The nasty words called “Merry Christmas”

Heaven forbid if one says “Merry Christmas!” in public anymore!

Sad to say, by giving in to society’s pressures to keep Christ completely out of the public arena we’re keeping the light of Christ under a bushel. Nobody is holding us at gunpoint, forcing us to hide the Lord in a closet and treat Him like He’s our dirty little secret, but we’ve been doing it anyways. The saddest part is that society needs Christ more than ever before.

The fact that cities and counties everywhere are still caving in to the looming threats of lawsuits from the ACLU and individuals who think they’ve been offended by hearing the words “Merry Christmas” or by catching a glimpse of a nativity scene in public is alarming, to say the least. They act like all of civilization has been and will be emotionally scarred for life if they hear the dirty, nasty, vile words “Merry Christmas!” Please.

Dear God; every business runs a huge risk of losing customers by the millions, gazillions even, if they say “Merry Christmas!” Certainly, an onslaught of lawsuits all coming from people who had to suffer by hearing the words, “Merry Christmas!” will bury them alive. All you have to do is go shopping to see what I’m talking about here.

For far too long, employees who happen to be believers have been terrified to discuss their faith at work for fear of on the job discrimination or perhaps being fired. They must surreptitiously whisper Merry Christmas to another, but only if the other person says it first. How sad.

But anyone following any other religion can blather on and on as loudly as he or she wants about any other religion: Satanism, Buddhism, you name it. They don’t have to keep quiet, but we Christians do.

The reason why we give gifts at Christmas is to celebrate the awesome gift that Christ gave to the world. The gifts we give are a reminder that Christ gave His life so we can live. But don’t tell that to people who don’t believe in God, who just happen buy presents for their kids on Christmas, or the entire world’s economy would collapse. Every toy manufacturer and seller would be out of business the instant word got out.

Right now, I want you to say the dirty words (Yes, out loud!) with me:

Merry Christmas!

Again: MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Didn’t that feel good? Now, let’s say it again and again:

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

I don’t know about you, but I feel much better after saying that.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Seriously, if things don't change, if we Christians keep letting the world have its way, the same laws that have stricken the word Christmas from our public vocabulary will be expanded to our private lives. Pretty soon, we won't even be able to say “Merry Christmas!” in our own homes.

Yes! It's true! For crying out loud, if this insanity isn’t stopped, if we don’t stand up for ourselves, somehow, some way, no matter how feeble-seeming the effort, Christianity will become illegal in the United States. That would be tragic beyond comprehension.

All you have to do is look at what’s happening to our Christian brothers and sisters in China, India and other Christian unfriendly places where Christians are systematically martyred, beaten, and raped and their homes and churches are destroyed, all with the government’s blessing to see what’s coming if we continue to lie down and play dead.

Listen folks, if Nicole Kidman can talk about it openly in public by saying, *"This is a small gesture and I would just like to say I wish you all a merry Christmas and a happy new year," to a bunch of little kids at a special screening of "The Golden Compass" in Sydney Australia, then by all means, we can do it too!

Buck society with me. Do your part for the Kingdom of Heaven by joining me in my rebellion. Together, we’ll all fight back by saying the two vilest words ever uttered to everyone we encounter. We’ll offend the pants off everyone we encounter by bidding them a merry Christmas as loudly as we can.

*In the article dated December 18, 2007: “Wish upon this star - Nicole Kidman” Alyssa Braithwaite, National Entertainment Writer, quoted Nicole Kidman as saying, "This is a small gesture and I would just like to say I wish you all a merry Christmas and a happy new year." http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22944598-5001026,00.html