Note: Before reading the following arguments, please understand that they are not what I believe. On Wednesdays, I deliberately argue for wrong ideas, challenging my listeners to call and defend the obvious right answer, which is usually far harder than one would expect. This is a summary of what Wacky Andrew will be arguing, not a representation of what real Andrew believes.~By definition, celebrating something means saying that it’s good. The only way to say something is good is by contrast with something that is either bad or else less good. So, by logic, celebrating one cultural or racial heritage entails demeaning other ones as inferior.
~Now this shouldn’t come as any big shock, since the history of racial and cultural oppression is so obvious.
~Celebrating anything other than your identity in Christ is a recipe for disaster. Didn’t Paul say not to celebrate these sort of divisions?
~Food, clothing, music, art, speech patterns, and history don’t really matter. So why bother celebrating them?
~These things only degenerate into celebrations of drinking and partying, not really any particular celebration of cultural heritage anyway.
~What if your cultural or racial heritage also has serious flaws and things you can’t be proud of? ~How do you celebrate without also acknowledging that stuff?
~What if you don’t want to draw your identity from something beyond your power like your heritage?
Links:
Why do we wear green on St. Patrick’s Day? (CS Monitor)
Church history and St. Patrick’s day (CS Monitor)
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