(December 22, 2012 at 4:36 am)Gilgamesh Wrote:(December 22, 2012 at 12:11 am)Polaris Wrote: I don't really understand people getting upset over Christmas (unless they are Christian Fundamentalists) because it is really such a secular holiday these days, well at least in America. Just look at most Christmas specials....Jesus and religion are no where to be seen.What are atheist values?
When I see Christmas as it has become, it reminds me more of the values of atheism than anything else...well Christians also champion those same values, but it's kind of different from what I have observed like trying to add on yet another layer called religious faith.
Good will and lending a helping hand, love, compassion, etc.
But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, purifies us from all sin.
