The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, January 11, 1995 - A7

Letters to the editor

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life |About Christmas qy

An open letter to; Dear Sir: 1 : tnt .
: . ; freedom of religion. This does not great satanic conspiracy, there is

De Mike Seott, MP. Well, another Christmas has include, however, the right to im- 0 attempt to remove Christ from
ear Sir; come and gone. As families pack pose one’s views on others, Christmas (although I wish there

I wish to encourage you away their Christmas trees, the Jy pushing their own moral was).

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during this New Year to make Christ in Christmas controversy values and beliefs, born again . After fifteen hundred years of ‘ NG: A]

a resolution to oppose any at- | will begin to subside, Christians are depriving others of celebrating Christmas as the birth
emp the Parliament 10 legal- Christmas is a holiday which their religion. of Christ, Christian symbolism is
Ze eutanasia or decriminal- predates Christianity by over five | Churches are now using Christ- here 10 say (lo the joy of Chris-

ize assisted suicide.
The ethic behind euthanasia
is the same as the one used by

thousand years. The ancient mas as an opportunity to exploit ans and the nausea of everyone
Egyptians celebrated December the public and spread their °!s¢):_

Nazi doctors at the N 25th as the resurrection of Osimus propaganda. All the government was at
bere War T wis ¢ Nurem- in the form of the child-god Christ said “you cannot serve !mpting to do was show a little
tie the, rials to uy and jus- Horus. The Egyptian Isis was God and Mammon (money)”, but considcration towards non-
i, Ye ¢ killing of 250,000 | Cotted the Mother of God, a tille this does not stop Christian chur- Christians who celebrate Christ-
to the ea Prope cnc led later given to the Virgin Mary. In ches from soliciting cash dona- 4S, not as the birth of Jesus, but
cwish people HO" | Rome, December 25th was the tions whenever an opportunity 45 the day that Santa Claus

Jewish people, , : :
; Satumalia Festival, arises. delivers toys to children,
The ethic that says that there : ‘ . i .
are lives not worth living. An In other parts of Europe, the Christmas is a time sacred to _ We should be able to enjoy Ceramic Salad/Pasta Bowls,

; . i Christmas without having church
thi id . pagan people celebrated Decem- many. The holiday we celebrate ae ‘
sion cv respect “for lunan ber 22nd (shortest day of the as Christmas has its parallclin all ymns, disguised as ‘carols, Bath Products, Towels and

life. year) as Yule or Midwinter, the religions, old and new. There are 9 ctammed down our throats and Cast Iron Cookware.
sun-god’s death and rebirth, His- many religious symbols sacred to —_—‘¢ligious programming dominate

torians and Biblical scholars Christmas. Although some funda- ‘40 and television. ; a Yalio 5 os
would agree that Christ was not mentalists have interpreted the Chad Miller,

born on December 25th, and that governments actions as part of a Terrace, B.C . 5 :
the date was chosen by the World

the cornerstones of any civi- . :
lized society throughout his- Church of Rome to coincide wilh
the earlier pagan festivals.

tory. Killi

tory. Killing can never be Now, don’t get me wrong. v i AY Ht) ad
justificd as a solution to a per- h th h ae, :
son’s suffering. ave great respect for the teach- A Ups ‘A dé

Life is sacred and no one
has the right to take their own
life or to kill another human
being. This has been one of

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God says “I have set before ings of Christ and I am not here

i i belicE system of
you life and death, the bless- to question the
ing and the curse, Choose life, dedicated Christians. JANUARY 11-22

then, that you and your de- Since the first Christians came e
scendants may live , .”? from a pagan background, the GREAT JANUARY
(Dt.30:29). rites and ceremonies of Chris- :
Good palliative care (medi- tanily were influenced by pagan

cine) is available to control ideas, So, the Saviour whose rh : - vy

: sat don’t know (called
pain as well as organizations name we
such as Hospice which exist Christ by Oreeks ane moans)
to provide compassionate care was born on a day we don't know
to all involved in the suffer- (but celebrate at Christmas) and
ing died on another day we don’t

° know (but celebrate at Easter),
Daryl Anoka, The Charter of Rights and Free- .
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