Are Christian Symbols, Just Relics, From The Past?

    First Corinthians, chapter 13:1 reads as follows;"Though I speak with the tongues of men, and of angels, and have not love, I am become a sounding brass, or tinkling cymbal." As A Christian I realize read in proper context, the apostle Paul, is telling Christians, they must share the truth of the gospel with love which means to share the gospel in such a way that one speaks the truth with a sincere desire to bring lost souls to Christ and the lost in turn,  seeing other Christians true love and concern for their lost condition will have a desire to hear  the gospel of Christ.Paul, warns Christians,  that even if their words of the gospel are true and are spoken with great eloquence if the words of truth are spoken without an attitude of love for the hearers, then the words will be empty and have no real meaning.

    I want to focus on a particular phase in this verse consider the words a sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal,  Paul,  used these words to describe words that were said or music that was played,  that both sounded empty and  had no meaning to the hearers. I want to call your attention to another kind of symbol and sometimes, I think it's more than a coincidence that the word cymbal and symbol both sound the same. Yes, I know the words and their meaning are totally different but stay with me for a moment. Remember how Paul said,  even the truth of the gospel would sound empty if not spoken  with love to the hearers?  Well, in a strange way perhaps, that also happens  with Christian,  symbols in American society today,

    Christmas,  is in full swing now and you'll see lights and bells candles, and tinsel but it is getting harder and harder to find naivety scenes in public places. even crosses can't be displayed publicly if the public land is owned in some way by the government. Children, may not sing religious Christmas carols,  in school. As a  result,  one doesn't hear much caroling these days. I met a child in my neighborhood, that didn't even know what caroling was.I'm afraid,  in just a few more years the only place you'll  see any Christian symbols like crosses or nativity scenes, will be in a museum where a nativity scene and a cross will then be reduced to just religious relics and artifacts of  the past.One  can hardly say Merry Christmas, anymore without offending someone.Many retail department stores,  won't even say Merry Christmas,  anymore because they face the possibility of a law suit being filed courtesy of the ACLU. As a matter of fact Monday,  in Santa Monica California,  Federal Judge Audrey Collins, ruled that a nativity scene that had been on display in Palisades Park,  for nearly sixty years could no longer be displayed there because atheist  Damon Vix found the display offensive to his atheistic beliefs One can only wonder what will be next.One may ask themselves, why this is happening the answer I believe is because two other symbols of freedom,  are quickly on their way to becoming just religious relics  from the distant past one, is the Bible, and the other is the Constitution of the United States.and they will become just that if Christian patriots,  don't keep speaking up about Americans,  gradually loosing their religious freedoms, Christian Patriots,  everywhere,  must keep fighting the good fight and above all,  keep the faith!  As always,  my friends, these thoughts remain, just some words, to think on.