Christmas is a pagan holiday co-opted by Christians. Christmas is most definitely a secular tradition in the US and there is nothing unusual about an atheist celebrating it.
What is unusual is Christians trying to bring Christ into the celebration when the timing just doesn’t make any sense. Was he actually born during this time? Where does he fit in with Santa Claus? Why do we bring a tree indoors? What about Jesus equals buying gifts to give to loved ones?
Clearly Jesus doesn’t belong in Christmas no matter how hard Christians try to pretend he does.
Well, for Christians who think that they have the mandate and obligation to disseminate the good news that you have to be afraid of death so they can sell you the relieve that suffering in the here and now will take away from you the fear of a especially invented hell after that fearful death, it is utterly important to appropriate culturally the customs of those they wish to conquer so they can participate in their parties mimicking to be just another one of the many …
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… and we decided to let the females be bigger and stronger than the males so we can live peacefully in matriarchy ever after, e’fing around when ever we have the need to do so.
That’s way simpler, and a lot easier, than to figure out how to turn a golden calf into a tortured figure on a cross so you can dance around it and live your life on your knees instead of rock and roll on your feet …
Who needs to pay taxes to an institution to tell you that “keep calm and care for each other” is the best strategy for social beings? Only tribalists who fall for dumb nationalism and MDF (my dick first).
Christmas is a pagan holiday co-opted by Christians. Christmas is most definitely a secular tradition in the US and there is nothing unusual about an atheist celebrating it.
What is unusual is Christians trying to bring Christ into the celebration when the timing just doesn’t make any sense. Was he actually born during this time? Where does he fit in with Santa Claus? Why do we bring a tree indoors? What about Jesus equals buying gifts to give to loved ones?
Clearly Jesus doesn’t belong in Christmas no matter how hard Christians try to pretend he does.
As usual, a brain-dead “Gotcha” from the indoctrinated falls flat.
@Doomsider all the so-called Christian holidays are actually pagan occasions.
@codewizard
What does pagan even mean, living in a world where solstices exist?
@Doomsider
@jesuisatire solstices are universal phenomenons, irrespective of where you live !!
@codewizard
sure.
and winter solstice is the the rebirth of light (and there for life), so tagging some christ stuff to it does make sense.
(in the northern hemisphere)
and people enjoying family gatherings does make sense to.
@jesuisatire for us, soltices and equinoxes are fundamental to astrology. Our seasonal festivals revolve around those.
@codewizard
Well, for Christians who think that they have the mandate and obligation to disseminate the good news that you have to be afraid of death so they can sell you the relieve that suffering in the here and now will take away from you the fear of a especially invented hell after that fearful death, it is utterly important to appropriate culturally the customs of those they wish to conquer so they can participate in their parties mimicking to be just another one of the many …
🤷
@jesuisatire WOW 😲😲😱… So you’re anti Church ??😃😃😃😃😃
@codewizard
We bonobos are just antiBS, that’s all.
… and we decided to let the females be bigger and stronger than the males so we can live peacefully in matriarchy ever after, e’fing around when ever we have the need to do so.
That’s way simpler, and a lot easier, than to figure out how to turn a golden calf into a tortured figure on a cross so you can dance around it and live your life on your knees instead of rock and roll on your feet …
Who needs to pay taxes to an institution to tell you that “keep calm and care for each other” is the best strategy for social beings? Only tribalists who fall for dumb nationalism and MDF (my dick first).
Nice