Militarized Christmas
December 1, 2015
It is only the first day of December and already some Americans are militarizing Christmas. A family in Pasadena, Texas, has put up holiday decorations in their lawn of medallions representing each branch of the military. “I so appreciate and am so thankful for my freedom,” said the mother. I am thankful for my freedom as well. But I thank the Christ of Christmas, not the military. Here is Santa kneeling to the god of the family:
Laurence M. Vance [send him mail] writes from central Florida. He is the author of The Free Society; War, Christianity, and the State: Essays on the Follies of Christian Militarism; War, Empire, and the Military: Essays on the Follies of War and U.S. Foreign Policy; King James, His Bible, and Its Translators, and many other books. His newest book is The U.S. Proxy War in Ukraine.
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