The Allen Almanac

Did you hear that Wal-Mart decided it was in their bottom line’s best interest to go back to saying Merry Christmas instead of Happy Holidays? Personally, I couldn’t care less what they say to me on the way out of the door. If Wal-Mart is where you get your spiritual fulfillment you might want to rethink some things. But I did notice some interesting signs in their decorations department.

Their big advertising slogan is “Be Bright!”. Sounds pretty innocuous, right? That is, unless you know who The Brights are.

This is what their website says under the heading “What is a bright?”:

• A bright is a person who has a naturalistic worldview
• A bright’s worldview is free of supernatural and mystical elements
• The ethics and actions of a bright are based on a naturalistic worldview

As I understand it, it’s very similar to the Gay Pride movement only for Atheists and Agnostics (and much less effective). Some of its members are James Randi, Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennett.

I think someone in the War is being a little subversive. (BTW, be sure to read the first article I linked to. It’s a Christian woman’s opinion on the whole “War” and I found it refreshingly sensible.)