Originally posted by MacSwainNaw, it's already been done, you're thinking of Ma Donna.
Brilliant!! You are a fountainhead of inspiration. Simple solution is: get one atheist to commit to voluntary crucifixion, a female would be nice so as to get gender balance. I suggest Summer Solstice so as to balance out the celebratory year with Christmas.
Hmm….Thequick, you wouldn’t happen to be female would you? After all, tis’ appropriate the hon ...[text shortened]... need to write appropriate jingles along with CD's, DVD's and the MTV crowd. Thanks loads! đ
Originally posted by Thequ1ckYou mean like apart from the 24/7 - 365 days per year cycle of constant barrage and diatribe in those vehicles of popular culture called prime time tv programming where on any given channel during peak viewing there would be some humorous aside or some take on life that did not take a direct potshot at the God of Christianity, or the morality enshrined in that book of all books called the Bible?
Humph! OK I agree it makes sense to do a bit of celebrating once a
year and I don't mind the pagans so much but it would be nice to have
an opt-out.
What would the Christians say if the atheists wanted a day of the year
to celebrate 'not knowing' or 'not believing in God'?
Non Christians who share a bent towards a lifestyle that openly celebrates sensual pleasure, currently have the freedom to enjoy a pagan bacchanalian fest every day of the year if they so desire, without any fear of being constrained to act otherwise and yet Christians are targeted for one or two days a year? It doesn't make sense.
Originally posted by kmax87Yeah, it's like Christmas the whole year 'round!
...Non Christians who share a bent towards a lifestyle that openly celebrates sensual pleasure, currently have the freedom to enjoy a pagan bacchanalian fest every day of the year if they so desire, without any fear of being constrained to act otherwise...
Originally posted by kmax87Except no drugs, no prostitutes, no alcohol if you're under 21, anti-nudity laws, until recently no sodomy, etc.
Non Christians who share a bent towards a lifestyle that openly celebrates sensual pleasure, currently have the freedom to enjoy a pagan bacchanalian fest every day of the year if they so desire, without any fear of being constrained to act otherwise and yet Christians are targeted for one or two days a year? It doesn't make sense.
Some of these laws at least having been spearheaded by political Christians.
Christmas is about family. I know that and my family doesn't even celebrate it. Obviously capitalism uses it as a massive money grab, but everything else in the world is used by capitalism too, only it doesn't bring families together like Christmas.
Also, it's obviously a sham holiday: it celebrates neither the birth or the death of a Jew who once lived thousands of years ago. December 25th just seemed like a good day. All the best Christmas songs are written by Jews and Coca Cola created Santa Claus, in North America at least.
The BS that goes on at Christmas time in the name of Christmas is another story, but so long as kids live for it and people come together the holiday itself can only be good.
You shan’t be wringing your hands in anguish much longer regarding Father Christmas/Santa ruining Winter Solstice for you.
I can’t be the only one that’s noticed. In various quarters of the world the old elf is being dismantled incrementally.
News reports of the ban on his laughing with traditional “Ho-Ho-Ho”, using the lame excuse that it could be confused with an ethnic slang word for whore. Also there is an out-cry on chubby icons, calling for the elf to be thin so as to be a “healthy” role model for kiddies.
These actions are but opening volleys of a barrage to first render him unrecognisable, then remove the jolly old elf entirely. I predict next, we will hear that the red suit must go, as that color is aggressive and inappropriate for children, soon followed by the beard as unsanitary, so it too must go.
What is left after the tummy, beard, red suit and “Ho-Ho-Ho” are gone: Erasure.
I don’t know which I feel the most sorrow for: Future children who will not experience the greatest fairy tale to have existed, or mean spirited, self centered adults who destroyed a fantasy that held no power over them. Sad, extremely sad. :'(
Happy Christmas and Joyous Solstice to all!
Originally posted by Thequ1ckThis Christian would say "go for it"
Humph! OK I agree it makes sense to do a bit of celebrating once a
year and I don't mind the pagans so much but it would be nice to have
an opt-out.
What would the Christians say if the atheists wanted a day of the year
to celebrate 'not knowing' or 'not believing in God'?
Originally posted by MacSwainI think you'll find there'll be a wonderful backlash in about twenty years when all the children whose parents agree with such ridiculous restrictions on santas image grow up embittered and jealous of their contemporaries who had less nutty parents.
You shan’t be wringing your hands in anguish much longer regarding Father Christmas/Santa ruining Winter Solstice for you.
I can’t be the only one that’s noticed. In various quarters of the world the old elf is being dismantled incrementally.
News reports of the ban on his laughing with traditional “Ho-Ho-Ho”, using the lame excuse that it could be c ...[text shortened]... held no power over them. Sad, extremely sad. :'(
Happy Christmas and Joyous Solstice to all!
Though, I'm sure there's many people who lamented the rebranding of St. Nicholas' original Green by Coca-Cola back in the day.
Originally posted by MacSwainYeah, that Coca-Cola/Catholic/Pagan Norse alliance is so wonderful...European religions and making money for rich people. That's what it's all about...
You shan’t be wringing your hands in anguish much longer regarding Father Christmas/Santa ruining Winter Solstice for you.
I can’t be the only one that’s noticed. In various quarters of the world the old elf is being dismantled incrementally.
News reports of the ban on his laughing with traditional “Ho-Ho-Ho”, using the lame excuse that it could be c ...[text shortened]... held no power over them. Sad, extremely sad. :'(
Happy Christmas and Joyous Solstice to all!
That being said I am a slave to Diet Coke, but at least I understand it's not a desireable addiction.
Originally posted by MacSwainAh, the winter days get longer and longer. Cold despair seeps deeper and deeper. And then, one day, lo! The days have begun to lengthen again! The sun is coming back!
You shan’t be wringing your hands in anguish much longer regarding Father Christmas/Santa ruining Winter Solstice for you.
I can’t be the only one that’s noticed. In various quarters of the world the old elf is being dismantled incrementally.
News reports of the ban on his laughing with traditional “Ho-Ho-Ho”, using the lame excuse that it could be c ...[text shortened]... held no power over them. Sad, extremely sad. :'(
Happy Christmas and Joyous Solstice to all!
The world has been forgiven. All sins are purged. Winter death has taken its toll, but now, a sign that The Resurrection is coming. All shall be reborn (when? Well, let's say by the first Sunday after the first full moon following the vernal equinox).
Fortunately, all this got started North of the equator, or we would be celebrating Christmas June 25th...
As for the Anatolian bishops and Eastern kings distributing gifts -- well, they played into the hands of the Church of Later-Day Marketeers. Forgive them, Lord, they knew not what they did!