The American Humanist Association is running its annual non-theist (apparently the politically correct term for "atheist") advertising campaign. It started in Washington, D.C. with posters in 50 train cars, inside 200 buses and on the outsides of 20 others. The advertising also ran in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco. The ad shows a diverse group of smiling people wearing Santa hats with the caption "No God...No Problem. Be good for goodness' sake."
It's hard to see why they're happy. They've ignored what scientists tell us about the indispensability of God, written off any sort of afterlife and support from Him, and come to believe that "religion does not have a monopoly on morality - millions of people are good without believing in God," according to their press release.
You can be "good" without believing in God, but it's less likely. Civil laws - which aren't as expansive as Christian standards - provide guidelines we usually obey in order to avoid fines or jail. Even then, lots of people violate them. Have you checked the incarceration rate lately? Or watched prison documentaries or the Gangland series on cable? The criminals portrayed are usually from lower socio-economic levels, but they aren't the only malefactors. Bernie Madoff has new digs, too, showing that the self-determined morality that got him there can infect anyone regardless of wealth or stature.
It's troubling to see the level godless people can sink to, and it's obvious that "being good for goodness' sake" isn't a code they live by. Having no God is a problem that leaves man racing to the bottom as he makes up his own rules on the fly.
So, it's Christmas and the humanists are back again. Along with the obligatory elementary school principal who instituted a "Happy Winter" celebration to replace religious festivities in Waterbury, CT. And the traditional removal of a Christmas tree from an Orange County courthouse after a citizen complained about it. In a new twist, an international flavor was added
when all Christmas trees were ordered removed from the streets of Copenhagen in deference to the UN Climate Summit.
Even so, it doesn't seem the anti-Christmas fervor is as intense this year, and it seems OK to say "Merry Christmas." Maybe Christians just got fed up with their faith being trashed every December, individually decided to use the greeting and found that most people are fine with it. Who would've thought?
Whatever their motivations, the grinches clearly have a distorted view of Christmas, Christianity and Christians. Otherwise they wouldn't act as they do. They'd do well to curb their biases long enough to see what the truth is.
Christians have God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, church families, peace, love, strength, eternal life and timeless ethical standards. No misguided affront can take these gifts away and, especially at Christmas, we should be thankful for them.
Merry Christmas!!
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