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1 year ago ::
Jan 15, 2011 - 12:11AM
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Non Quis, Sed Quid
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1 year ago ::
Jan 04, 2011 - 12:35PM
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Frankly, I don't see this as a church/state issue. The display is on private property and both the person who started it and those who are continuing the tradition are private citizens. There is no government involvement, and therefore no 1st Amendment considerations.
"The genius of the Constitution rests not in any static meaning it might have had in a world that is dead and gone, but in the adaptability of its great principles to cope with current problems and current needs." -- Justice William Brennan: Speech to the Text and Teaching Symposium at Georgetown University,(October 12, 1985)
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1 year ago ::
Dec 25, 2010 - 8:27PM
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This thread was moved from the Hot Topics Zone
Conservative, Libertarian, Life member of the NRA and VFW
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1 year ago ::
Dec 18, 2010 - 5:32PM
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LeahOne-hi.
The food banks really do benefit from the light displays. Last year the food banks in our area received over 33,000 items of food just from one light display--the biggest and oldest one.
That's a lot of needed food....
Thta is really nice. :)
A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side. Aristotle
Never discourage anyone...who continually makes progress, no matter how slow. Plato..
"A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives" Jackie Robinson
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1 year ago ::
Dec 18, 2010 - 5:29PM
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Isn't most of what the holidays are about a big waste of time and money???
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It depends on what 'most of what the holidays are about', doesn't it? For some people, it's an excuse for drunkenness, gluttony, overspending..... Or an excuse to show off their wealth and feel proud over having had all the advantages, as though they had merited such good fortune.
For others it's about family getting together. For many of us, it's about giving tangible proof of our gratitude for the good in our own lives by sharing that with others who may lack for something. And for many of us, it's about rededicating ourselves to what we find most important and most good in our lives.
Or some combination of the above : ))
Twinkly lights are nice, light and warmth against the dark and cold of winter.... Like caring and love in a world of cruelty.
More than making the twinkly lights, I'd rather pull a card off a 'wishing tree' and make some child's little dream come true.......am I selfish if I wish I could see their face when they open the gift?
But this is America and we are a fortunate people, so we are able to do both.
I just wouldn't want our children to mistake the symbol for the substance behind it.
That is beautiful Leah, and covers my sentiments about it as well.
A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side. Aristotle
Never discourage anyone...who continually makes progress, no matter how slow. Plato..
"A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives" Jackie Robinson
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1 year ago ::
Dec 18, 2010 - 4:20AM
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LeahOne-hi.
The food banks really do benefit from the light displays. Last year the food banks in our area received over 33,000 items of food just from one light display--the biggest and oldest one.
That's a lot of needed food....
I have no problem with displays that I might consider excessive if they are linked like these with an effort to help others. I don't regard putting up a massive light display as worthwhile just because you like it and can afford to which benefits people only in that they like to drive by and look at it.
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1 year ago ::
Dec 17, 2010 - 10:14PM
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On our local news tonight I learned that the Marines' Toys for Tots in Atlanta is in trouble. I will have to find a way to put some toys in the box at my supermarket. Normally I contribute only to food banks. Atlanta has been hard hit by the recession, but I find it is a caring community.
Let the light shine.
The Starbucks I go to is collecting for Toys for Tots and I'll put something in the box. My small not-for-profit office "adopted" a family and we plan on giving them their gifts next week. Last month, our office took up a donation for one of our local food banks.
"No matter how dark the moment, love and hope are always possible." George Chakiris
“For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible.” Stuart Chase
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1 year ago ::
Dec 17, 2010 - 9:43PM
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On our local news tonight I learned that the Marines' Toys for Tots in Atlanta is in trouble. I will have to find a way to put some toys in the box at my supermarket. Normally I contribute only to food banks. Atlanta has been hard hit by the recession, but I find it is a caring community. Let the light shine.
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1 year ago ::
Dec 17, 2010 - 8:15PM
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LeahOne-hi. The food banks really do benefit from the light displays. Last year the food banks in our area received over 33,000 items of food just from one light display--the biggest and oldest one. That's a lot of needed food....
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1 year ago ::
Dec 17, 2010 - 8:12PM
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"It is best to keep the holidays as holy days what ever holidays you keep. The hard times cannot destroy the religious significance of the holidays." But the 'holy days" have never been just for religious observance--even the Christian holidays I assume you're referencing. And the "pagan" holy days on which he Chrisitian "holy days" are all based have never just been about ritual.observance. We have as humans a tendency to assume that everyone/anyone in the past thought exactly as we do today. Very far from the truth...
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