Deepertruth: The Dangers of Indifferentism

The Dangers of Indifferentism.  Going back to 1983, I was living in Arkansas not too long before I would join the Military. I would develop an interest with the "Letters to the Editor" portion of the local news paper "Harrison Daily Times" .

The work I had been doing with the Knights of Columbus was getting a lot of responses, both pro and con, as they gave their opinions.

On one occasion I responded to a debate concerning Christmas.A lady called in on a local radio program when the announcer wished her a "Merry Christmas". She was not happy about the "season's greetings" and responded back to the announcer that if he wanted to join the Catholic Church in worshiping a "false Christ", he could do so. She said there was nothing to support that the early Christians celebrated Christmas.

This lady was not a supporter of Christmas. I wrote a letter to the editor in response to this lady informing the community that Pope Telephorus, the 8th successor of St. Peter, established the custom of "Midnight Mass". In fact, Christmas is literally taken from Christ's Mass! Even Santa Claus is taken from the real historical person of St. Nicholas. This was about the year 125 A.D. and I couldn't help but notice this was but a short 90 years after the Resurrection of the Lord.The Popular Christmas scene we see often today was something that St. Francis began in the 1200's.

The next evening, I received an angry phone call from an individual who told me he was raised a Catholic.

He proceeded to inform me that he had 12 years of Catholic School. I responded back in defense of the Catholic Faith when he retorted back that "if I wanted to be Catholic I could move elsewhere".