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O Come, O Come Emmanuel

© Michael P. Spencer

I ran across this in an old file folder from a physics class I took as a freshman in college. The class was a core curriculum class; not something I would have chosen for myself. The thing I remember most about that class is how strongly the professor desired to convince us God did not exist. One day before Christmas break he passed out a flyer to us, "just for fun," he said.

GOD REST YE UNITARIANS

God rest ye Unitarians, let nothing you dismay.
Remember there's no evidence there was a Christmas day.
When Christ was born just is not known, no matter what they say,
Glad tidings of reason and fact, reason and fact,
Glad tidings of reason and fact.

There was no star of Bethlehem, there was no angel song,
There could have been no wise men for the journey was too long,
The stories in the Bible are historically wrong,
Glad tidings of reason and fact . . .

Much of our Christmas custom comes from Persia and from Greece,
From solstice celebrations of the ancient Middle East.
Our so-called Christmas holiday is but a pagan feast,
Glad tidings of reason and fact . . .

Interesting Links

Anglicans Online collects a great list of Advent Links.

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