Can't wait for Fox News to brand him as a communist/Marxist!!!
And all along I thought Christmas was about making young boys feel happy.
It was the second time in as many days that Benedict has pointed to the need to rediscover faith to confront the problems facing the world today.
And a happy solstice/Yule to you too.Christmas has become the "Great Merchant Holiday."
Every year, it's less and less about "The birth of Christ" and more and more about "Buy, Buy, BUY!"
To me, it's funny as hell to see so many "Religion is phony," "I worship the Great Flying Spaghetti Monster," "I'm an atheist" people talking about what they're getting/doing for Christmas.
If you don't believe in Christ...you shouldn't be celebrating Christmas.
And a happy solstice/Yule to you too.
ignoring any beef you may have with the Catholic church or the Pope, would using a holiday to think about the problems facing the world rather than just buying shit really be such a made thing?Yeah, because when everyone obeyed the Catholic Church a few centuries ago, the world was a much better place.
ignoring any beef you may have with the Catholic church or the Pope, would using a holiday to think about the problems facing the world rather than just buying shit really be such a made thing?
Yeah, why the fuck does the protector of pedofiles whine about a pagan party?
Nothing about Yule is christian...even if the christians would like to cling on to that lie...
So you think we should use a holiday for this...instead of every day?
Empty words...just like "christmas"...
Pedo files? Are those for toenails? (or would that be poda files? )
(otherwise, I don't "protect pedophiles" in any way.)
While I tend to agree that Christmas time isn't really "The birthday of Christ," but rather a season that was taken by the early Christians because of the Festivus celebration, Christmas as celebrated IS about Christ...or it's SUPPOSED to be, anyway.
If you don't celebrate Christmas as the birth of Christ, stop celebrating CHRISTMAS and start wishing everyone a "Happy YuleTide," or "Merry Festivus," or make up your own holiday name.
"Ramen to you all."
Or...<gasp> Happy Holidays.
If you don't believe in Christ...you shouldn't be celebrating Christmas.
you can take anything and make your own religion out of it however you desire. Everyone can celebrate on Dec 25 however they see fit. hence the spelling of Xmas and not christmas.
I celebrate Xmas in modern american tradition. i don't observe Christmas however.
"Xmas" is a common abbreviation of the word "Christmas". It is sometimes pronounced /ˈɛksməs/, but it, and variants such as "Xtemass", originated as handwriting abbreviations for the typical pronunciation /ˈkrɪsməs/. The "-mas" part is from the Latin-derived Old English word for "Mass",[1] while the "X" comes from the Greek letter Chi, which is the first letter of the Greek word Χριστός, translated as "Christ".[2]
There is a common misconception that the word Xmas is a secular attempt to remove the religious tradition from Christmas[3] by taking the "Christ" out of "Christmas".
Christmas has become the "Great Merchant Holiday."
Every year, it's less and less about "The birth of Christ" and more and more about "Buy, Buy, BUY!"
To me, it's funny as hell to see so many "Religion is phony," "I worship the Great Flying Spaghetti Monster," "I'm an atheist" people talking about what they're getting/doing for Christmas.
If you don't believe in Christ...you shouldn't be celebrating Christmas.
you can take anything and make your own religion out of it however you desire. Everyone can celebrate on Dec 25 however they see fit. hence the spelling of Xmas and not christmas.
I celebrate Xmas in modern american tradition. i don't observe Christmas however.
Care to comment on Yule..that has lying been relabed "christmas"?
This might help you:
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2215098
Now remove that...and lets se how much "christ" there is left in what you falsly call "christmas"?!
I don't "falsely" call it Christmas. It IS Christmas...regardless of the true origins of the holiday.That was done long before I came along. You'll notice that in my first post in this thread, I acknowledged that this season has been co-opted by the early Christians...
THAT isn't my point...if you don't believe in Christ...don't celebrate "Christmas." Don't give "Christmas gifts," don't wish people "Merry Christmas," don't go to "Christmas parties," and don't put up a "Christmas tree."
Feel free to celebrate the Yule...put up a Yule log, give Yule gifts, and go to Yule parties...after all, this time of year isn't ONLY for Christmas...among many other holidays, it's also the time of Hanukkah. I'm not Jewish, so I don't celebrate that one, but don't begrudge the Jews for having "their special holiday" at the same time...(especially since theirs probably came first) Neither do I celebrate "Kwanzaa" since I'm not African...but I don't care that Kwanzaa is celebrated at this time of year.