you can't have it both ways! Options

[*kryogenix*]

is it fair that non-christians celebrate christmas with presents and christmas trees? i can't stand it when people openly say how they hate religion and christianity, then come christmas time, they brag about their christmas presents. that goes for easter too. people openly reject jesus christ's resurrection but they celebrate easter. and to add insult to injury, they completely change the meaning by having egghunts and bunnies.

-edit- uh yeah. you can't have it both ways! either become a christian and partake in our holidays, or stay an atheist/agnostic and don't celebrate our holidays, and don't change our holidays either!

[Spirited Away]

nope not saying that. if you aren't christian and then criticize christmas but then look forward to gifts and all then its being hypocritical and thats what we don't like. even though u aren't a christian you can still take part in christmas but then the other 364 days of the year don't be like "i hate god"..blah blah..(and the same for easter and such)

What's wrong with looking towards presents for the holidays? It's still a holiday because nationally, everyone celebrates it. Can we help it if we came to a culture that celebrate the winter holidays at the same time at the birth of Christ? I don't get why you all are so selfish about sharing a holiday. Dang.

Who would hate God?

Christmas is not the nations holiday, it is religous. If it were an actual nations holiday they would recognixze it nationally as Christmas and we wouldn't get off for "winter holidays", but for in obseverance of Christ's birth.

Er, it's a cultural holiday. American celebrates a lot of holidays and if it is deem that everyone gets a vacation because no one in their right mind would want to go to work on days that they could get off, then what's the big deal about getting a few days off?

Because the post office doesn't work on Christmas, because most businesses are closed, because you can't even go to the movies on Christmas, why would we consider it a religious holiday? Because it's called so? Many people close their businesses because it is EXPECTED to be so, and why work when no one really wants to do anything in the cold?

Um Christmas is not FOR prayer. Christmas is the celebration of Christ's birth. The gifts part came in accordance with the three wise men giving Jesus gifts when he was born.

Just like we adopted the tradition of eating a turkey on Thanksgiving Day, we adopted the tradition of giving and sharing presents.

And people could be damaging him, you don't know. and i would like it if you could atleast show respect for our God.

Imagine this, you're invited into a Hindu celebration (for whatever purpose). You're there to have fun right? Would you consider caring much about the their gods?

Me? Sure, I'd respectfully stay quite and out of their way but I'll not participate in their praying/chanting because I wouldn't know how, and because I don't believe in what they're doing.

Just like that, I would be as respectful to God on Christmas as I am on any other day of the year. But I'll still give and accept presents; I'll still sing carols for no religious purposes but for the fun of it; I'll still do what I do on holidays: relax and have fun.

What more do you expect?