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RE: xmas
November 26, 2011 at 5:06 pm
Hi guys, this is my first post. It's basically what paved the way for the adoption of Christianity. No Roman would want to give up Saturnalia or the festival of Sol Invictus etc. So Xtianity said 'Don't worry, you can keep all those 3 day weekends if you convert' so then the change was easier.
I think Atheist should come up with a similar approach. Xmas should become the Oxytocin celebration fesitval where we give gifts to loved ones. Easter could be the stearate chocolate festival, where everyone eats chocolate.
It worked for the early Xtian church, it could work for us too! 
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RE: xmas
November 26, 2011 at 6:15 pm
It seems to me that xmas is whatever one wants it to be. The holiday has become so pwned by so many people, for so far too long, it is this whatever is whatever one wants to make it of it.
I call it "Santa" just because it seems like a good name for it.
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RE: xmas
November 27, 2011 at 1:46 pm
Here's an interesting link about the pagan (specifically Roman) origins of Christmas.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_Invictus
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RE: xmas
November 27, 2011 at 4:58 pm
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(November 26, 2011 at 5:06 pm)elfgoose Wrote: Hi guys, this is my first post. It's basically what paved the way for the adoption of Christianity. No Roman would want to give up Saturnalia or the festival of Sol Invictus etc. So Xtianity said 'Don't worry, you can keep all those 3 day weekends if you convert' so then the change was easier.
I think Atheist should come up with a similar approach. Xmas should become the Oxytocin celebration fesitval where we give gifts to loved ones. Easter could be the stearate chocolate festival, where everyone eats chocolate.
It worked for the early Xtian church, it could work for us too!
Thanks
Andrew
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(November 24, 2011 at 5:35 am)mayor of simpleton Wrote: I'd imagine it is that same as Christians, but one never knows for sure.
Reminds me of how I used to annoy people who would wear a large cross around their neck. I used to take the opportunity to ask "hey, what's the "T" stand for"?
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RE: xmas
November 27, 2011 at 6:27 pm
(November 22, 2011 at 11:04 pm)xxxtobymac Wrote: How does the xtians think that they can keep taking traditional pegan concept for holidays and take them for themselves. Don't xtians followers actually know almost everything from their religion has been stolen from another earlier brainwash?
Yawn yawn yawn. Brainwashing what a lame argument. Whether Christianity is true or not - lets agree on this, your atheist, secular existence is empty, vapid of anything truly real. Its all about fulfilling carnal desires - getting that next high, the hottest hookup, the coolest gift. That's all bullshit.
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November 27, 2011 at 6:35 pm
Ah we've branched out. Shitting in another thread I see.
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November 27, 2011 at 10:31 pm
Quote: lets agree on this, your atheist, secular existence is empty, vapid of anything truly real. Its all about fulfilling carnal desires - getting that next high, the hottest hookup, the coolest gift. That's all bullshit.
This person does not read enough.
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RE: xmas
November 27, 2011 at 10:53 pm
(November 27, 2011 at 6:27 pm)TheReal Wrote: Yawn yawn yawn. Brainwashing what a lame argument. Whether Christianity is true or not - lets agree on this, your atheist, secular existence is empty, vapid of anything truly real. Its all about fulfilling carnal desires - getting that next high, the hottest hookup, the coolest gift. That's all bullshit.
If its between the secular world or not I choose God. If you'd like to be happy and have meaning in your life, you should do the same.
What a fucking idiot.. Who the fuck are you to tell us what to agree too?
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RE: xmas
November 27, 2011 at 11:01 pm
Quote:Whether Christianity is true or not - lets agree on this, your atheist, secular existence is empty, vapid of anything truly real.
Aw fuck...I shouldn't but I've got to ask.
What do you think is REAL?
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RE: xmas
November 27, 2011 at 11:05 pm
(November 26, 2011 at 6:15 pm)kevinbenko Wrote: It seems to me that xmas is whatever one wants it to be. The holiday has become so pwned by so many people, for so far too long, it is this whatever is whatever one wants to make it of it.
I call it "Santa" just because it seems like a good name for it.
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i completely agree! pagans, corporations, christians! at the end of the day, modern christmas is how you interpret it and choose to celebrate it (if you do at all).
whether or not you have personal qualms with celebrating the holiday is a different matter. to be honest, i have more issues regarding thanksgiving than i do christmas, but that's just me. i don't make it a point to do either unless my family throws a fit. 
could i get a drink and an ashtray?
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