tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36300005.post5511843459279712124..comments2024-02-11T12:37:14.536+00:00Comments on keith's ramblings: Keith's Ramblingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13564578491652021492noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36300005.post-52402724800517980372014-12-15T05:32:21.595+00:002014-12-15T05:32:21.595+00:00I was raised Catholic. I've long since parted ...I was raised Catholic. I've long since parted ways with the church, but I still appreciate the beauty of some of the stories. <br />I have to say that some of the attempts to make the holiday perfectly non-religious end up being perfectly sterile. Why not honor the various beliefs instead? I don't know, guess that's just me.<br />Thank you for visiting us at poetryofthenetherworld.blogspot.com and for your kind comment on my poem. It means a lot to me.Ornery Owl of Naughty Netherworld Press and Readers Roost https://www.blogger.com/profile/07596105116325246476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36300005.post-55593811129367178552014-12-15T05:29:12.538+00:002014-12-15T05:29:12.538+00:00I so agree with what you've said here. It'...I so agree with what you've said here. It's about someone's birthday for Christ...well you know...and I'm agnostic, so no axe to grind here. But if you're going to celebrate a holiday that's attached to a birth, at least have the decency to acknowledge that that's what you're doing....no matter what else you believe. I maybe don't buy into the whole rest of the story ... for me the jury is still out on that ... but it doesn't make sense that we'd tell people they can't do the things that honour that birth when it's the basis for the whole holiday in the first place. Just sayin'.<br /><br />http://thepoet-tree-house.blogspot.ca/2014/12/come-they-close.htmlS.E.Ingrahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02135141369161538082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36300005.post-74531272986077927302014-12-14T22:21:35.697+00:002014-12-14T22:21:35.697+00:00Christmas is a religious festival and should be ce...Christmas is a religious festival and should be celebrated regardless of others opinions. You do not have to join in, however it should not be altered to please non believers; they can worship Midas, Star Trek who ever else they like whenever they like. If it offends stay away. Christmas is about love not shooting someone out of the Galaxy.Old Egghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14727444489103758018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36300005.post-21006077090431940402014-12-14T21:56:11.126+00:002014-12-14T21:56:11.126+00:00It's taking secularism way too far, as happene...It's taking secularism way too far, as happened even longer ago in France. Telling the Nativity story from our Christian culture gives children so much, and takes nothing away from followers of other faiths. Long live the Nativity play.vivinfrancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07388722600118753457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36300005.post-17251785740750195852014-12-14T15:16:04.884+00:002014-12-14T15:16:04.884+00:00Indeed...if we are going to spread fiction at leas...Indeed...if we are going to spread fiction at least let us pass it on as true to it's original form and intention as we can...amen to that (says Alice) Jae Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11509244123008832611noreply@blogger.com