RE: Religious Institutions Engrained into Society
October 9, 2008 at 4:24 am
(This post was last modified: October 9, 2008 at 4:25 am by Kyuuketsuki.)
Saturday & Sundays seem to on the decline here (UK) which, although academically I see as a good thing, personally I don't ... I like Sundays and I hate having to go do things then! It's worth pointing out (somewhat cynically I suppose) that if it weren't for Sunday laws employers would feel much more free to get us to work on those days (at non-overtime rates no less) and I think my employer has enough of my life already.
Likewise, although I recognise Christmas as Christian, I do like it ... I love to have family and friends around, I like to give and get presents, I like the food, the drink, the general atmosphere. I rationalise it by celebrating either a fat [expletive deleted] in a red suit who managed to mysteriously not get stuck down our chimney (mainly because we've had bits of it removed) and also because Christmas is my wife's birthday (she thinks it's awfully nice of people to put out all those deco's just for her birthday)
Now marriage I agree ... I personally think all marriage ceremonies should be divorced from religion and that it should be necessary to arrange a state official to officiate over the legal component. That actually would work better IMO as it would mean everyone could get married how they want (by Elvis, Captain Kirk, their best friend or their dog) and it would be recognised in law as long as they had the state legal component so it would be better for everyone. Oh I'm sure Christians and other religious groups would scream blue murder because their marriage ceremony would no longer be recognised as special but many of them already think their rights are being violated because they can't discriminate against gays so why worry?
Kyu
Likewise, although I recognise Christmas as Christian, I do like it ... I love to have family and friends around, I like to give and get presents, I like the food, the drink, the general atmosphere. I rationalise it by celebrating either a fat [expletive deleted] in a red suit who managed to mysteriously not get stuck down our chimney (mainly because we've had bits of it removed) and also because Christmas is my wife's birthday (she thinks it's awfully nice of people to put out all those deco's just for her birthday)
Now marriage I agree ... I personally think all marriage ceremonies should be divorced from religion and that it should be necessary to arrange a state official to officiate over the legal component. That actually would work better IMO as it would mean everyone could get married how they want (by Elvis, Captain Kirk, their best friend or their dog) and it would be recognised in law as long as they had the state legal component so it would be better for everyone. Oh I'm sure Christians and other religious groups would scream blue murder because their marriage ceremony would no longer be recognised as special but many of them already think their rights are being violated because they can't discriminate against gays so why worry?
Kyu
