Leftist Misdirection and Christmas

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15And if a brother or sister be naked, and want daily food: 16And one of you say to them: Go in peace, be ye warmed and filled; yet give them not those things that are necessary for the body, what shall it profit? 17So faith also, if it have not works, is dead in itself.

James 2: 15-17

Dave Griffey at Daffy Thoughts notes that being a Leftist means never running out of red herrings:

That’s, of course, nothing that Christians haven’t been fighting against for decades. Then suddenly, around the later GW Bush years, it became cool to mock such concerns.

Worried about being told you can’t say Christmas? Worried about the hyper-commercialism aggressively pushing Christ out of the picture? Worried that some are letting the very paganized secular message of greed and consumerism blur the Gospel message? Bah. Loser.

I recall when Russ Moore, who once called all Conservative to unite that we may prevail in the culture wars, published an article washing his hands of the whole silly obsession. War on Christmas? Humbug. You’re not going to get a cushy seat in the West Wing with that attitude. So concern about how the secular world mishandles and manhandles this time of year became a favorite target by not just those left of center, but by those ‘former conservative, but much better now’ believers.

Well, I’m glad to see we can care again. I get the purpose of the Twitter post. All this talk of not-Biden’s fault supply chain disruptions mixed with not-to-worry-about-it inflation has led some reporters to speak of a ruined holiday season.

FWIW, I’ve heard no Christians actually saying Christmas can be ruined in such a way. Most I know subscribe to the Grinch/Charlie Brown attitude that Christmas doesn’t come from a store. That maybe, just maybe, it means a little bit more.

So Deacon Greydanus must mean those secularists, those on the Left, the media and others who are making it all about not-Biden’s fault supply chain issues. Nice to have him back. Perhaps ‘War on Christmas’ is a bit over the top. I prefer ‘War against God.’ But at least he’s back, and there’s one more voice to remind us when the World says get Christ out of the way because it’s all about give me, give me, give me, get, get, get, Christians need to stand up and make clear it’s no such thing.

Go here to comment.  My Bride and I were at a Barnes and Noble over the weekend.  Due to supply chain problems they said they didn’t have bags for purchased items and encouraged customers to bring their own bags.  For true believers Christmas will be Christmas no matter how miserable our economic conditions.  Of course the concept that Christians should therefore not be concerned about government policies that lead to the miserable economic conditions is absurd. Most retailers make 25% of their sales each Christmas season.  Without those purchases a lot of businesses will be struggling and the usual uptick in seasonal retail employment will be absent.  For citizens of the United States we have 364 other days each year, not including Christmas, 365 days next year, to figure out which administration is responsible for our economic woes and vote accordingly.  The spiritual well being of our fellow Christians is all-important, but their physical well-being is also our concern, especially if our votes helped put into power economic illiterates who impoverish many of our fellow citizens by their insane policies.

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