To the Editor:

The Pitman “Keep Christ in Chirstmas” banner issue brings up a number of interesting thoughts:

Christmas has been a federal holiday since 1870. Pitman didn’t invent the idea. Jesus has been acceptable at Christmastime long before Pitman ever existed.

The Freedom From Religion Foundation (which has questioned the placement of the banner over Broadway) should have no argument with Pitman at all. Besides, finding Christ offensive at Christmas is like finding flags inappropriate on the Fourth of July. I fear that day’s coming, too!

Also, it should be noted that the Gregorian calendar we use is based on one life; a very substantial and miraculous life indeed! This year is 2011 A.D.

As for atheists, they are intellectual frauds. Atheism is just too easy. It’s intellectual laziness. They are like petulant children standing in the corner stomping their feet saying, “I won’t believe, I won’t believe!” Dismissing even the idea of a god, they are placing themselves above all other opinion and thought, thus proclaiming themselves to be the ultimate authority. In other words, it’s as if they are God.

A river can flow no higher than it’s source. Yet these souls think they can outthink God, who gave them a brain to think with in the first place. That’s scarier than any banner hanging anywhere. It’s a little surprising that the initial party who was offended by the banner even saw it hanging over Broadway. That requires that you look up — a practice that atheists are not usually associated with.

Maybe if this person had looked a little higher than the sign, he or she would have had a better day, and we wouldn’t be spending time trying to defend the meaning and purpose of Christmas at this most wonderful time of the year.

Ken Frank

Pitman