Remember last year when they cancelled Christmas and no one was allowed to celebrate it? Yeah, me neither. But, apparently, Christmas is in real danger of being cancelled by secular grinches out to destroy the holiday.Which, if you listen to Bill O'Reilly, doesn't make a lot of sense. "[Jesus] was a philosopher and a man whose philosophy was taken by the Founding Fathers in association with Judeo tradition. And they use a lot of it to forge our Constitution and our Bill of Rights..." he told viewers on the 27th, "You can honor the man Jesus as a philosopher because it's a federal holiday, a secular holiday, are you with me?" You have to wonder if Bill gets all bent out of shape over the way no one celebrates Arbor Day anymore. Why would secular people attack what's a secular holiday -- is there a War on Flag Day?
Here's the thing; which parts of Jesus's philosophy did the framers of the Constitution use? Be as specific as possible, Bill. Looking through the Bible, I'm not seeing the part where Jesus says, "I know, we'll all vote on it," or, "You know what we need? Freedom of the press." Ironically, we owe a lot more to the romans for our system of government than we do to Jesus...
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