RE: Curious question of curiosity.
November 13, 2015 at 3:03 pm
(This post was last modified: November 13, 2015 at 3:32 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(November 12, 2015 at 1:39 pm)Lek Wrote: It doesn't matter a bit if the date of celebration has pagan roots or isn't when Jesus was actually born. What matters is what it means to people who celebrate it today.
I know right, and so those people should know that they aren't celebrating christmas for the reasons it was established, so they might live more accordingly to their religious traditions.
"Yeah rhythm, this commercial culture" -nope, not even remotely the subject.
The idea behind reappropriating pagan holidays was to reduce the amount of evil juju in the air, to make the days holy by celebrating them, and thusly reduce whatever fraction of "unholy" this-and-that's might be flitting around - in order for the society to garner favor from god and avoid his righteous punishment on the collective. That's what christmas is about, warding off evil. Christmas has nothing to do with christ, never did, still doesn't. Ironically, christmas as it stands today (and then) has nothing to do with paganism either. It's just an example of the larger narrative of superstitions which have outlived our memories regarding their establishment.
OFC most christians don't believe in goblins anymore, and if they thought that their holiday was magical protection against trolls they might feel a little silly.........but they like the party...so now it's "about jesus" - or something like that...........despite having nothing to do with jesus - and that's not silly, apparently. Christians, nowadays, seem to be suckers for any excuse for a party. They used to keep us safe from goblins and trolls....and I can't help but feel that the quality of their service has declined the past few centuries, if the best they've got today is some shit about a manger and a cup of eggnog. Who's covering the troll situation, should I be alarmed?
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