Secularists (anti-Christian atheists and envious minorities) want to destroy Christmas too.
From the BBC (1)
Pope Benedict's Christmas message for the BBC's [Radio 4] Thought For The Day [program] has invoked the ire of secularists[The secularists just hate people hearing the Christian pope say anything and so are using the sex abuse scandal to criticize the pope.]
Now the National Secular Society has accused the BBC of handing the pope "an unquestioned slot to continue whitewashing his Church's disgraceful record on covering up child abuse" and failing to interrogate him as they would any other world leader.
The following is Pope Benedict XVI's Christmas message on BBC's Radio 4 (BBC (2)) [A video of the pope reading out the message can be viewed at this link.]
[NOTE: By publishing the message, this site is in no way endorsing or promoting Catholicism. The message is deemed suitable as it is a general Christian message.]
Recalling with great fondness my four-day visit to the United Kingdom last September, I am glad to have the opportunity to greet you once again, and indeed to greet listeners everywhere as we prepare to celebrate the birth of Christ.
Our thoughts turn back to a moment in history when God's chosen people, the children of Israel, were living in intense expectation.
They were waiting for the Messiah that God had promised to send, and they pictured him as a great leader who would rescue them from foreign domination and restore their freedom.
God is always faithful to his promises, but he often surprises us in the way he fulfils them.
The child that was born in Bethlehem did indeed bring liberation, but not only for the people of that time and place - he was to be the Saviour of all people throughout the world and throughout history.
And it was not a political liberation that he brought, achieved through military means: rather, Christ destroyed death for ever and restored life by means of his shameful death on the Cross.
And while he was born in poverty and obscurity, far from the centres of earthly power, he was none other than the Son of God.
Out of love for us he took upon himself our human condition, our fragility, our vulnerability, and he opened up for us the path that leads to the fullness of life, to a share in the life of God himself.
As we ponder this great mystery in our hearts this Christmas, let us give thanks to God for his goodness to us, and let us joyfully proclaim to those around us the good news that God offers us freedom from whatever weighs us down; he gives us hope, he brings us life.
Dear friends from Scotland, England, Wales and indeed every part of the English-speaking world, I want you to know that I keep all of you very much in my prayers during this Holy season.
I pray for your families, for your children, for those who are sick, and for those who are going through any form of hardship at this time.
I pray especially for the elderly and for those who are approaching the end of their days.
I ask Christ, the light of the nations, to dispel whatever darkness there may be in your lives and to grant to every one of you the grace of a peaceful and joyful Christmas.
May God bless all of you.
Source: BBC (1,2) [Video of the pope reading his Christmas message can be viewed here.]
Comments: Both Muslim extremists and secularists (atheists and also envious anti-Christian minorities) want to destroy, not only Christmas but the whole of Western Christian civilization.
Enjoy Christmas but while doing so, remember that Christmas is about Jesus - it celebrates the birth of Jesus, who came to save the world and you - and also remember that there are those who hate it and wish to destroy it all.
People have been trying to destroy Christmas right from the beginning, starting with Herod, who tried to kill baby Jesus.
Matthews Chapter 2:12,16
Matthew 2:12. And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.Secularists (atheists and envious minorities) and jealous Muslims are just like Herod and want to destroy Christmas too.
Matthew 2:16. Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
They can rage all they want and come up with all sorts of lame arguments but they too will fail, just like Herod.
Merry Christmas to you all (people of goodwill).
Some previous similar or related stories:
Muslim 'Christmas is evil' dawa poster in London, and website says it's pagan, sex, abortion, blasphemy, 'claiming God has a son', drugs, alcohol and violence and that Islam is better [Muslims following in the footsteps of Herod]
“Don't reward bad behaviour.” “A club is the only medicine for a mad dog” North Korea – Strategies that should also be adopted against Islamists [An atheist communist totalitarian country where Christmas (and Christianity) is probably banned]
Ex-Muslim Atheist Palestinian, Walid Husayin, facing life sentence for “insulting” Islam as some call for his death for apostasy [Atheists versus Muslims here, although they would join together to try to destroy Christmas.]
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