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Politically Correct: A Slippery Slope

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When I started working at the University of California as a secretary, the Christmas holiday motif was pretty much intact. Toward the end of December there were Christmas trees in the hall and an annual “Christmas Party.” The party included a professor dressed up as Santa Claus and Christian hymns, a.k.a Christmas carols. We also exchanged gifts. It was great!
Then one year, Christmas started to change. A memo went around just before the holiday season banning Christmas trees in the hall. A year later, the Christmas party became a holiday luncheon. Santa was not there and neither was the music I loved so much.
The year after that the holiday part of the party disappeared altogether and I was invited to join the staff at an End-of-the-Semester gathering at a Chinese restaurant. The pot stickers were great, but when I asked the coordinator if I could bring some bright red poinsettias as decorations she said, “That would remind people of Christmas and this is not a Christmas party.”...

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Political correctness is incorrect

I read your article. Schools here have been doing the same thing.

After reading about your conversation with the Jewish professor immediately thought this is one of those moments where Peter denied knowing Jesus. I know i have been guilty of it many times before without even realizing at the time.

Good on you for acknowledging what you had done when u did it.
 
I used to keep my faith somewhat silent...or at least I thought that I did. (I didn't)

Today, nothing could be further from the truth.

Uniqueness is respected in our society...I am unique. An individual with an identity unique to myself.
As Christian ideals and morals are a huge part of my identity I can't deny them. Nor should I. No more so than denying that I am a male over 50 years of age (should that ever become politically incorrect)

And even if others don't share in my faith, they respect mine. They might test me on them to see if I will waiver...but I know better than that. There's a lot at stake for me to waiver on my principles.
And it comes with my commitment to knowing who I am...and that I am loved by God. What does it matter if someone hates me for my religion...even though I don't hate them. They are the prejudiced ones.
 
I don’t tend to be bothered by the fact that unbelievers don’t believe, or that the part of the world opposed to God is not much in favor of God.
We are aliens. Our nation is an international one that transcends earthly establishments.
Isn’t it ok if there is a difference between what believers do and want to do and what unbelievers do?
I can worship and celebrate with my family and Christian friends.
I can’t imagine Paul feeling a need to help the Galatian Christians or Ephesian Christians sorrow over the fact that the other Galatians or Ephesians aren’t celebrating Christ with benign parties or saying Merry Christmas in the market squares.
 
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