season!" Bugs the crap out of me and sets me on edge making me want to boycott winter at times. I would be happy to to a highly opinionated historical overview as to why this is not true and people need to get down off their high horses. Also touching on the credit card industry and Hasbro toys. Just to name a few.....Let me know if this sounds good or you have other ideas along these lines or would like some structure.

[Mr. Subversify]

I believe in Jesus too. I believe that there was a guy once that succeeded in pissing off the Romans and the Jews and ended up getting his ass kicked. Just don't have me sign off on the whole son of god business, miracles and that a person can be both the father, son and the holy spirit. Talk about your multi-tasking, sheesh.

Tis the season to set sights on the church of capitalism and all its profane glories - complete with a plastic Jesus, boxes full of crap that no one needs or can afford and a culture of fulfilling the "spirit" of the holiday through mindless spending.

[Maya]

Somebody has to get the story right. We believe that Jesus, aka Esa (Arabian dialect), Yeshua, Messiah, Al Meseeh, never really died on the cross, but was magically replaced by an identical figure in appearance. Clearly misinterpretation as well as misconception has played a key role in sects and separation of religion. Branches and branches of man's theoretical wisdom forced upon us. What happened to the true word of God, aka Jehovah, aka Allah which is derived from the aramaic term Eloha. Blasphemy, Allah is not a moon god after all but in turn a mere translation.

Back to the marketing ploy all in the name of Jesus, marketing itself has become a religion that we all sadly serve and follow. I can't wait till the next sermon, sale at the church of Macy's Heist, and Scatter Day's Change!

[karlsie]

What a drastically Un American concept! Jesus has been the stable resource for generating Capitalistic wealth for years! It's a tradition, a rallying cry to love your material goods. They are what make America great! I'm off on my own rant at the moment. It pisses me off that they call that great spending enticement that occurs the day after Thanksgiving, Black Friday. I thought that was supposed to signify the day Jesus actually died (and i won't squabble over the date or circumstances) and that three days later, he arose; creating a holiday that was supposed to symbolize the triumph of life over death but has somehow gotten stolen by bunnies with baskets full of colored eggs. Couldn't they have at least a little decency and respect for the religious few and call it "spending Friday" or "Friday Frenzy"?

Even more than the obnoxious label, it's starting to rub me raw that the media press is bleating more about the refusal of the American people to get carried away with spending this year as though the public was at fault for not supporting the bailed out institutions, instead of concentrating on why this particular wheel is creaking. The gig is up but the dinosaurs blunder on, still caught in their web of lies, unable to imagine that the public has seen them naked.

[Grainne]

LOL! I see sparks a'flyin! Okay, well I'm going to work up a POV with some possible historical refrences and submit it. We'll see how it goes