Comments on: Jon Stewart declares war on the faux ‘War on Christmas’

By: Justin True

Justin True — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:36:56 +0000

I remember when Chick-fil-A made their own call on matter of principle. The left had a cow, so to speak.

Since when did principals rely on xenophobic hate? If Chick-bigot-A wants to stand up for their Christian “principals” by selling their sandwiches to keep mentally handicapped people out of church (Leviticus 21:16-21), the murder of children who make fun of bald people by two she bears(2 Kings 2:23-25), or how about god telling people how to abort a child and also outcast the woman as well, (NUmbers 5:21-27)…

Yes! How about them principals!? Something we should all live by!

Just call the thing a “Holiday Tree” and get over it! Geez…

By: Suzie

Suzie — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 16:17:59 +0000

It was the company’s call, Henry. Surely independent private business should be allowed to make their own call on those matters.

I remember when Chick-fil-A made their own call on matter of principle. The left had a cow, so to speak.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 16:05:15 +0000

It was the company’s call, Henry. Surely independent private business should be allowed to make their own call on those matters.

By: Henry

Henry — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:28:49 +0000

War on Christmas continues http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_22133907/seniors-decry-ban-christmas-tree-their-complex-newhall

By: Kristen

Kristen — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 23:26:17 +0000

http://www.google.com/search?q=tardis&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari#biv=i|2;d|i8AYdfTEjBnqaM:

For you Laura….TARDIS! Now we just need to assign it to a religion.

By: Nosaj

Nosaj — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 22:18:46 +0000

Speaking of time travel, my favorite part of John Stewart’s monologue was right at the end, where he says, with Fred Flintstone and Santa on screen behind him, “Yes, there is even a Christmas show abut Christmas thousands of years before Jesus’s birth.” Too funny!

By: John

John — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 20:02:48 +0000

It’s called ‘Yuletide’, thank you. A Germanic Pagan holiday celebrating the shortest day of the year, a tree was cut and placed inside the dwelling in celebration thereof.

By: Other John

Other John — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 17:46:58 +0000

Wicca is a Pagan path, much like Druidry or Asatru (among others). It fits under the umbrella but is not wholly representative of Paganism or Pagan belief/practice, which are quite varied. People who practice Pagan beliefs other than Wicca tend to take offense to Paganism and Wicca being equated, because that’s not the case. Wicca is a modern attempt to revive older pre-Christian practices of much of Europe, popularized by Gerald Gardner in the 1950′s and 60′s.

By: Justin True

Justin True — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 17:43:29 +0000

Laura,
I have always grouped Wiccans and Pagans together. Which you have ever so eloquently proven to me that that is the wrong way to go about things. I was wrong. I see your point of view now. You saying that Wicca and Christianity stole, or ‘Borrowed’ from Paganism would be a more truthful and historically correct statement. I stand corrected. Thank you for correcting me.

I hope that I didn’t offend any Wiccans in the house by associating your religion with Christianity… How embarrassing would that be?

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 17:16:38 +0000

Justin, the only point in your original comment I was contesting was your assertion that Christianity stole from Wicca. This is historically impossible, given that Wicca is a revivalist tradition less than a century old that itself borrowed (or stole, however you wish to see it) from those same pagan traditions that early Christianity did back in the days of the Roman Empire. Suggesting that Christianity retroactively stole/borrowed from Wicca because Wicca is a revival of paganism is nonsense. I am not trying to defend the “purity” of Christian traditions, but pointing out that both Christianity and Wicca assimilated material from the same source at different points in history.

As for whether or not Wicca deserves a place beside Paganism, why don’t you ask a Pagan?