Muslim Council of Britain spokesman Shayk Ibrahim Mogra said, "To suggest celebrating Christmas and having decorations offends Muslims is absurd. Why can't we have more nativity scenes in Britain?"
"Hindus celebrate Christmas, too. It's a great holiday for everyone living in Britain," said Anil Bhanot, general secretary of the UK Hindu Council.
Sikh spokesman Indarjit Singh said: "Every year I am asked 'Do I object to the celebration of Christmas?' It's an absurd question. As ever, my family and I will send out our Christmas cards to our Christian friends and others."
The Christian Science Monitor (December 12 2007)
In other news, it is rumored that Britney Spears is starring as Mary in a bizarre satire film called "Sweet Baby Jesus." Not as Mary Magdalene, but as the Virgin Mary.
Reported on FoxNews (the official newsroom of Christmas)
Oy to the world!
Jewish Christmas Carol
My brother heard a woman on a bus say, as the bus passed a church
with a Crib outside it, "Oh, Lor' They bring religion into everything.
Look - they're dragging it even into Christmas now!"
C. S. Lewis
Roses are reddish
Violets are bluish
If it weren't for Christmas
We'd all be Jewish.
Benny Hill
Dear Lord, I've been asked, nay commanded, to thank Thee for the
Christmas turkey before us... a turkey which was no doubt a lively,
intelligent bird... a social being... capable of actual affection...
nuzzling its young with almost human-like compassion. Anyway, it's
dead and we're gonna eat it. Please give our respects to its
family...
Berke Breathed
In the old days, it was not called the Holiday season; the
Christians called it 'Christmas' and went to church; the Jews called
it 'Hanukka' and went to synagogue; the atheists went to parties and
drank. People passing each other on the street would say 'Merry
Christmas!' or ' Happy Hanukka!' or (to the atheists) 'Look out for
the wall!'
Christmas Shopping: A Survivor's Guide
Dave Barry
Washington's birthday is as close to a secular Christmas as any Christian country dare come this side of blasphemy.
Alistair Cooke
Christmas is the one time of year when people of all religions come together to worship Jesus Christ.
Bart Simpson
On Christmas it is proclaimed that Christianity established peace on earth and good will towards men. Next day the Christian, with refreshed soul, goes back to the manufacture of submarines and torpedoes.
George Bernard Shaw
The festival is called Christmas, it contains the name of a mythic religious entity that I do not regard as a god, but then so do the words Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. No big deal. As an atheist I have no more problems with Christmas than I do with Wednesdays. (Thursdays, of course, are a totally different matter, I could never get the hang of Thursdays.)
Atheist Christmas
No comments:
Post a Comment