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A CHRISTMAS LETTER TO ANTI-CHRISTIANS: 2006 |
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Written by Dr. Jack Wheeler
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Friday, 22 December 2006 |
A version of this was first written for Christmas 2004.
It is addressed to members of the ACLU and other Anti-Christian Liberals. It is obviously not addressed to TTP
members! But feel free to send this to
any ACLU member should you happen to know one.
Merry Christmas. If that offends you, why should I care? It's your problem, not
mine. Let me explain your problem a little more fully. America is a Christian
country. It's your job to deal with that, because you're not going to change
this fact. America has always been a Christian country, and - open wide now,
because you're going to have to swallow this - it will continue to be.
It will continue to be because most Americans aren't Euroweenies. They haven't
lost the moral courage to be proud of their country and their civilization.
Notice the "most" - which you are not a part of.
You are anti-Christian because you are anti-American. You
are anti-American because you are anti-Western Civilization. You are anti-Western
Civilization because you are afraid of and intimidated by the envy of the
world's impotent. Fear of being envied defines your liberal soul.
Try this thought experiment. Try and pretend that you are deep down in your
bones proud to be an American. Try and cast aside all the embarrassment you
feel, the need to apologize for being American. You feel fear, don't you? What
makes you afraid to be proud of your country? Envious evil eyes, that's what.
It's that fear that drives you to ask, "Why do they hate us?" The dreaded They
out there in the world who hate America, the dreaded They whose envy
makes you incapable of defending your country and your culture against them.
Another thought experiment: Place in your mind's eye the entire panorama of
Western Civilization - of ancient Greece and Rome, of medieval knighthood and
Christendom, of the Renaissance, the age of exploration and scientific
discovery, the Industrial Revolution, the creation of mass prosperity.
Now try and pretend that it is thrilling to be a part of and heir to this
history, that you look upon Western Civilization as glorious and superior to
any other, that you admire it without apology.
Are you cringing? You feel guilt, don't you? You have a compulsion to focus
exclusively on the negative, right? When you thought of Greece and Rome, you
thought, "They had slaves." You immediately translate Medieval Christendom into
Dark Ages and sneer at the Crusaders.
The Renaissance makes you think of the Inquisition. The Age of Exploration reminds
you of what an "exploiter" Columbus was, and how much you sympathize with Aztec
cannibals over the Christian Cortez. And American history - why that's just
slavery, slaughter of Indians, and capitalist rip-offs.
So now you take out your fear and guilt on the spiritual source of our
civilization. Well, thank you for sharing. For 2,000 years, Christianity has
been woven into the warp and woof of Western Civilization. You can't pull it
out and not expect the whole tapestry to unravel - as the Euroweenies are
finding out.
Christianity is an inseparable part of the culture of our civilization. Even
atheists must be cultural Christians and feel comfortable with their culture's
Christian heritage if they wish not to be estranged from their civilization and
its history.
This is why your war on Christmas, your war on the Boy Scouts, your war on any
mention of Christianity in schools, your war on public displays of Christianity
has nothing to do with religion: these are cultural wars, not religious wars.
You know very well that your worry about Christians establishing an oppressive
theocracy in America is a complete sham. After all, it was American Christians
taking seriously Jesus' proclamation to "Render unto Caesar's what is Caesar's
and unto God's what is God's" that enables America to have a secular government
and no state religion.
But here is what you should worry about: more and more of us are figuring out
that there is no moral obligation to obey your immoral laws. There is going to
be an ever-increasing amount of straight defiance of judges' anti-Christian
pro-ACLU rulings.
You want respect for the law? Then don't pervert it to advance your
anti-Christian agenda. Don't pervert it to assuage your fear of envy and guilt
over being an American. Respect has to be earned. You and your judges need to
earn it back.
You can start by putting Christmas back in Christmas, much less Christ. Repeat
after me: It's Christmas Vacation, not "winter break." It's Merry Christmas,
not "happy holidays."
We're not going to put up with professional grinches any more. We are not going
to tolerate your being offended at public crosses and nativity scenes and
discussions of Christian history in schools, and we are not going to tolerate
judges being offended by them either.
If you don't like it, move to Euroweenie Land or the Land of Moral Mush,
Canada. Why are you here anyway if you are so embarrassed to be here?
If you insist on staying, fine. All we ask is that you shut up and stop
complaining. If you really want to keep living in a country you hate among
people you despise, at least let the rest of us enjoy our lives as Americans,
and let us celebrate Christmas happily and in peace.
Let me celebrate it by giving you a Christmas present - by telling you what's the
best Christmas present you could give yourself. Stop caring about the envy of
the world for America.
Junk your fears and feel free to love being American. When you love being
American without embarrassment or apology, you're free to love your fellow Americans
in a way you couldn't before. You'll find yourself overwhelmed by a sense of
gratitude and thankfulness for being American.
Trust me, you'll be a lot happier. So happy, in fact, that it will become
irresistible for you to wish everyone a Merry Christmas.
And so - Merry Christmas to you, Merry Christmas to one and all, and Merry
Christmas to America.
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