http://makingthenumbers.com Anno Domini 2020?
How could it be in this day and age we date things, by of all things, the year of Our Lord?
BC, Before Christ, and AD, Anno Domini, have now morphed into BCE Before the Common Era, and CEi n the Common Era, in some academic circles,
but the numbers remain the same. We date things from the birth of Jesus Christ of Nazareth in Judea a minor Roman Province 2020 years ago. At the very
least he is an actual historical person born two thousand twenty years ago, give or take four or five years! May God help us! OMG its Christmas time!
It seems that in spite of the workings of universal materialism, secular humanism, and the rise of “Nones” who seem to now outnumber nuns, Christmas is now upon us once again and once again New Year’s will be a year of Our Lord! Santa Claus, a Roman Catholic bishop, fattened up and clothed in red by Coca Cola when a skinny green clad representation wouldn’t do to sell Coke, now rides in parades and merchandises mall atriums everywhere. This whole Christ thing just can’t be killed with a stick!
So we send season’s greetings cards to arrive before Christmas. The United State Postal Service sells a bundle of very specific religious themed legal tender postage stamps inspired by the keep Christ in Christmas movement. How separate is that? The state sells religious art! Come on. Where is the ACLU when you need them?
Retail sales both in brick and mortar and in cyberspace peak at Christmas time. Black Friday and cyber Monday begets a golden Christmas spread sheet. In thename of Jesus Christ what is going on here?
Our much maligned, slave owning, tobacco growing, hard drinking, misogynist founding fathers were all Christians. They founded a Christian country modeled on Christian England less a king not to mention less a Pope! It stuck, and we are stuck with it to this day. We each have pockets full of religious medallions engraved with our deceleration that; “In God we trust.” What’s more we all work for the almighty dollar and its larger denominations similarly inscribed.
Christmas trees are everywhere. We have a national one, powered no doubt by tax dollars. Christmas lights have become a seasonal competitive participatory sport. Christmas and by extension Christ and his birthday celebration is symbolized magnificently by a telegenic fleet of high speed red Mercedes Benz transports whose lead driver is the afore mentioned Coca Cola aggrandized Roman Catholic Bishop, jolly old Saint Nick himself. Was he canonized?
Perhaps the forces of darkness have not won after all. Pre-Christmas, the big day was December 22nd. Sol invictus, the unconquered sun, returned in victory after much praying and alms giving to pagan priests as the days began getting longer once again, not a sure thing they preached, which in an agricultural economy was no small annual event.
Black Fridays followed by the sun gods victory was hard to beat. Well how about the Incarnation? Jesus stuck that landing on our planet and it has stuck with us for over 2000 years. Believe it or not tis the season. Have a happy, healthy, holy and merry Christmas form all of “us” to all of you.
The Christians.
I thought this would be my Christmas Card to the world now that we no longer have a Christmas card list. The Wall Street Journal said they would pass!
Next the state of New Hampshire would be nice. They were nice, and the Union Leader will run it on Tuesday as an editorial. Enjoy your copy of my Christmas card.
Regards,
Jack Falvey
World Headquarters 603 432 5715
www.MakingTheNumbers.com
22 Cortland Street
Londonderry, New Hampshire 03053
USA
How could it be in this day and age we date things, by of all things, the year of Our Lord?
BC, Before Christ, and AD, Anno Domini, have now morphed into BCE Before the Common Era, and CEi n the Common Era, in some academic circles,
but the numbers remain the same. We date things from the birth of Jesus Christ of Nazareth in Judea a minor Roman Province 2020 years ago. At the very
least he is an actual historical person born two thousand twenty years ago, give or take four or five years! May God help us! OMG its Christmas time!
It seems that in spite of the workings of universal materialism, secular humanism, and the rise of “Nones” who seem to now outnumber nuns, Christmas is now upon us once again and once again New Year’s will be a year of Our Lord! Santa Claus, a Roman Catholic bishop, fattened up and clothed in red by Coca Cola when a skinny green clad representation wouldn’t do to sell Coke, now rides in parades and merchandises mall atriums everywhere. This whole Christ thing just can’t be killed with a stick!
So we send season’s greetings cards to arrive before Christmas. The United State Postal Service sells a bundle of very specific religious themed legal tender postage stamps inspired by the keep Christ in Christmas movement. How separate is that? The state sells religious art! Come on. Where is the ACLU when you need them?
Retail sales both in brick and mortar and in cyberspace peak at Christmas time. Black Friday and cyber Monday begets a golden Christmas spread sheet. In thename of Jesus Christ what is going on here?
Our much maligned, slave owning, tobacco growing, hard drinking, misogynist founding fathers were all Christians. They founded a Christian country modeled on Christian England less a king not to mention less a Pope! It stuck, and we are stuck with it to this day. We each have pockets full of religious medallions engraved with our deceleration that; “In God we trust.” What’s more we all work for the almighty dollar and its larger denominations similarly inscribed.
Christmas trees are everywhere. We have a national one, powered no doubt by tax dollars. Christmas lights have become a seasonal competitive participatory sport. Christmas and by extension Christ and his birthday celebration is symbolized magnificently by a telegenic fleet of high speed red Mercedes Benz transports whose lead driver is the afore mentioned Coca Cola aggrandized Roman Catholic Bishop, jolly old Saint Nick himself. Was he canonized?
Perhaps the forces of darkness have not won after all. Pre-Christmas, the big day was December 22nd. Sol invictus, the unconquered sun, returned in victory after much praying and alms giving to pagan priests as the days began getting longer once again, not a sure thing they preached, which in an agricultural economy was no small annual event.
Black Fridays followed by the sun gods victory was hard to beat. Well how about the Incarnation? Jesus stuck that landing on our planet and it has stuck with us for over 2000 years. Believe it or not tis the season. Have a happy, healthy, holy and merry Christmas form all of “us” to all of you.
The Christians.
I thought this would be my Christmas Card to the world now that we no longer have a Christmas card list. The Wall Street Journal said they would pass!
Next the state of New Hampshire would be nice. They were nice, and the Union Leader will run it on Tuesday as an editorial. Enjoy your copy of my Christmas card.
Regards,
Jack Falvey
World Headquarters 603 432 5715
www.MakingTheNumbers.com
22 Cortland Street
Londonderry, New Hampshire 03053
USA
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