tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17083151.post113397407103309727..comments2014-07-23T21:57:04.613-04:00Comments on cin >> cout;: Explaining My Previous Post on ChristmasCoffeeZombiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03677995572485086005noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17083151.post-1147792167201210752006-05-16T11:09:00.000-04:002006-05-16T11:09:00.000-04:00Very Well Said!Pete - http://www.surveyearn.biz/My...Very Well Said!<BR/><BR/>Pete - http://www.surveyearn.biz/MysteryShopper/Mystery_Shopper.html - <A HREF="http://www.surveyearn.biz/MysteryShopper/Mystery_Shopper.html" REL="nofollow">mystery shopping information</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17083151.post-1134621136405771292005-12-14T23:32:00.000-05:002005-12-14T23:32:00.000-05:00i loved your post. my feathers have been quite ruf...i loved your post. my feathers have been quite ruffled in recent days due to pastor's calls for economic boycotts. you and molher already said a lot of what i think so i won't bother repeating it. glad to hear i'm not the only mindless christian out there.<BR/><BR/>-jaredAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17083151.post-1134413028070114912005-12-12T13:43:00.000-05:002005-12-12T13:43:00.000-05:00Hey Matt (and Kristen). The whole Christmas thing...Hey Matt (and Kristen). The whole Christmas thing is a bit confusing to me. I don't grasp the holiday in the first place. I guess you could call me a puritan or something like that, but maybe a skeptic is a better word...not sure. I didn't grow up with Christmas or Easter. I don't have a problem with them, per se, but I don't understand what the big deal is one way or the other.<BR/><BR/>I love the idea of celebrating Christ's birth, but I think we should celebrate it 365 days a year. Why should it be a season, at that one that may or may not correspond to the season of His birth? I glory in the idea of celebrating Christ's death, His non-decaying state, and His resurrection. Should we celebrate it for only a day or even a season?<BR/><BR/>I go to the Christmas and Easter services and enjoy singing the hymns that correspond to His birth, but I am disappointed by the fact that we do not sing those same songs more than once a year. This is the Gospel! Should we focus on it more often?<BR/><BR/>As far as how we deal with culture in relation to Christmas and Easter, I am at the point of indifference with regard to the day's name. Let us love people 365 days a year, as was pointed out. I will quote Joshua Harris: "Terms don't define our lives; our lives define our terms." Are we more willing to give to the poor or do good deeds during this season than in others?<BR/><BR/>Again, I don't think I am against Christmas or Easter, but I am concerned that we are compartmentalizing "pure and undefiled religion." If a season helps remind people of Christ's birth and resurrection, I hope we do so with the intent that it enables worship of Christ for the other 11+ months of the year.<BR/><BR/>This is my different ten cents, not two.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17083151.post-1134068184054605392005-12-08T13:56:00.000-05:002005-12-08T13:56:00.000-05:00I think your last point is very insightful. I do t...I think your last point is very insightful. I do think that the people boycotting the stores care about other people; I think they are perhaps under the misguided notion that changing society will change the people, too. Well, they would admit that we had a Christian society before; if that theory were true, we wouldn't be facing this, anyway.<BR/><BR/>That sentiment is the same one Dr. Mohler ended with: if we are known mainly for boycotting stores over something like this, we've missed the point.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for posting to my blog, btw. Maybe it'll encourage others to post (and, this way, it's not just me blowing hot air). ;-)CoffeeZombiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03677995572485086005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17083151.post-1134065193730951062005-12-08T13:06:00.000-05:002005-12-08T13:06:00.000-05:00Sorry Matt, it seems silly to leave a comment when...Sorry Matt, it seems silly to leave a comment when I can just talk to you.<BR/><BR/>This is much more reasonable than your last journal entry. It sounded like you wanted to become Amish in your last blog entry and forsake impacting our culture. This is a post I can much more strongly agree with.<BR/><BR/>I personally wish that we could get everyone to celebrate Christ at Christmas with us, but we've got to look at how we're doing it. The end doesn't justify any and all possible means. Not to mention most of the means we're using wouldn't work anyway. How boycotting stores is going to help I really don't know. Even if they caved to the pressure and put up signs saying "Merry Christmas," would that convince anyone else to celebrate Christ at Christmas?<BR/><BR/>I dunno, maybe that's even behind the times. Maybe it's not that we're fighting our battles the wrong way anymore. Maybe we've completely lost sight of the right battles and are fighting entirely the wrong ones. Why is it so important to have "Christmas" plastered across store fronts anyway? Don't we care more about the people? Shouldn't we care more about the people? Shouldn't we be praying for the owners of Target and Wal-Mart and for the employees and the shoppers? Don't we even care about people anymore?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com