Do you (speaking to Atheist, non believers etc.) celebrate..

JesusLovesYall · Visitor Joined: 22 Dec 2007 Posts: 6 Local time: 11:46 AM

Christmas as a non believer?

joshuas3521 · Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 8:00 pm Post subject:

It's not like its about anything religious anyway lol

It's about presents and a fat man in red.
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Absinthe Wolf · Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 8:12 pm Post subject:

yep, a very secular xmas...
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joshuas3521 · Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 8:20 pm Post subject:

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Nimitz · Guest Local time: 2:46 AM

Christmas is a pagan holiday.

joshuas3521 · Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 8:35 pm Post subject:

Mr_C · Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 8:38 pm Post subject:

Axial Tilt is the Reason for the Season
Winter Solstice is the Reason for the Season
etc.
I voted "yes" because I dig Christmas trees (pagan), Christmas lights (pagan), and lots and lots of presents Twisted Evil

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hillbillyatheist · Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 8:44 pm Post subject:

I celebrate christmas and even play songs like silent night, but for me its just tradition. nothing spiritual about it.

Nimitz · Guest Local time: 2:46 AM

Christmas can't be about Jesus because we know that there was no Jesus.

I celebrate the Norse/Pagan/German Yule/ what ever the fuck you'd like to call it holiday that falls about the winter solstice. The celebration of the rebirth of the sun. When the days grow longer, and the nights shorter. A holiday of renewal and hope for a coming year. My ancestors celebrated this holiday before the coming of the Romans and Christianity. We still use the Nothern European Pagan symbols in our home. (tree/yule log/wreath/roasting children on an open fire/giving gifts)
The only thing that spoils it is to see the Roman torture/execution device in the mix.

JesusLovesYall · Visitor Joined: 22 Dec 2007 Posts: 6 Local time: 11:46 AM

So y'all recognize it as a Christian holiday, just "secularized" into your own version?

joshuas3521 · Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 9:01 pm Post subject:

Nimitz · Guest Local time: 2:46 AM

It's a holiday for buying shit you don't need, and giving shit nobody wants. It's about stores selling as much of this crap as they can so they can stay in business the rest of the year. It's a commercial holiday that ties up traffic for a month and a half and makes everyones lives stressful as hell. There's a reason why so many people kill themselves this time of year. It's called Christmas. It is a secular holiday with little religious meaning left.

NotYou · Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 9:03 pm Post subject:

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