“Happy Holidays?” How Sensitive Should We Be?

Are you a “Happy Holiday’s” kind of person? After all, why offend? But consider this fact. The total number of “non-Christians” in America add up to less than 10 million people, which is around three percent of the population, according to Dinesh D’Souza.

We know that many in the raw numbers of self-professing “Christians” are those those who really don’t have a clue. But those who truly are “offended” at the Christian message are a very small minority.

In terms of religious background, America is no more diverse today than it was in the 19^th century. So is it really necessary to cow tail to secularists? To keep things nice for those who don’t share our way of faith?

During Christmas, we are extra careful with our “Happy Holidays” and winter wonderlands. We are ultra sensitive to those that don’t believe, changing our messages and our actions to be kind to those who don’t believe. And how about work? Most of us are especially cautious here, making sure our words don’t constitute “harassment” of any sort.

Here’s the question. Should the true Christian, the walking, talking Red Letter Believer, be more concerned about speaking the truth, or more concerned about speaking it in love? What’s your opinion? Or is Christmas so commercialized that none of this matters?

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“Happy Holidays?” How sensitive should we be?