New #ChurchPosition(s): #UpperClassman (as opposed to #LowerClassman or #Underclassman) @DavidBlaine @Wikimedia @Mediawiki @Bing

I am 'a Christian' (some might say "a Christian in name only," because I believe 'the important things' but not for 'the same reasons' ... i.e. I believe my family & friends & I (and all other humans alive, I guess) are "Saved," but I don't necessarily think that it's 'because we believe some Jew died-&-rose again-&-'David Blaine'd into outer space').

But most Christians will tell you you're not 'Saved' (their word for "happy enough to keep living until you're finished" or something) unless you believe in 'the attempted human-sacrifice.' That's what most Christians--from the first time they can speak (as toddlers) through teenaged years through their senior years--will keep on proclaiming

So-deeply they believe this, that they think you're 'sowing discord & raising dissent' if you point out that 'the saga' is just a story (that teaches them the basic truths in life). But I'm not 'sowing discord'; I'm just telling them something more like 'Pray as much as you want, and believe whatever Bible-stories you want; but your prayers aren't "effective" unless you do things in accordance with them, and you're not through the door until you-unlock it, open it (or -have someone else unlock it & open it) & walk through).

It's like being an Upper-Classman (in high-school), looking at the Lower-Classmen who are continuing to live like 'money comes from parents & the allowance they give you, and they can drive you anywhere you need to go (if they feel like taking you)'; when you've started experiencing 'that money comes from employers according to the hours of labor you give them, and that YOU PAY your transportation requires gas-money, car-upkeep, and licensing-fees.'

What I show here is 'the group of words' that couch "those words" (below hyperlinked to the Wiktionary-entry for "Upperclassman") into your vocabulary ... deeper meanings that 'firm the foundations' upon which our lexicon stands ...

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The word “Upperclassman (#Upperclassment #Lowerclassmen #Underclassmen)” is built from the words Upper + Class + Man (although I should 'coin' #UpperCHURCHmen (#Upperchurchman #Lowerchurchman #Lowerchurchmen #Underchurchman #Underchurchmen), changing the word 'class' to Church there).

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So--just like upperclassmen let 'the unders & lowers' continue to believe their money- and car-myths--'upperChurchmen' should let the unders & lowers hold to their myths ... at least until they start encouraging everyone to misuse them (e.g. loudly praying that God come and fix everything like some Genie-in-the-sky granting children's wishes).

Something else about 'upperchurchmen'---that's not the same thing as 'church-administrators' or 'Elders' or 'Clergymen'! The association with church is kind of an 'arbitrary name' (like the way New England pays no allegiance to Great Britain's queen).

The thing about upperchurchmen is--like upperclassmen have found out that their success in the world doesn't depend on 'school'--the upperchurchman's peace doesn't depend on 'the church.'

The Concern	The Lowerchurchmen 'Know' & Proclaim ...	The Upperchurchmen 'Know' ... but Let the Lowerchurchmen keep Proclaiming because ...
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December the 25th	Lord Jesus was born on that day in the year 0000!	It's merely the day (in the Northern Hemisphere ... Rome, to be exact) when--after the Sun's arc has reached its 'Winter Solstice'-arc (the lowest course across the sky in relation to the horizon)--the arc's degree starts rising again toward the 'Summer Solstice'-arc it'll achieve in a few months. ... It's a way for us Christians to remember that we have just as much reason to celebrate as the pagans do (when they call the celebration Saturnalia).
The Springtime Celebration	Celebrates the morning it was found that Lord Jesus had risen from the dead after being put to death to pay for the sinful nature of mankind.	Church-haters call it 'another Christian takeover of a Pagan holiday'---this one a 'time of thanksgiving' to the Anglo-Saxon Spring-goddess Eostre (or Eostrae or Ostara) ... It's a way for us Christians to remember that life is a gift.
Halloween	It's the day before All Saints' Day (just like Mardi Gras is the day before Ash Wednesday).	The day-of-the-year coincides with Celts' Samhain, so it's logical to think that Christians moved "All Saints'" to substitute Christians' 'honoring the holy dead' for the Pagan festival. ... It's a way for Christians to remember to keep our faith on 'higher things' even while we witness (and sometimes even take part in) the world's worldly practices.
... and a lot more 'understandings' involving the Pagan roots of Christian celebrations