Author: FrostyFrosty
Date: Nov 24, 2006 22:16
The Government Demands That You Be Thankful
by William L. Anderson
Today in the United States, we celebrate a holiday known as
"Thanksgiving." Many of us (including my family and I) will attend
church services this morning and many more will eat a very large meal
with the main dish usually being roasted turkey. At the table, most
likely we will continue what began at church speaking about those
things for which we are "thankful."
At one level, I have no problem with people being thankful for their
blessings. As a Christian, I thank God each day for my family, home,
and other things that I believe come from the bounty of God, and I am
not ashamed to say it. Yet, if we truly are thankful for our blessings
on a daily basis, then why do we have a special holiday in which we
repeat those things that we already have repeated?
In a word, the reason for Thanksgiving Day is government. It is on
this day that the government specifically the President of the United
States orders us to be thankful. Since our government is secular in
form and content, we really are supposed to be thankful to government
for our bounty.
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