I hope she’ll forgive me for potentially setting her up for an avalanche of e-mail from non-Christian Kwanzaa worshipers with little understanding of biblical Christianity attempting to explain, badly, to a Christian that an anti-Christian, spiritualized, quasi-religion is compatible with biblical Christianity, but…
I want to make sure you didn’t miss the link to Carlotta Morrow’s site. I included it in the Kwanzaa post, but you may have missed it. I encourage all my Christian readers, if you do nothing else today, to visit The Truth About Kwanzaa, and read every page. The research I’ve done pales in comparison to the work Carlotta has done.
After her sister got caught up in Kwanzaa, Carlotta learned everything she could about it. She’s been quoted in several stories, including:
The Kwanzaa blogging is done for now. The next time you see that word on this site, it will be a link to my article in the Christian Research Journal.
“If you love me, you will obey what I command. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever— the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him.” (John 14:15-21)
Unrelated Update: Kathleen Parker responded to my Lord of the Blogs post. See Update II.
Radio appearances:
- Confirmed: KWEL with Craig Anderson. Tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. EST.
Update: (12/30): I’ll return to KWEL on Monday, same time.
- Confirmed: Pundit Review tomorrow on WRKO around 10:00 a.m. EST to discuss various topics.
- Confirmed: KSFO in San Francisco on Sunday at 5:00 p.m. EST with David Gold.
- Confirmed: WZNN with Ken Bagwell. Thursday, January 5, at 3:05 p.m. EST.
Confirmations later. I’m going offline to watch 2001: A Space Odyssey for the 10th time.
Larry Elder asks, “When can we blacks get to the point where you and I can have a disagreement — about racism, affirmative action, the War in Iraq, whatever — without someone who thinks like me being a sell-out or an Uncle Tom? Is that at all possible? Am I asking too much?” (Source)
Answer to question #1: When it is no longer profitable or otherwise advantageous for blacks to participate in grievance-shopping politics. For example, racial discrimination was once harmful to blacks; now it’s beneficial. When the tide turns, blacks who oppose skin color preferences will no longer be considered “sell-outs.”
Answer to question #2: The question is not whether you’re asking too much, Mr. Elder. Why ask the question at all? It’s pointless. For some people, whining, excuse-making, and finger-pointing are sub-culturally ingrained. The current is too strong. I don’t know about you, but I have neither the time, inclination, nor energy to turn the tide. Just continue to make your stand, and the enlightened will come to you.
It was excellent! Better than Goblet of Fire.
I’ve just returned from seeing The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, and I loved it from the opening scene to the closing.
Read the rest of my Very Important Narnia Review.
Conservatives are usually pretty easy on bloggers, as the most important and influential blog swarms tend to be generated by conservative bloggers trying to right the wrongs of the leftist mainstream media (MSM).
That’s why I was taken aback by Kathleen Parker’s latest column, Lord of the Blogs, where she likens some bloggers to the marooned little (murderous) souls in Lord of the Flies.
That was way harsh, Kathleen.
She must have been burned recently, I thought, though I’m sure I’d have remembered reading about it. Whenever anyone, no matter their political persuasion, criticizes bloggers, I get defensive. It’s a natural reaction. I love blogging. I make my living blogging and helping other people blog, so I’m just a tad sensitive when I perceive anti-blogger sentiment. Parker writes:
There’s something frankly creepy about the explosion we now call the Blogosphere - the big-bang “electroniverse” where recently wired squatters set up new camps each day. As I write, the number of “blogs” (Web logs) and “bloggers” (those who blog) is estimated in the tens of millions worldwide.
Although I’ve been a blog fan since the beginning, and have written favorably about the value added to journalism and public knowledge thanks to the new “citizen journalist,” I’m also wary of power untempered by restraint and accountability.
Dropping the self-centered defensive pose for a moment, I realize she has a point. Blogs are a powerful new medium, and I believe blogging is catching on so fast because the power and freedom of expression it provides are intoxicating. It is truly an alternative to the dominant media, and ordinary people — non-journalists — can cajole, criticize and chastise MSM.
December 29, 2005 - Every year Ann Coulter updates an op-ed called Kwanzaa: A Holiday from the FBI. Kwanzaa lovers will hate it. Check it out.
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Check out debate the origin of Christmas.
I neglected to include a couple of links from the previous Kwanzaa post (2003). For more discussion on the “Christmas is pagan” meme and tired “Saturnalia” retread, read Is Christmas Pagan? and Christmas is NOT Pagan…
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In the past two days I’ve received close to 500 hits on a Kwanzaa article I wrote a couple of years ago (Originally published in December 2003 as Why Black Christians Shouldn’t Celebrate Kwanzaa) and posted on this blog. I hate that I have to write about Kwanzaa, and I hate that it’s seeped into the mainstream to point where white people are wishing black people a “Happy Kwanzaa.” Thank God nobody’s said that to me lately.
Googlers have been landing on my blog because I’m one of the few bloggers who’ve written about Kwanzaa, and as you know, blogs tend to appear quite high in search results.
Here’s the most irritating thing about running a blog with commenting. Sometimes it’s difficult to express oneself clearly to people of varying cognitive abilities. Some process information better than others. Some are able to reason better than others. The less bright may miss the subtlety and nuance. Certain readers may know a bit of the history behind a particular subject; others may be completely ignorant of it. The intellectually curious may do some independent research in an effort to support or dispute my arguments, while others just want to get in their 2 cents regardless. A few may lack common sense altogether, and still others want to be contrary just for the sake of being contrary.
To condense my thoughts into a coherent post, especially with a subject like Kwanzaa, is not easy. It’s 10 times as difficult to explain spiritual matters to non-believers. It’s unfortunate that biblical literacy is not considered important anymore. As this nation was founded on biblical principles, it was a matter of course that people had at least a cursory knowledge of the book, whether they believed it was the word of God or not.
Given all the hoopla last year, it’s curious that TIME magazine didn’t include a Blog of the Year category for 2005. It was an admittedly strange occurrence last year, especially since they chose a conservative blog that was all over Dan Rather.
Related post: The Blogging Panel Was…
Odds and Ends:
- New York Times selects the most blogged books of the year, with links to bloggers
- When Blogs Go Bad
In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) And everyone went to his own town to register.
So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn….
“Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord.” (Luke 2)
Merry Christmas! 
Update (1:42 p.m.): I’m off until Tuesday or so of next week. While you wait, check out The Carnival of Christmas.
What’s that old saying? The squeaky wheel gets the most…scrutiny…or something like that. 
Some of you may be wondering why I always pick on groups like the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) and NAACP. They turn the spotlight on themselves with their useless whining and complaining, pointing fingers at others while they do little more than organize fancy dinners for their limousine liberal friends.
The CBC, which railed the loudest against the federal government, President Bush in particular, for its “slow” response to help the black victims of Hurricane Katrina, hasn’t given away any of the money purportedly raised to help the evacuees. From CNSNews:
The [Congressional Black Caucus Foundation] CBCF then launched its own relief fund on Sept. 21, with a stated goal of raising $1 million to help Gulf Coast residents rebuild their lives. As Cybercast News Service previously reported, the CBCF claimed immediate success, telling reporters on Sept. 21 that it had already received $700,000 in corporate pledges.
But on Wednesday, exactly three months after the news conference launching the CBCF relief fund, Rice told Cybercast News Service that the Foundation has actually raised “somewhere in the neighborhood of $350 to $400,000.” She added that the distribution of the money would not begin until January or February of 2006 at the earliest. (Source)
Why the delay? Don’t be surprised to hear about some lavish, impromptu New Year’s Eve “charity” bash. But you didn’t hear that from me. Meanwhile, evacuees will be in hotels for the holidays.
(Hat tip: Michelle Malkin)
Related post: Katrina Killed Across Class Lines…
