Joe Biden failed to mention Jesus’s name in Christmas speech

[The Arizonan]

https://www.mediaite.com/tv/america-has-lost-its-sense-of-god-fox-news-hosts-fume-biden-didnt-say-jesus-during-christmas-speech/amp/

I think he should have mentioned his name and there wouldn’t have been a controversy.

[Joe Republic]

Well that does it.  Impeach the bastard.

[Reaganfan Democrat]

This was a week ago by now, but anyway:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/12/22/remarks-by-president-biden-in-christmas-address-to-the-nation/

And we look to the sky, to a lone star, shining brighter than all the rest, guiding us to the birth of a child — a child Christians believe to be the son of God; miraculously now, here among us on Earth, bringing hope, love and peace and joy to the world.

The Christmas story is at the heart of the Christmas — Christian faith.  But the message of hope, love, peace, and joy, they’re also universal.

From the silence of space, on a silent night on a Christmas Eve, they read the story of Christmas — Creation from the King James Bible.  It went: “In the beginning God created Heaven and Earth.  And God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light.”

I think there is enough Christianity in that speech. And I am certain Biden has uttered Jesus' name on his knees way more times than Trump.

[Beet]

Is this Biden's tan suit moment?

[jojoju1998]

This was a week ago by now, but anyway:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/12/22/remarks-by-president-biden-in-christmas-address-to-the-nation/

And we look to the sky, to a lone star, shining brighter than all the rest, guiding us to the birth of a child — a child Christians believe to be the son of God; miraculously now, here among us on Earth, bringing hope, love and peace and joy to the world.

The Christmas story is at the heart of the Christmas — Christian faith.  But the message of hope, love, peace, and joy, they’re also universal.

From the silence of space, on a silent night on a Christmas Eve, they read the story of Christmas — Creation from the King James Bible.  It went: “In the beginning God created Heaven and Earth.  And God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light.”

I think there is enough Christianity in that speech. And I am certain Biden has uttered Jesus' name on his knees way more times than Trump.

He even quoted the King James Bible.

So take that, King James onlyists.

And a Catholic at that.

[GeorgiaModerate]

So what?

[Person Man]

You mean he actually knows what Christmas is about and can articulate it well?

[Stockdale for Veep]

Need some polls about what Christmas entails for the US population.

I'd bet a plurality find "family, gifts, snow/carols, reunion" is what makes Christmas Christmas.

[the artist formerly known as catmusic]

Apart from anything else, we do live in a secular country, so nobody is under any obligation to mention any divine power for any holiday anyway.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Based. It's unseemly for the leader of a pluralistic country to bring up religious rhetoric.

[Badger]

This was a week ago by now, but anyway:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/12/22/remarks-by-president-biden-in-christmas-address-to-the-nation/

And we look to the sky, to a lone star, shining brighter than all the rest, guiding us to the birth of a child — a child Christians believe to be the son of God; miraculously now, here among us on Earth, bringing hope, love and peace and joy to the world.

The Christmas story is at the heart of the Christmas — Christian faith.  But the message of hope, love, peace, and joy, they’re also universal.

From the silence of space, on a silent night on a Christmas Eve, they read the story of Christmas — Creation from the King James Bible.  It went: “In the beginning God created Heaven and Earth.  And God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light.”

I think there is enough Christianity in that speech. And I am certain Biden has uttered Jesus' name on his knees way more times than Trump.

This simply needs to be reposted at infinitum until the op and anyone pushing this line that Biden somehow forgot or fail to mention the Christian Origins of Christmas in his speech recant their factually incorrect statement, or at least just stops repeating it

[Blue3]

So? Still might be too religious by giving a Christmas speech at all, which is implicit acknowledgment.

[emailking]

It was a good speech I saw it live, and I don't care. I'm not even convinced Jesus existed.

[T'Chenka]

Christmas isn't about Jesus for 95%+ of Americans, and if 10%+ of people tell you it's about Jesus for them, some of them are probably lying.

Santa and capitalism have replaced Jesus and worship at Christmas time.

[Reaganfan Democrat]

Based. It's unseemly for the leader of a pluralistic country to bring up religious rhetoric.

Christmas is the most widely-celebrated holiday in the US and isn't going anywhere, so it would be a bit absurd to not acknowledge its religious significance. Politicians talk freely about the origins or meaning of holidays like Hanukkah, Ramadan or Deepavali, after all. Biden's approach of acknowledging its Christian origins while also delivering a loving and universal message to the entire country is true pluralism.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

It doesn't matter he helps people unlike Trump whom is a self made millionaire and give tax cuts to rich none of the prophets were rich Buddha, Moses, Christ or Mohammed,, it's wrong to praise the rich

Even the Catholic church as rich as it is gives back to Boy and Girl Scouts

DeSantis wont win the EC map doesn't go thru FL it's 247 plus VA and Tim Kaine not Youngkin is on the ballot plus we already have CO and NV that's 279 the rest is wave insurance for the Senate and Brown and Tester and Gallego have better Approvals than Vance and Johnson

If Stephanie Murphy runs and we already have John Love in TX they are endangered in a wave that doesn't happen 2 yrs prior to Eday to lose especially Cruz whom has been saying silly things

[Kahane's Grave Is A Gender-Neutral Bathroom]

This is a secular country, who gives a sh**t.

[TheReckoning]

Christmas isn't about Jesus for 95%+ of Americans

That’s not true at all. Do you have any idea how many people attend Church for Christmas? It’s a very significant holiday if your Christian.

[Dr. MB]

Christmas isn't about Jesus for 95%+ of Americans, and if 10%+ of people tell you it's about Jesus for them, some of them are probably lying.

Santa and capitalism have replaced Jesus and worship at Christmas time.

Santa is part of the Holy Trinity along with God and Jesus

[Blue3]

Christmas isn't about Jesus for 95%+ of Americans

That’s not true at all. Do you have any idea how many people attend Church for Christmas? It’s a very significant holiday if your Christian.

Not a majority.

And even those that do, most don't the rest of the year except maybe Easter, and are more just cultural Christians not actual theists.

[Inmate Trump]

No one cares.

I’m a Christian and I don’t care.

The president should be a president for all and I’m not deluded enough to not realize that not everyone is a Christian. So if a president fails to acknowledge my own personal faith then I don’t care. In fact I’d prefer it if the president doesn’t display outward signs of faith. Keep politics and religion separate.

[Cassius]

Based. It's unseemly for the leader of a pluralistic country to bring up religious rhetoric.

Yet, Biden (and all other American officials to be fair) prattles on ceaselessly about America’s so-called ‘values’, which is in and of itself a form of religious rhetoric.

[dead0man]

Christmas isn't about Jesus for 95%+ of Americans

That’s not true at all. Do you have any idea how many people attend Church for Christmas? It’s a very significant holiday if your Christian.

ahhh yes, it will be the only time you see some "Christians" in church.  The church I grew up in went through the cost and trouble of putting in a balcony just for those people to use once or twice a year (if they remembered (or were properly taught) that Easter is actually the far more important religious holiday).  Seemed like a waste to me.


roughly 60% of Americans attend church around Christmas time.  There is no way 60% of Americans are Christian.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Do we mention Christ when we pray, no we don't we talk about what we need from him, he is the Holy spirit he knows what we need all we have to do is say it and he understands

[Antonio the Sixth]

Based. It's unseemly for the leader of a pluralistic country to bring up religious rhetoric.

Yet, Biden (and all other American officials to be fair) prattles on ceaselessly about America’s so-called ‘values’, which is in and of itself a form of religious rhetoric.

Referring to "[country]'s values" is designed to include all members of the relevant national community, so it's not antipluralistic in the way that espousing the creed of a particular religion is. At least, not necessarily. There are case where this type of rhetoric is used to implicitly exclude certain groups of people who are presumed not to share the country's values - but whether that is the case can only be discerned within context, and I highly doubt this was the case in Biden's speech.