The Moral Greatness of Thanksgiving

A rare moment when Americans of different faiths mingle

By Marc Gellman | Newsweek Web Exclusive
Nov 19, 2007 | Updated: 12:37  p.m. ET Nov 19, 2007

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  • Posted By: christendomhater @ 11/28/2007 9:03:09 PM

    thanksgiving is genocide and thats that

  • Posted By: christendomhater @ 11/28/2007 9:02:30 PM

    u america hater are right!

  • Posted By: AirForceWife6897 @ 11/27/2007 6:22:46 PM

    yeah i'm thankful my culture and heritage was genocyded to build your "free country" And I love that you celebrate that genocyde when you would start a war over the nazis in germany doing it....NOTTTTTTTTTTT

  • Posted By: starvingartist8609 @ 11/26/2007 1:06:34 AM

    You know what I'm thankful for? Everything and everyone who have taught me what the original Thanksgiving REALLY was, instead of a holiday for smug, self-righteous Americans. The point made about the importance of Veteran's Day is true, but "freedom isn't free" works all ways.Those Americans who were here thousands of years before the Europeans paid the dearest cost for "our" freedom.

    • Posted By: William.Demuth @ 11/26/2007 3:51:26 PM


      Actually it makes perfect sense to me. I am thankful that my ancestors wiped out the competition and gave me a comfortable standard of living. I hope our domination spreads across the globe if it means more for me. The only ons I feel sorry for on thnksgiving are the turkeys.

  • Posted By: Shankardada2 @ 11/23/2007 12:03:34 PM

    America-haters not welcome!

  • Posted By: who says we are free? @ 11/22/2007 5:52:21 PM

    i don't see any coverage in national media of A National Day of Mourning...it is not everyone in the u.s. who is sitting around stuffing their faces, watching t.v. and managing still to feel sorry for themselves...let us recognize that for Native Americans, African Americans, the homeless and many others, this is not the home of the free and the brave, but the home of the greedy and racist. i wonder how many americans remembered the victims in Bangladesh? how many have given out of their great abundance? let us remember that in this country, our own injustices, our own social and economic disparities, are too often denied...wake up, america...you reap what you sow...don't worry about your material existence, it is your soul you are destroying...

  • Posted By: giton @ 11/19/2007 5:45:45 PM

    Like all clergy, the writer lives in a la la land of a limited number of people doing something for others when the needs are far greater and a 365 day deal. Yes private charities help, but the "Faith Initiatives" do not replace constant government policies to help the less fortunate rather than the fortunate few. In the US, 1% of the population owns 99% of the wealth. Newsweek would do better to can this crap, for reality.

    • Posted By: Shankardada2 @ 11/21/2007 9:54:15 PM

      giton - your post is crap. The top 1% of income owners account for 38.1% of American wealth. In reality though, even these statistics are skewed, because the liberal elite professors who "collect" them have a biased agenda. America has one of the most even distributions of wealth in the world. If you don't believe me, visit China and India, which have 40% of the world's population. Now they have a problem. We should all be thankful in this country because the poverty level in most coutnries is tantamount to being unable to provide adequate nutrition for your family, as in India. Poverty in this country means being unable to afford a second car or a second TV.

  • Posted By: jojoc10 @ 11/21/2007 6:28:49 AM

    We are forgetting about the poor Turkeys!!! Where are their refuge? Hahaha...

    Happy Turkey day all :)

  • Posted By: jeanvaljean @ 11/20/2007 9:21:56 AM

    Dear Rav'
    Standing on one foot, I see the American Thanksgiving as one more facet in the great denial which permeates our culture. What place is there at the table for reflection on genocide, slavery and imperium? And have you eaten of the bread of charity? I assure you it is quite bitter.

  • Posted By: jeanvaljean @ 11/20/2007 9:20:20 AM

    Dear Rav'
    Standing on one foot, I see the American Thanksgiving as one more facet in the great denial which permeates our culture. What place is there at the table for reflection on genocide, slavery and imperium? And have you eaten of the bread of charity? I assure you it is quite bitter.

  • Posted By: William.Demuth @ 11/19/2007 2:17:20 PM

    Holy C***p, did I just read something written by a religious man that said secular forces where an instrument of good? Did I interpret the references to interfaith services as a recognition that religion, when we dwell on the details, frequently divides us rather than uniting us? Perhaps this is a good sign and something to be thankful for, at least until Friday, when we go back to slaughtering each other in the name of our nonexistent Gods!

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