Comments on: How to Teach Children the Meaning of Thanksgiving

on 11/18/2008 Amen.

on 11/17/2008 The pilgrims left Europe because they wanted religious freedom, the freedom to worship GOD, not the King of England. Yes, the pilgrims and other people landing in what is now America brought diseases and many, many native 'Indians' died. I really don't think that was the Pilgrims' intention--and at Thanksgiving, when the Pilgrims and Indians ate together, they were all giving thanks for Life, for a good harvest, for peace, for sharing friendship and knowledge and planting techniques. The Pilgrims probably gave their thanks to God, since they had left Europe so they could worship God, and the Indians probably gave their thanks to other spirits, but I can't be sure, since I wasn't there. You don't have to be of any religious affiliation to celebrate Thanksgiving. Anyone and everyone can be grateful for what they have and can share what they have with others. We can't change the fact

on 11/13/2008 Thanks giving should directly tie to GOD, Jehovah Elohim. We should begin by thanking the creator of all living things, and all natural resources. Without God, there is no you, and no I. We came to this earth with everything that we need provided by God. We were given our own eyes, ears, brain, lungs, heart, brain, blood, bones. Every fiber, cell, tissue, organ, was given to us free of charge by God our creator. When something goes wrong with any body part, we will pay a handsome fare for medicine, or an organ transplant. But yet, we do not even consider the thanks that is deserving to God who gave it free of charge. Many persons have opted to serve other gods. How foolish, ask yourself, can you thank allah, or confucious, or any other god, other than the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob? All others are created by the creator, which makes them subject to him also. The Bible also

on 12/30/2005 Frankly speaking, Thanksgiving can be without any reference to Christianity or God. I believe it is enough to be grateful for a good and bountiful life without submerging it in religion. Furthermore, not everyone believes in God, nor is a Christian. Does it follow that they should not be grateful therefore should not celebrate Thanksgiving? I ask people to please become more egalitarian in their approach to life and to whom we give thanks. After all, isn't feeling gratitude the most important aspect of Thanksgiving?

on 11/30/2005 The Thanksgiving Holiday is rooted in the fundamental Christian belief in God. The Pilgrims gave thanks to GOD, not to some random secular fuzzy wuzzy ideology. The National Thanksgiving Holiday was originally put into place by Henry Laurens, President of Continental Congress in 1777. Then again, on January 1, 1795, our first United States President, George Washington, wrote his famed National Thanksgiving Proclamation. Many years later, on October 3, 1863, Abraham Lincoln proclaimed, by Act of Congress, an annual National Day of Thanksgiving "on the last Thursday of November, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the heavens..." All men were Christians, all men referred to Jesus Christ and God Almighty as the Divine to give Thanksgiving to. I am not overtly religious, but I do find this insideous desire by media to erradicate God from our history as a nation incredibly disturbing.

on 11/22/2005 You left out the basic Christian basis for the first Thanksgiving, and Lincoln's inclusion of God as giver when Abe proclaimed the National Observance of Thanksgiving.

on 11/22/2005 You don't mention that without Indians helping Pilgrims adapt to their new world, Pilgrims probably wouldn't have lived long. The Pilgrims & Indians gathered to celebrate the harvest and also the cooperative bond that had formed based on mutual trust.