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11-06-2009, 11:51 AM
| | << Daarth Savior Member #8806 | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: under your skin
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Rep Power: 19 | | | Look, it's pretty simple. When a Christian accuses an atheist of being a hypocrite for celebrating Christmas, it's ironic as fuck considering that 90% of the customs associated with Christmas are not Christian in origin.
Is that really a difficult concept to grasp? |
11-06-2009, 12:01 PM
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Rep Power: 23 | | Why do you guys care anyway. The "real" Christians live in the Middle East.
American Christians think Jesus looked like this: 
If he ever existed, he probably looked more like this: 
or like this: 
or even like this: 
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11-06-2009, 12:03 PM
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Quote: Originally Posted by chanel  Something tells me the Christians didn't steal the name. Just a hunch.
Why don't the atheists just invent a commercialized gift giving day in March or something? Paganfest? Kwanzaa comes to mind as a made up holiday, even if it wasn't atheists that invented it. |
11-06-2009, 12:03 PM
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Rep Power: 142 | | | In my family and most others - Christmas is a celebration of Jesus's birthday. That is why it is called "Christmas". "How" it is celebrated varies from family to family and culture to culture.
If atheists want to put up a tree and buy their kids a bunch of shit they don't need, then by all means do so. But call it "shitfest".
Is that such a difficult concept to understand?
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11-06-2009, 12:05 PM
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Quote: Originally Posted by chanel In my family and most others - Christmas is a celebration of Jesus's birthday. That is why it is called "Christmas". "How" it is celebrated varies from family to family and culture to culture.
If atheists want to put up a tree and buy their kids a bunch of shit they don't need, then by all means do so. But call it "shitfest".
Is that such a difficult concept to understand? How very Christian of you.  |
11-06-2009, 12:07 PM
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Quote: Originally Posted by manifold
Quote: Originally Posted by chanel In my family and most others - Christmas is a celebration of Jesus's birthday. That is why it is called "Christmas". "How" it is celebrated varies from family to family and culture to culture.
If atheists want to put up a tree and buy their kids a bunch of shit they don't need, then by all means do so. But call it "shitfest".
Is that such a difficult concept to understand? How very Christian of you. 
Just what I expected. Very Christian. |
11-06-2009, 12:08 PM
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Quote: Originally Posted by chanel In my family and most others - Christmas is a celebration of Jesus's birthday. That is why it is called "Christmas". "How" it is celebrated varies from family to family and culture to culture.
If atheists want to put up a tree and buy their kids a bunch of shit they don't need, then by all means do so. But call it "shitfest".
Is that such a difficult concept to understand? I actually got shit for christmas one year. Literally.
My brother-in-law gave me some petrified muskrat shit, it was hilarious. |
11-06-2009, 12:11 PM
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Rep Power: 142 | | | You caught me. I too buy my kids a bunch of shit they don't need. That's not a religious thing. It's an American one.
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11-06-2009, 12:11 PM
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Quote: Originally Posted by chanel In my family and most others - Christmas is a celebration of Jesus's birthday. That is why it is called "Christmas". "How" it is celebrated varies from family to family and culture to culture.
If atheists want to put up a tree and buy their kids a bunch of shit they don't need, then by all means do so. But call it "shitfest".
Is that such a difficult concept to understand? suffer the little children to come unto Me.
Unless you want to put up your own pagan symbols and celebrate Christmas with hot toddies and Andy Williams on the stereo.
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11-06-2009, 12:12 PM
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Quote: Originally Posted by MountainMan
Quote: Originally Posted by chanel In my family and most others - Christmas is a celebration of Jesus's birthday. That is why it is called "Christmas". "How" it is celebrated varies from family to family and culture to culture.
If atheists want to put up a tree and buy their kids a bunch of shit they don't need, then by all means do so. But call it "shitfest".
Is that such a difficult concept to understand? I actually got shit for christmas one year. Literally.
My brother-in-law gave me some petrified muskrat shit, it was hilarious.  |
11-06-2009, 12:14 PM
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11-06-2009, 12:18 PM
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Quote: Originally Posted by froggy
Quote: Originally Posted by manu1959
Quote: Originally Posted by froggy what do they tell their children of santa claus and why they're celebrating christmas. do you know any atheists that celebrate christmas...christmas started off as a pagan holiday that was co-opted by the religious crowd....neither santa or christmas trees or the concept of giving gifts is of christian origin.... so your saying they don't exchange gifts or buy their children presents. read my post three times....don't see that in there...
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11-06-2009, 12:20 PM
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Quote: Originally Posted by manu1959
Quote: Originally Posted by froggy
Quote: Originally Posted by manu1959
(do you know any atheists that celebrate christmas)...christmas started off as a pagan holiday that was co-opted by the religious crowd....neither santa or christmas trees or the concept of giving gifts is of christian origin....
so your saying they don't exchange gifts or buy their children presents. read my post three times....don't see that in there... you said they didn't celebrate christmas |
11-06-2009, 12:21 PM
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Quote: Originally Posted by froggy what do they tell their children of santa claus and why they're celebrating christmas. I'm not an atheist however I also wont lie to my children about santa clause.
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11-06-2009, 12:22 PM
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Quote: Originally Posted by chanel Something tells me the Christians didn't steal the name. Just a hunch.
Why don't the atheists just invent a commercialized gift giving day in March or something? Paganfest? like easter....originally a fertility festival....
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