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About Christmas

My previous post is actually unusual for me.  I'm not a very religious person.  If fact as I watch the world around me I often question whether God even exists.  And even if He does He can't care very much about us.  My mother tried very hard to my two brothers and I a happy Christmas.  Although having the anniversary of your husbands death come 8 days earlier had to have made that tough.  But she tried and succeeded I think.  

Over the last several years though I've started dwelling more on my father's death (suicide) as Christmas approaches and the Christmas spirit in me starts to fade. So now I've started trying to think more about what Christmas means to try to find  some hope.  I've found that looking into your grandchildren's faces helps a lot.  I least I hope for them that there is hope.

And I hope you have a Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas

Luke 2:8-14 “And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

via www.bible.ca

The reason we celebrate.

There's no problem so let's change things

Launched in February by the centre-left Social Democratic Party and a number of pacifist organisations, the initiative calls for army weapons to remain in barracks and for a national gun register to be created. It also wants to ban private individuals from buying or owning particularly dangerous guns such as automatic weapons and pump-action shotguns.

via www.snowflakesinhell.com

This situation reminds me of an incident that happened a number of years ago. I was baby sitting my niece as a very small baby and she feel asleep on my chest as I was watching TV. My sister-in-law (Tricia's aunt) came in and immediately rushed over to the TV and turned it down saying "you'll wake the baby". HUH?? The baby fell asleep with the TV that loud so why do you think it'll wake her up??

And so in Switzerland we have had people with military weapons in their home for many years. There have been no major incidents and crime is low. So why does anyone feel it necessary to do something? People keep passing laws to prevent things that haven't happened except in their own imagination.

US Atrocities in Afghanistan

A U.N.-backed Congolese military operation to oust rebels from eastern Congo has caused more civilian casualties than damage to rebels, with more than 1,400 people deliberately killed over a nine-month period, human rights groups said Monday.

via www.sondrak.com

What? Oh sorry, just read that wrong.

It's U.N. not U.S.

And eastern Congo, not Afghanistan.

Ok, no story here. Go on about your business.

December 7th,1941

I remember.  I hope you do.