Originally posted by Ax3l
Atheists don't feel guilty about anything.
They do. They feel just as guilty at doing things they think are hypocritical as anyone else. In fact, they pride themselves on their ethics because they are almost all "pure virtue" ethicists.
Originally posted by Ax3l
Catholics are the ones with the guilt.
Some are. Mostly because Christmas is an extremely Pagan holiday. Not all. They are blissfully ignorant about the paganism surrounding Christmas.
Originally posted by Ax3l
Edit: That was a joke, don't you dare reply with a long winded ramble about anything. You understand me?
One of the coolest things to do on the internet is to take a joke statement and reply to it very seriously. It is not quite trolling (it doesn't qualify as trolling at all, in the classical sense) but it can replace the "trolling" desires that some posters have (myself not included...I just respond seriously to jokes because it amuses both parties).
Originally posted by Ax3l
Atheists don't feel guilty about anything.Catholics are the ones with the guilt.
Edit: That was a joke, don't you dare reply with a long winded ramble about anything. You understand me?
I'm pretty sure Jews are the ones with the guilt. They get the longer timeline, you know, plus all the war crime awful "extermination" tries.
Catholics still have guilt, don't get me wrong, but they can do anything up to a mortal sin.
But Jews like it mixed in with the matzo balls. One part love, one part heritage, two parts guilt.
http://roguebelle.tumblr.com/post/13564040153/jesus-not-so-much-the-reason-for-the-season
Worth reading 😛
Anyway, my mom is in the hospital, and may not be home tomorrow. So I'm trying to make sure that everything's all set for my little siblings because damnit I feel bad for them. So yeah.
Merry Christmas.
Originally posted by Peach
http://roguebelle.tumblr.com/post/13564040153/jesus-not-so-much-the-reason-for-the-seasonWorth reading 😛
Anyway, my mom is in the hospital, and may not be home tomorrow. So I'm trying to make sure that everything's all set for my little siblings because damnit I feel bad for them. So yeah.
Merry Christmas.
I was with that author 100000% until the very end when she went the exact opposite direction with her conclusion. She should have finished off her article with the following:
Not that I have any problem with people who do celebrate this as a religious holiday and go to church and all of that. If it makes you happy, roll with it. I am all about people doing what rings true for them. Just don’t think that’s how it’s always been done, or even how it’s always been done in America, and don’t even think about telling me I’m wrong for saying “merry Christmas” and merrily celebrating the return of the sun on December 25th.So. To all those whingers who want to complain about people wishing them a 'Merry Christmas' or employees for having the audacity to wish someone a 'Merry Christmas', to the holier-than-thou people who demand "Christmas" not be mentioned because of potential religious connotations who think they’re so right about everything, I have this to say:
Suck it up, cupcakes.
You don’t own the season. You do not have a monopoly on December. Practically every religion since the dawn of time has held a celebration at or near the Winter Solstice. I could write a whole other post just on that. Everyone wants to celebrate the return of the sun. Plenty of those religions have or have had sun gods who die and are reborn, if that sounds at all familiar to you. So ease up off the righteous indignation and stop forbidding people from saying "Merry Christmas". The holiday is hardly even Christian to begin with.
Originally posted by dadudemon
Merry Christmas. Since Christmas is a national holiday in the US, it can be celebrated secularly. So there is not shame in wishing someone a Merry Christmas. If I were an Atheist, I would still celebrate Christmas because of that fact.
And with the pagan origins of the holiday they don't even have to feel bad about it being a Christian thing. So I guess only those offended by the name might still have a problem...I guess they can just call it "the holidays" or make something up themselves.
Yay, finally everyone can celebrate Christmas. Well, except Jews...and Hindus...and...
Originally posted by dadudemon
I was with that author 100000% until the very end when she went the exact opposite direction with her conclusion. She should have finished off her article with the following:
The only thing is that there's no "war on christmas", hardly anyone complains about that outside of extreme radical outliers. On the other hand the "wah, he said 'happy holidays, wah" crowd, has a whole News Network (the most popular in the most influential nation of the world) suspending regular programming to pretend 24/7 that Christmas (and it's important Christian teachings) are under attack...
Except for that I agree though, everyone should just ease up, the people that she is describing are just much more numerous and vocal than the ones you describe.
Originally posted by Bardock42
The only thing is that there's no "war on christmas", hardly anyone complains about that outside of extreme radical outliers.
Well, my personal experience is the opposite: especially at the work place. It is a bit different in the US in some places. Especially the Bible Belt.
Originally posted by Bardock42
On the other hand the "wah, he said 'happy holidays, wah" crowd, has a whole News Network (the most popular in the most influential nation of the world) suspending regular programming to pretend 24/7 that Christmas (and it's important Christian teachings) are under attack...
Really? I did not know about this. I assume this is Fox News?
But wouldn't that just be the backlash from the backlash?
Meaning, because so many people are getting in trouble OR getting complaints about how "offensive" "merry Christmas" is (the original backlash), there is a backlash against them(because it is popular to hate on people for hating on Christians...in America, at least. They like to go, "AHA! You hate Christians! GOTCHA!"😉.
Originally posted by Bardock42
the people that she is describing are just much more numerous and vocal than the ones you describe.
I disagree. From a "management" perspective, there are far more people complaining about how inappropriate it is to talk about or use "Christmas" in anything. Even the annual "Christmas Potluck" had to get changed to "Winter Holiday Potluck" because my employer got so many complaints about how "offensive" it was to see the word "Christmas" anywhere near anything work related. This is, of course, secondary to our security guards getting in trouble for telling people "Merry Christmas". It seems like everywhere I turn, everyone is sh*tting themselves over the word "Christmas". It's not about Jesus: it's obviously about Santa. 😐
Case in point: why is it naughty to say "Merry Christmas" and why is everyone trying their hardest to avoid it when it is a national holiday (meaning, it is literally sponsored by the government as hundreds of thousands of Federal employees are paid to be off that day). They holiday is definitely not about Jesus...even in the Bible Belt. No one talks about, "Oh man...I can't wait for Christmas because I can be extra thankful for His Son's birth and ministry on earth. Joy to the world!" No one says that. 😆 Everyone...even the die-hard Christians say, "I can't wait for Christmas because I can see my family and open presents."
Nothing about Jesus there: nope. 🙂 What I mean: the author had it right about 4/5s the way through the article. It has almost always been about things other than Jesus' birth. It is more "pagan" than Halloween, IMO.