I must be getting more cynical in my old age...recently I have been having a problem with Christmas. Oddly enough, it's not the commercialization that bothers me...I mean, heck! According to scholars, we don't even celebrate the right day for Jesus'birthday, so what does it really matter if we start putting out Christmas decorations in October? Technically it should be in March anyway.
I have no problem believing in a higher power: be that God, Allah, Budda, or the great power within. And I believe that Jesus must have been a truly amazing and inspiring man. It is clear what kind of affect this lowly son of a carpenter had on many. He died 2000 years ago and people still speak His name with respect and reverence. It's the actually story of Christmas that I have trouble with...if we ar not even sure what day these event occurred on, then how could we possibly know what happend? I suspect, for most Christians, this is where faith comes in. That believing it happened is enough. I'm just not sure it's enough for me.
And I don't honestly think that I will go to Hell because of my doubt or disbelief. I'm not worried about that at all.In every human heart there is doubt, the point here is whether or not the individual ignores it or embraces it.
