Christmas should be a time for people with differences to come together

Editor:

Christmas Day is not supposed to be a day to hate. I’m sure around the country there are tables with missing people or people biting their tongues or people arguing. Christians are not being Christians. It is sad.

Christmas, like the rule of law, and democracy are not defined by hate, suspicion, close-mindedness to the wonders of a greater world, narrow-minded or uninformed notions of certainty, inability to accept differences, delusions of superiority, and inability to forgive and forget.

Historically it appears the three wise men came from Iran and were Zoroastrian believers in one God. Their superior knowledge and acceptance of differences is revered despite their self-apparent difference.

What I’m saying is that Christmas marks several things about our better selves. And whether it’s around the table or in politics or between people of different backgrounds and aspirations, or about rejection of the carefully crafted laws and institutions we have to developed to advance democracy and fair administration of justice, the spirit of this day should be a universal, constant and a lesson for all of us.

We should rejoice in those lessons and be mindful of them in every aspect of our lives.

Respectfully Merry Christmas to all,

Conrad F. Cropsey

Albion