(December 19, 2011 at 5:26 am)Rayaan Wrote: Merry Christmas to you, too, Cinjin.
I don't celebrate Christmas, because I'm a Muslim, but I understand what you mean by saying that and that's why don't have a problem with it.
I just wouldn't say "Merry Christmas" to a Muslim because they don't celebrate it. I wouldn't say it to any random person either because I don't know whether or not they celebrate it and I don't know what is their religion. To me, saying "Merry Christmas" does seem to have a religious connection behind it since I think that the holiday used to have pagan roots (although I'm not too sure about the exact history behind it). However, I wouldn't dislike it if anyone says "Merry Christmas" to me because they may have a different intention for saying it. Maybe they are not even religious, but only celebrate Christmas as a cultural thing. I, personally, view it more as a religious holiday than a cultural one. But that's just my opinion. For some people, maybe Christmas is a holiday which is both religious and cultural at the same time. Atheists, however, celebrate Christmas only as a cultural part of their lives (i.e. to meet each other, have parties, drink, dance, go outside, etc). So, the point is that people have different reasons for celebrating Christmas and the same goes for saying "Merry Christmas," I suppose.
However, I disagree that saying "Merry Christmas" is THAT bad as the guy in the video argues.
And saying that not worse than killing a person. I would be okay with saying "Merry Christmas" to a Christian or anyone else that celebrates it.
Are muslims supposed to abstain from drink, and do you? (christmas got me thinking about drink)
You are currently experiencing a lucky and very brief window of awareness, sandwiched in between two periods of timeless and utter nothingness. So why not make the most of it, and stop wasting your life away trying to convince other people that there is something else? The reality is obvious.
