tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765201235054773644.post8147720548029411932..comments2024-03-26T22:37:28.192+00:00Comments on The Hearth of Mopsus: More Persecuted Christians, Poor DearsWeepingCrosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00220836185673764089noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765201235054773644.post-49900836971309213952010-12-05T21:38:22.220+00:002010-12-05T21:38:22.220+00:00I received the same info about the Obama's not...I received the same info about the Obama's not having a Christmas tree from a friend at Church, who received it from the organiser of the Kingston Churches Homeless Nightshelter. I sent him a link to this page, and the Reuters story, and asked him to forward it on to whoever he had sent his original story to, and to ask him to ask the KCHN organiser to do likewise...<br />Tim LeunigAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765201235054773644.post-52561650163221538222010-12-03T04:40:23.483+00:002010-12-03T04:40:23.483+00:00It is also somewhat annoying to see that Lord Care...It is also somewhat annoying to see that Lord Carey cited "winterval" among his arguments that Christianity was being marginalized, considering that it is well established that this never had anything to do with renaming Christmas, but was rather a title used over two years in Birmingham for a whole programme of winter events, including explicitly named Christmas ones, as noted at<br /><br />http://pigsonthewing.org.uk/winterval-the-truth/<br /><br />and<br /><br />http://tabloid-watch.blogspot.com/2010/09/winterval-stories-begin.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765201235054773644.post-45199033862557379052010-12-02T22:52:19.637+00:002010-12-02T22:52:19.637+00:00Well said. I wonder what makes some people more sc...Well said. I wonder what makes some people more sceptical than others, who willingly forward any chain e-mail claiming whatever they want to hear. Is it a specific mindset, or is such scepticism something you have to have learnt? <br /><br />I wonder how those Christians (in the western world, that is) who claim to be oppressed actually defines oppression. As far as I know, I've never heard of any Christians over here who had to take out holidays to celebrate the main holy days, been threatened to life and limb by the state (or its representatives), had their holy buildings vandalised or destroyed (the only thing I can recall is a Norwegian satanist who burnt down some Medieval wooden churches in the 1990s), been chased out of town by mobs etc etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765201235054773644.post-73787571492277179362010-12-02T11:54:29.924+00:002010-12-02T11:54:29.924+00:00Heresiarch, yes it is and it would surely be suspi...Heresiarch, yes it is and it would surely be suspicious indeed were it not the same tune that the Bushes had played too. There's another story to the effect that the Obamas have 'banned' Christian ornaments from the tree. But the Bushes never had specifically Christian ornaments on the tree either, but asked for ornaments to be sent in reflecting various seasonal and secular themes. I expect the same sorts of things were said about Bill Clinton, although I can't find anything written down at the moment.WeepingCrosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00220836185673764089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765201235054773644.post-56900035177034800412010-12-02T10:05:37.045+00:002010-12-02T10:05:37.045+00:00"O Christmas Tree". Isn't that the ..."O Christmas Tree". Isn't that the tune known on this side of the Atlantic as "The Red Flag"? There must be some nefarious significance in that.Heresiarchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515376670031027455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765201235054773644.post-37232284145359057952010-12-02T01:45:10.995+00:002010-12-02T01:45:10.995+00:00Didn't somebody somewhere say something about ...Didn't somebody somewhere say something about not bearing false witness? Doesn't that imply one should check things before passing them on?RWMGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04271851970303022440noreply@blogger.com