Nothing says Merry Christmas quite like putting a display up on your front lawn of a
double barrell shotgun toting Jesus gunning down Santa Claus and running down Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer with his pick up truck. I don't know what spirits the creator of this display was full of, but I don't think it was the Christmas spirit.
I'll spare you the obvious statements about misguided religiosity and commercialism, although I don't recall anywhere in the bible that described Jesus as homicidal. No, what irritates me most about this is the opponents who are using the tried and true, "won't someone think of the children" argument. I'm growing quite tired of people using children as scapegoats for their own personal issues. If you don't like something, own up to it, don't use this bogus argument. If anything it's an opportunity to talk to your children about things.
But anyway, if you don't receive any presents this year, now you know why. If I had kids, that's the angle I'd push - sorry kids, no presents this year.
One last thing - if you're assuming that this is from hick town in the deep south somewhere, guess again. This story comes to you from sunny Central California. Good times.
1 comment:
Some people interpet the bible as saying Jesus is going to come back someday and send everyone who doesn't acknowledge him to hell for eternal torture. That sounds worse than homicidal.
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