Pastor Declares War On Christmas

And wins.

As Christmas draws near, Pastor John Foster won’t be decorating a tree, shopping for last-minute gifts or working on a holiday sermon for his flock.

Foster rejects Christmas on religious grounds, calling it a secular holiday. After all, we weren’t always a Christmas-crazy society.

Through much of the 19th century, schools and businesses remained open, Congress met in session and some churches closed their doors, lest errant worshippers try to furtively commemorate the day.
“The whole culture didn’t stop for Christmas,” said Bruce Forbes, a religious studies professor at Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa. “Government went on as usual, business went on as usual, school went on as usual”…
“It’s common knowledge that Christmas and its customs have nothing to do with the Bible,” said Clyde Kilough, president of the United Church of God, which has branches all over the world. “The theological question is quite simple: Is it acceptable to God for humans to choose to worship him by adopting paganism’s most popular celebrations and calling them Christian?”

This is certainly a long way from Congress running around declaring how good, important, and religious Christians and Christmas are.

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.