Thursday, December 06, 2007

Long time no blog

September 27th. Wow. That's a long time since I posted! Too long. New resolution, though not New Years yet - walk everyday - yoga everyday. I'm getting pretty darned good about a regular yoga practice, but I want to work on the walking angle. I read an interesting (pass on message) today, one of those "you've got to pass this on." I almost did because I liked what the author of this message had to say. But I have a rule of never passing on material to innocent e-mail addresses! So, delete. Still, it is worth a comment. Why are people who believe in God so afraid of speaking up about it? The author was a Jew who spoke recently on CBS and asked a lot of important questions on the topic of a nation that now is overtly atheistic. I auote a small bit of it as food for thought.

My confession:
I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejeweled trees Christmas trees. I don't feel threatened. I don't feel discriminated against. That's what they are: Christmas trees.It doesn't bother me a bit when people say, "Merry Christmas" to me. I don't think they are slighting me or getting ready to put me in a ghetto. In fact, I kind of like it. It shows that we are all brothers and sisters celebrating this happy time of year. It doesn't bother me at all that there is a manger scene on display at a key intersection near my beach house in Malibu. If people want a crèche, it's just as fine with me as is the Menorah a few hundred yards away. I don't like getting pushed around for being a Jew, and I don't think Christians like getting pushed around for being Christians.

Author: Ben Stein.