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Dr. Spencer Price

Putting Christ back in Xmas

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Walter Geiger
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Tuesday, December 20. 2011
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I remember the first time I ever saw the term Xmas. I was just a kid. It was a week or so before Christmas and my brother and I had gone to spend the night with an older sister, her husband, and their young son. On a large mirror in the living room of their home, written in white shoe polish, were the words “Merry Xmas!” I was confused.

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#1 Anonymous on 12/20/11 at 11:29 AM
So yes, America..founded on freedom should in fact disregard everyone else's beliefs. Also read a book, Christmas is a pagan holiday that has nothing to do with Christ.
#1.1 Typical Bible Thumper on 12/20/11 at 12:34 PM
Oh my! Not logic! It's my only weakness!
#1.2 Anonymous on 12/20/11 at 01:46 PM
What have you been smoking? Perhaps you should study up on the meaning of Christmas. Although it is not really known when Christ was born, Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Christ and as I understand it was placed at this date to drown a pagan holiday.
#1.2.1 curious on 12/21/11 at 09:53 AM
1.2 You are a bit off. Christmas was placed at that time because Roman society was accustomed to celebrating Saturnalia at that time. The government at that time coopted that holiday to help give legitmacy to the new Christian holiday. They retained familiar pagan symbols like the Xmas Tree because people like things they are used to and it made them more likely to accept the new holiday.

Christianity used this same strategy to legitimize itself in its early years. It drew heavily upon Jewish custom because most new converts were Jews and were used to certain ceremonies their entire life and it was easier to get them to accept this new Christianity if it was blended into and supported by the older Judism.

A recent example of this is Mormonism. They acknowledge the Bible to give credence to their new offshoot that is seen as a New testament that is added to the existing bible. Sort of like the Bible's new testament gained legitimacy by using the old testament as proof of its authenticity.

Read a bit of history in a book other than the Bible. Just because it is repeated in church over and over again does not make it true.
#2 Anonymous on 12/20/11 at 12:58 PM
X is the Greek symbol for Christ. This "abbreviation" has been in use for centuries. The true crime here is that people these days (including Dr. Whoever) ignore history in order to further their radical agendas. Merry Xmas to all!
#2.1 Sheila Tolley on 12/22/11 at 12:43 PM
So if X+6=10, then the answer is Christ? Not at my school.
#3 Billy Bob on 12/20/11 at 01:24 PM
Dr. Price now slants Christmas through the prism of right wing ideology.

Shame on you.

You are fooling no one.
#4 Billy Bob on 12/20/11 at 01:25 PM
Dr. Price now distorts Christmas through the prism of his right wing world viewC.

Shame on you.

You are fooling no one.
#5 iggle on 12/20/11 at 01:50 PM
For the use of "Xmas" to serve as a means for "removing Christ from Christmas," wouldn't everyone have to pronounce it "Ecksmas"?

As anyone who sees "Merry Xmas" automatically reads it to be pronounced "Merry Christmas," I'd say this plot, if it ever was a plot (and, by the way, it was never a plot), has failed.
#6 Anonymous on 12/20/11 at 03:06 PM
At least he does not repeat himself....lolololol
#7 Lizbeth on 12/20/11 at 04:22 PM
Oh for crying out loud...there is no "conspiracy theory" at work here. I have typed that for years and never meant disrespect. I believe in Jesus and God and Xmas.....ONLY in the bible belt would such a STUPID outcry happen. He must be a Baptist!!! Get a life and worry about important things like earning a living and teaching your kids about morals, respect for your elders and most importantly empathy for people who are living through tough times instead of calling EVERY ONE of them bottom feeders!!! People like this break my heart they are so darn selfish and full of themselves.
#8 Anonymous on 12/20/11 at 07:59 PM
Mr. Price is just pandering for votes.
#9 Ashe Hale on 12/21/11 at 12:36 AM
I bought the wife a tiny little nightie in the hopes that she'll put the X back in Christmas!
#10 Anonymous on 12/21/11 at 05:15 AM
If you see someone with Xmas instead of CHRISTMAS, ask them if they need spelling lessons and offer to teach them how to spell Christ lol.
#11 Anonymous on 12/21/11 at 05:25 AM
When it comes to Christ everything that you said is important only comes second to him,you see he's the reason we have kids to teach morals to, we are able to earn a living and if you believed in God and Jesus you would know that they are one yes Jesus is God and I wish him a very Happy Birthday !!! Merry Christmas to all :)
#11.1 Anonymous on 12/22/11 at 09:36 AM
So if Jesus is God, then Jesus gave his only begotten son? I think not.
#11.2 Sheila Tolley on 12/22/11 at 12:51 PM
John 14:6

"Jesus said to him, 'I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but through Me.'" 7
#11.3 Anonymous on 12/22/11 at 11:00 PM
Jesus claimed to be the Son of God. He stated that he came to do the will of His Father who sent Him. Jesus prayed to His Father, not to Himself nor to His Mother Mary. God called Jesus "My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased". Just before He died, He cried out "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?". I dont really understand why unless God had to let Him go for a moment. Maybe it was the only way He could die. Maybe God couldn't bear to watch His Son die. If anyone understands that scripture, please reply. The point I was trying to make is they were not the same but of the same family. The God Family.
#11.3.1 Anonymous on 12/23/11 at 08:58 AM
It is the Holy Trinity. Jesus had to be God and Human here on earth so that he would be the perfect sacrifice and also understand what we go through. When jesus asended into heaven he left the Holy Spirit to live inside of us that believe and have accepted him as our Saviour. The best i have heard it explained is by comparing The Holy Trinity to wtaer , ice, and water vapor, it is all water but in different forms. I am by far no Bible scholar but ive tried my best. God Bless you and my greatest wish is that if you or anyone do not already know Jesus as your peronal savior you will ask him to be right now and share the great news with others. Merry Christmas!
#12 Anonymous on 01/05/12 at 12:57 PM
The more I learn about the way Christ so loved his fellow man the more confused I get as to how anyone voting for the GOP could be a Christian. The two mindset are as different as night and day. Go figure.
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