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Unread 05-01-2004, 02:27
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Re: Christmas and Schools

I just got back from my vacation, so I appologize if you're one of those purists who feel I'm bringing the topic back from the dead...

anyways, I'm not going to start one of my usual flaming-liberal rants that has that awful tendency to get threads locked, but I do want to say (yes, kinda off-topic, but interesting nevertheless) that the reach of Christianity and Westernism in general is far greater than many of us realize...

I just spent about two weeks taking a tour in Southeast Asia (Bali, Indonesia > Singapore > Bangkok, Thailand > Hong Kong). From what I saw, the West really does influence a lot more than we realize. Singapore's population, for example, is predominately Buddhist (something close to 50%). No other religion makes up more than about 15-20%. Yet, when we visited a Hindu temple, there was a giant banner on the entrance wishing everyone a Merry Christmas. The Hindu temple had a banner wishing a Merry Christmas. The picture is attached at the end of this post. A similar thing was encountered in Bali (Indonesia). Almost everywhere we went, there were banners wishing everyone a Merry Christmas even though something like 95% of the island is Hindu. Even the airport had such banners.

Just goes to show you the influence of the West, Western culture, and the dependancy of other countries on the West (i.e. tourism).
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