# WBC's current sign is hilarious!!! Christmas related **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 24, 2015, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wbcs-current-sign-is-hilarious-christmas-related/741261 "2015-12-24T14:39:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2015, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wbcs-current-sign-is-hilarious-christmas-related/741261/1 "2015-12-24T14:39:25Z")
I live in Topeka, home of the rock the Westboro Baptist Church hides under. Nearly every day I drive by their family compound, because it’s the most direct route to the fenced in dog park I take my dachshund Nathan to play in. The WBC’s sign changes weekly, with some topical message like “Halloween, a pagan rite God despises!” For the current holiday it’s putting us all down because \*\* X-Mas is NOT IN THE BIBLE!!!\*\* Um, correct me if my reading of Scripture is incorrect, but isn’t the second chapter of Luke "the Christmas story’? Linus wouldn’t lie to us, would he?😃 ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2015, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wbcs-current-sign-is-hilarious-christmas-related/741261/2 "2015-12-24T15:05:07Z")
The first thing I thought was that they were referring to the abbreviation ‘X-mas’ since so many Christians get their panties in a bunch about it not being completely spelled out. How many times have we heard ,“Put the Christ back in Christmas!” ---
**Author:** ![Flyer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/flyer/32/7298_2.png) [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2015, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wbcs-current-sign-is-hilarious-christmas-related/741261/3 "2015-12-24T15:19:09Z")
Another possibility – there are a few groups who believe that it’s wrong to celebrate Christmas (and other things) because the Bible does not explicitly command us to celebrate them. They think that only the holidays specifically mentioned in the Bible should be celebrated. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2015, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wbcs-current-sign-is-hilarious-christmas-related/741261/4 "2015-12-24T15:39:20Z")
Well, I suppose technically, the birth of Christ is in the Bible, while the Christ Mass is something the church created, and the secular Christmas is something our culture has developed over time. So maybe they believe “Christmas” is either an abomination created by the Papists or corporations. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2015, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wbcs-current-sign-is-hilarious-christmas-related/741261/5 "2015-12-24T15:52:49Z")
The Puritans in England and the early American colonies [believed the same thing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_controversy#Puritan_era); that since Christmas isn’t explicitly mentioned in the Bible, it should not be celebrated. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2015, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wbcs-current-sign-is-hilarious-christmas-related/741261/6 "2015-12-24T17:35:03Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Well, I suppose technically, the birth of Christ is in the Bible, while the Christ Mass is something the church created, and the secular Christmas is something our culture has developed over time. > > So maybe they believe “Christmas” is either an abomination created by the Papists or corporations. I think you may be closest. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Me](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@Mr.Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Me)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2015, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wbcs-current-sign-is-hilarious-christmas-related/741261/7 "2015-12-24T17:45:54Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > The first thing I thought was that they were referring to the abbreviation ‘X-mas’ since so many Christians get their panties in a bunch about it not being completely spelled out. How many times have we heard ,“Put the Christ back in Christmas!” Why not [put the Christ in Christmas twice](http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?id=3944)? ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2015, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wbcs-current-sign-is-hilarious-christmas-related/741261/8 "2015-12-24T19:10:28Z")
Is it morally wrong to drive by the WBC with your windows down (in this unusually mild weather) blasting “Jingle Bell Rock”? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2015, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wbcs-current-sign-is-hilarious-christmas-related/741261/9 "2015-12-24T20:25:38Z")
Maybe, maybe not. But with music loud enough to readh into the compound I’d be breaking out windows in the surrounding neighborhood. I don’t know, maybe Equality House across the street has caroling planned or something. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2015, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wbcs-current-sign-is-hilarious-christmas-related/741261/10 "2015-12-25T00:04:19Z")
> [@Flyer](#): > > Another possibility – there are a few groups who believe that it’s wrong to celebrate Christmas (and other things) because the Bible does not explicitly command us to celebrate them. They think that only the holidays specifically mentioned in the Bible should be celebrated. Like Passover? Which is why Jesus was in Jerusalem, and had that Last Supper with his disciples. He was an observant Jew, after all. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2015, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wbcs-current-sign-is-hilarious-christmas-related/741261/11 "2015-12-25T01:50:06Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > The first thing I thought was that they were referring to the abbreviation ‘X-mas’ since so many Christians get their panties in a bunch about it not being completely spelled out. How many times have we heard ,“Put the Christ back in Christmas!” Put the Thor back in Thursday. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2015, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wbcs-current-sign-is-hilarious-christmas-related/741261/12 "2015-12-25T03:03:29Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I live in Topeka, home of the rock the Westboro Baptist Church hides under. > > Nearly every day I drive by their family compound, because it’s the most direct route to the fenced in dog park I take my dachshund Nathan to play in. > > The WBC’s sign changes weekly, with some topical message like “Halloween, a pagan rite God despises!” > > For the current holiday it’s putting us all down because > \*\* > X-Mas is NOT IN THE BIBLE!!!\*\* > > Um, correct me if my reading of Scripture is incorrect, but isn’t the second chapter of Luke "the Christmas story’? Linus wouldn’t lie to us, would he?😃 They should picket a Donald Trump appearance. THAT would be interesting, to say the least. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2015, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wbcs-current-sign-is-hilarious-christmas-related/741261/13 "2015-12-25T05:45:58Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > They should picket a Donald Trump appearance. THAT would be interesting, to say the least. There could be a competition as to who could say the most outrageous, obnoxious things about women/holidays/churches/Democrats. ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2015, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wbcs-current-sign-is-hilarious-christmas-related/741261/14 "2015-12-25T06:07:27Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > For the current holiday it’s putting us all down … So I called them up this afternoon and told them they were putting you down. So in the spirit of the season, they agreed to change it for one day. [Here ya go.](http://imgur.com/5k9BaUJ) ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2015, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wbcs-current-sign-is-hilarious-christmas-related/741261/15 "2015-12-25T14:27:40Z")
Am I the only person who read that as “X-Men is NOT IN THE BIBLE!!!”? Which it can be for a middle schooler in Sunday School. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2015, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wbcs-current-sign-is-hilarious-christmas-related/741261/16 "2015-12-25T14:41:40Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > The first thing I thought was that they were referring to the abbreviation ‘X-mas’ since so many Christians get their panties in a bunch about it not being completely spelled out. How many times have we heard ,“Put the Christ back in Christmas!” It’s a copy & paste error. You know how you sign by the ‘X’ when you check in to a hotel? The desk clerk (a sheep) at the Manger Hotel in Bethlehem accidentally copied the X instead of Christ’s signature. Not surprising since he had hooves instead of hands. I blame Bill Gates…& Obama. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2015, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wbcs-current-sign-is-hilarious-christmas-related/741261/17 "2015-12-25T18:17:41Z")
> [@Alley\_Dweller](#): > > So I called them up this afternoon and told them they were putting you down. > So in the spirit of the season, they agreed to change it for one day. > > [Here ya go.](http://imgur.com/5k9BaUJ) I’d like to know how you Photoshopped that!😃 But the sign I’m talking about is bigger, on the top of their security/privacy fence, at the northeast corner of their property. ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2015, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wbcs-current-sign-is-hilarious-christmas-related/741261/18 "2015-12-25T22:54:26Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I’d like to know how you Photoshopped that!😃 > > But the sign I’m talking about is bigger, on the top of their security/privacy fence, at the northeast corner of their property. Sorry, I should have been clearer. I couldn’t get them to budge on the main sign, but we compromised on the other sign. You want me to give away [all of my secrets](http://www.says-it.com/wbc/)? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2015, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wbcs-current-sign-is-hilarious-christmas-related/741261/19 "2015-12-26T04:56:12Z")
I wonder how they feel about Y-mas and Z-mas? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2015, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wbcs-current-sign-is-hilarious-christmas-related/741261/20 "2015-12-26T06:57:49Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Is it morally wrong to drive by the WBC with your windows down (in this unusually mild weather) blasting “Jingle Bell Rock”? No no. **Baker** needs to drive by singing a slightly rewritten version of one of SNL’s Dysfunctional Family Christmas Carols: (To the tune of _We Wish You A Merry Christmas_): We wish you weren’t living near us, We wish you weren’t living near us, We wish you weren’t living near us, We’re not happy you’re here… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wbcs-current-sign-is-hilarious-christmas-related/741261.md?page=2)