should atheists ?, celebrate christmas... |
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 Dec 1 2004, 05:38 PM
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 cheeeesy like theres no tomorrow  Group: Member Posts: 3,316 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 37,142  |
lol i dont kno why but i thought it was funny i thought of this.. during class today i was thinking about christmas and i was wondering about atheists celebrating christmas...
knowing that its Jesus' Christ birthday and that Santa is st. nick. i mean its not like non jewish people celebrate hanakkuh but im not saying they shouldn't . i just thought about it. |
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Dec 1 2004, 06:17 PM
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 Quand j'étais jeune... Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 6,826 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 1,272 |
"Few people realize that the origins of a form of Christmas was pagan & celebrated in Europe long before anyone there had heard of Jesus Christ" so I don't expect you to know...
It is very unlikely that Christ was born on December 25th. Christmas was celebrated under different names way before the time of Christ. In Rome it was called Winter Solstice. In ancient Babylon, it was to celebrate the Son of Isis. Christmas was also called Yule, symbolic of the pagan Sun God, Mithras.... Christmas was declared to be on December 25th by Pope Juluis I to make pagan Romans' conversion to Christianity as problem free as possible. So Why would it not be okay for Atheists or any other group to celebrate Christmas? Sure, Atheists tend to not believe in anything, but Christmas, aka the Winter Holidays, is celebrated in many cultures, not just in religion. By the way, this topic was brought up before by Kryo. |
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Dec 1 2004, 08:18 PM
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yes, look for the the topic "you can't have it both ways"
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