SL Bishops ban Christmas trees and Santas in churches

[Godman]

Bishops ban Christmas trees and Santas in churches | The Sunday Times Sri Lanka

For the first time in history, the Catholic bishops have decided there should be no Christmas trees or Santas in churches during the festive season, a spokesman said yesterday. Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, the Archbishop of Colombo and president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Sri Lanka (CBCSL), has sent out a circular, banning Christmas trees and Santas in Catholic churches of all dioceses.

Rev. Fr. Cyril Gamini, the Church’s Social Communications Director, said the bishops believed that Christmas trees and Santas were only decorations and should not be brought into the sanctity of the church. However, some Catholics were quick to protest against the order by the bishops and asked that it be revoked. One Catholic said that to set up a Christmas tree outside the church was not practical because it would be exposed to the current bad weather and could be damaged.

“Christmas trees and Santas are beautiful and harmless Catholic traditions and they should remain that way,” an irritated parishioner from the Catholic majority area of Moratuwa said.

 

[Godman]

Very dumb move by SL bishops

 

[Gibbs]

Very stupid, Christmas is not only a religious holiday but a festival, Decorations and celebrations are part of those festivities.. What these morons are doing is to discourage more and more of their faithful away from the Church

And worse off those benefit from that are the evangelical denominations.. Turning decent folks in to religious nut cases

 

[nForce]

So, they are going to put it inside the church or something ?
Cmon.. Christmas without the tree is incomplete!

 

[Gibbs]

So, they are going to put it inside the church or something ?
Cmon.. Christmas without the tree is incomplete!

All these mainstream religions are going nuts these days, I'm not sure if its a reaction to whats happening in the Muslim world but it seems like all these so called leaders wants to turn back the clock to fundamentalism, From Buddhists, To Christians and Hindu's

The world is going nuts

 

[Godman]

So, they are going to put it inside the church or something ?
Cmon.. Christmas without the tree is incomplete!

They are trying to ban christmans trees from being used as decorations inside the church.
Meoves like this make the Catholic church look more like the fundemantalists the Catholic church always bash

 

[unbiasedopinion]

I always wonder why to cut full grown trees (when deforestation is already causing enough problems) when we can do this with plastic trees or may be something else.

BTW how come chritmas tree linked with christmas? What is the significance of the tree ?

 

[Gibbs]

BTW how come chritmas tree linked with christmas? What is the significance of the tree ?

It predates Christianity, A pagan tradition adopted by Christians later.. They're some of the few flora that remain evergreen in Winter, Hence the celebration of life

 

[unbiasedopinion]

It predates Christianity, A pagan tradition adopted by Christians later.. They're some of the few flora that remain evergreen in Winter, Hence the celebration of life

Irony is that the same flora is cut to celebrate the evergreen in winter.

 

[nForce]

All these mainstream religions are going nuts these days, I'm not sure if its a reaction to whats happening in the Muslim world but it seems like all these so called leaders wants to turn back the clock to fundamentalism, From Buddhists, To Christians and Hindu's

The world is going nuts

They are trying to ban christmans trees from being used as decorations inside the church.
Meoves like this make the Catholic church look more like the fundemantalists the Catholic church always bash

They are saying they don't want to put it outside the church, because it wears off quickly I guess ? Anyway, should be fine if they put it inside. I cannot think of Christmas without the tree!

Irony is that the same flora is cut to celebrate the evergreen in winter.

In church in my hometown, there is a pine tree, right beside the entrance of the church. We used to decorate that one with lights and all.

 

[Gibbs]

Irony is that the same flora is cut to celebrate the evergreen in winter.

Well these days tree's are specially grown for Christmas in plantations, just like how they do for timber, So it's not as people go on cutting down tree's in the forests

 

[Godman]

They are saying they don't want to put it outside the church, because it wears off quickly I guess ? Anyway, should be fine if they put it inside. I cannot think of Christmas without the tree!

The weather is bad these days in the region and they will get soaked in the rain if kept outside.
Christsmas trees add colour to churches and houses.
Religions are trying to make people over zealous these days

 

[yolo2016]

Tree and Santa is NOT what our religion is about . However to ban it seems silly. Even so you won't christians running around killing and cutting heads off because of it.

 

[WaLeEdK2]

Tbh Christmas is more of a pagan holiday than Christian. The bishops are actually doing what they're supposed to.

 

[WaLeEdK2]

Tree and Santa is NOT what our religion is about . However to ban it seems silly. Even so you won't christians running around killing and cutting heads off because of it.

Head choppers sponsored by the west lol.