I hope you categorical excluded Muslims and Liberals from your congratulation.
Muslims hate Jesus, the Hole Bible and Christians therefore they are not worthy to be gratulate.
Liberals have politically correct Xmas, nothing to do with our Christmas.Killary and Obama are responsible for it.
Only people who accept Jesus as God and Savior, the Holy Bible as Life Manual and Trump as President are dignified enough to be congratulated.
While Muslims do not accept Jesus as the Son of God, it is far-fetched to say they hate Him. According to the Qur'an, Jesus is an apostle and all prophets, including Muhammad, are equal. The only distinction is that Muhammad is the last of the prophets. These are the relevant verses from the Qur'an (M.H. Shakir translation):
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3.144] And Muhammad is no more than an apostle; the apostles have already passed away before him; if then he dies or is killed will you turn back upon your heels? And whoever turns back upon his heels!s, he will by no means do harm to Allah in the least and Allah will reward the grateful.
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2.136] Say: We believe in Allah and (in) that which had been revealed to us, and (in) that which was revealed to Ibrahim and Ismail and Ishaq and Yaqoub and the tribes, and (in) that which was given to Musa and Isa, and (in) that which was given to the prophets from their Lord, we do not make any distinction between any of them, and to Him do we submit.
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3.84] Say: We believe in Allah and what has been revealed to us, and what was revealed to Ibrahim and Ismail and Ishaq and Yaqoub and the tribes, and what was given to Musa and Isa and to the prophets from their Lord; we do not make any distinction between any of them, and to Him do we submit.
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4.163] Surely We have revealed to you as We revealed to Nuh, and the prophets after him, and We revealed to Ibrahim and Ismail and Ishaq and Yaqoub and the tribes, and Isa and Ayub and Yunus and Haroun and Sulaiman and We gave to Dawood.
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33.40] Muhammad is not the father of any of your men, but he is the Apostle of Allah and the Last of the prophets; and Allah is cognizant of all things.
(Note: For those who are not familiar with the Qur'an: Ayub is Job; Dawood is David; Haroun is Aaron; Ibraham is Abraham; Isa is Jesus; Ishaq is Isaac; Ismail is Ishmael; Musa is Moses; Nuh is Noah; Sulaiman is Solomon; Yaqoub is Jacob; and Yunun is Jonah.)
Now, liberals are fair game for many things, but it is unfair to assume they are all anti-Christian. I have liberal friends who are faithful Christians and I also have some conservative friends who are either agnostics or atheists.
Reaching out to those who disagree with you on any issue – including religion – is a good thing. In fact, it's the Christian thing to do. I have selected The Living Bible translation because its words are simple and to the point (verse numbers removed for easier reading):
“There is a saying, ‘Love your
friends and hate your enemies.’ But I say: Love your
enemies! Pray for those who
persecute you! In that way you will be acting as true sons of your Father in heaven. For he gives his sunlight to both the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust too. If you love only those who love you, what good is that? Even scoundrels do that much. If you are friendly only to your friends, how are you different from anyone else? Even the heathen do that. But you are to be perfect, even as your Father in heaven is perfect” (Matthew 5:43-48, TLB).
As for you, I hope today at least one thing happens to make you laugh out loud. I hope at least one thing happens to make you feel blessed. I hope many things happen to make you feel loved and wanted. I hope that everyone you care for is healthy and happy. My final wish is that you have a wonderful day and when nighttime comes you fall into a deep, peaceful and contented sleep.
Merry Christmas.
