Sentences with phrase «own nativity»

Religious traditions often clashed with ideological goals: was it acceptable for «convinced National Socialists» to celebrate Christmas with Christian carols and nativity plays?

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And Pence's request to visit Bethlehem and tour the Church of the Nativity has also been denied by religious leaders.

Can you show any evidence that nativity scenes are displayed on public property in exchange for rent money?

A California town was selling parcels using a «lottery» process in an attempt to skirt the Constltution, and some atheists ganged up and got a majority of parcels and didn't use them in order to keep them out of the hands of the Nativity scene people who only got a few.

As an Atheist, I don't care about the nativity scenes, or «Under God» in the Pledge, or «In God We Trust».

But like that case of Nativity scenes being given special protected spaces on public property, that is a special support for a religious purpose and so violates the law.

The answer is that the Christian right in our country is constantly trying to force their religious beliefs into the public sphere (science education, school prayer at public schools, Decalogue displays at court houses, nativity scenes on city hall property, crosses in all kinds of public places, national days of prayer, etc.)-- if these things stopped, the outcry from us non-believers would be greatly diminished.

In Jerusalem, I walk out of the Church of the Nativity with our Palestinian guide Nabeel, one of 42 allowed to enter the city (on a six - month renewable permit).

The Nativity — inflated in front yards, cartooned into coloring books and fought over so fiercely in courthouses — likely bears very little resemblance to the reason for the season.

The decision to erect a «gay» nativity scene featuring two Josephs in a front garden has been branded «sacrilege» by a bishop.

Generally, when people say this, they are referring to the Nativity.

The nativity is just a toy set to try to make helpless young children of christians believe what their parents do.

Because, according to Don Paolo, Christmas is now «a fairy tale from the nativity scene with lullabies and bagpipes, the exclusive support of a capitalist and consumerist economy, transforming the whole of Christianity into civil religion.»

Nobody gave a damn when the Palestinian's used the Church of the Nativity as an outhouse.

I have no problem with people using Christmas, having nativity scenes, slide shows, even acting events.

I seem to recall his family coming to get him (which would be odd if they had actually experienced the nativity narratives) and his rejecting them.

(CNN)- As far as Christmas traditions go, nativity scenes are generally quite similar, though local customs often find their way into such montages.

Only strategy Christians has to do is fight for what ever Tradition is going on for years by co-ordinating within the different Christian sects as well as DISPLAYING MORE NATIVITY SCEANS AROUND THE NEIGHBORING HOUSES OF ATHEIST FOLLOWERS especially near the leaders houses for for sure, yea I mean purely private property.

But one nativity scene in Venezuela has sparked controversy for what critics say overstepped the lines of taste, religion and politics.

In the Nativity scene, the adoptive father Joseph and the biological mother Mary represent all humankind.

You can put up all the «Nativity» scenes you like.

The stable, by the way, was probably a cave rather than a wooden structure the way all of the nativity scenes portray it as.

You can take down all Nativity scenes.

A creche stands in Santa Monica, California, where atheists have legally occupied space normally used for Nativity scenes.

Our family is trying a different approach to Advent this year by following what Orthodox Christians call the Nativity Fast in which participants refrain from dairy, eggs, oil, wine and meat.

I don't care if you want to have a Nativity display.

«First [we're] proclaiming the powerful message of Christmas: peace on Earth and good will toward men,» said Patrick Mahoney, director of the Christian Defense Coalition, who helped organize the Supreme Court Nativity.

Something of the significance of these comic and nonheroic elements becomes clearer if one contrasts Christian and Buddhist nativity stories.

The form and pageantry of the Christian nativity is strikingly different.

The uplifting of the lowly is particularly evident in the story of the nativity.

These, however, are not the only eyes at the nativity scene: there are other eyes that are looking, for the Magi have come into the presence of a face that is the radiance of the Lord — the face of an infant.

This is not to argue the superiority of the Christian nativity.

I knew better than to include nativity scenes in my artworks, and stuck with bright renderings of holly, ivy, snow - drifts and Santa.

The BBC's four part drama Nativity, screened in the lead up to last Christmas, was well dramatised.

There are nevertheless important differences that give the Christian nativity a more immediate affinity with the spirit and structure of comedy.

The Nativity scene would be empty without Jews, Arabs, Africans, and displaced people.

For the Buddhist nativity is classically dramatic, heroic, and richly embroidered with myth.

Mary is portrayed in the series as a young woman at the Nativity, then later in life.

No wonder the standard opening line in the nativity story ~ ~ «~ Fear not.»

The delegation also visited the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem and met the city's Christian mayor Vera Baboun.

While it's a pretty irreverent take on nativity scene decorations, whether the creators of the «Hipster Nativity Set» were intending to or not, the concept offers interesting commentary about the intersections of modern millennial culture with the ancient holiday.

It begins at creation and tells the story of Jesus through the patriarchs, the prophets, the nativity and the resurrection.

In a world where non-ironic plastic nativities scenes can be purchased at Wal - Mart, a cynical one like this (it costs $ 129!)

Stained glass is used to illustrate the Nativity, and the Ascension is shown in an alabaster panel made in Nottingham in the fifteenth century.

We also include in the nativity cluster the ideas about Jesus» special nature and origin.

But I'm beginning to suspect there's a war on handmade, fair - trade, biblically - accurate, ethnically - realistic, reasonably - priced, child - safe nativity scenes.

This changes everything for Dan who immediately begins assessing every nativity scene based on potential choking hazards.

(CNN)- It's Christmas, but not as you know it: a new book by released this week by Pope Benedict VI looks at the early life of Jesus - and debunks several myths about how the Nativity really unfolded.

«Catholics don't take the traditional nativity scene literaly, nor do we believe that icons are magical, nor are statues in churches inhabited by sprites or other beings.»