D'artagnan- OK, I'll bite. Personally, Christmas has no religious meaning for me. I do think though that the Christmas season is always good for revving up the economy. And that is a GOOD thing!
I like christmas because it is the only time I can readily purchase and consume large quantities of eggnog.
Another often overlooked silver lining to the commercialization of Christmas: going to the mall. No, don't shop. It's the years best chance of running to all those people you haven't seen in years.
LOL Mr. Stillwater, my habits have tended to become much more interesting since meeting Dys in Albuquerque, although I was never really a nun. I can, however, be disgustingly nice, which I am doing my best to overcome. Do you have any idea how boring it is to always be called the 'nice' one??
Goddam, it's a bitch.
OK, getting back to the niceties of Christmas......yeah, he should have remained a carpente--and worshipping a crucifix is more than grisly.
One sincerely hopes that Joseph the carpenter wasn't supplying the Romans with crosses or timber. Bit too horrible to think about.
Thanks, all.
In spite of your efforts, I'm still confused. If a Muslim slopped ink on a picture of the Holy Family or blared sacred music in the market place, many Christians would be outraged.
If these things are done by Christians in the name of a holiday atmosphere....
I suppose there must be a difference.
Noddy24- It's a tribal mentality. When you were a kid, you could think or say a lot of negative things about your parents. But if your friend dissed your mom.........................
Noddy24 wrote:Thanks, all.
In spite of your efforts, I'm still confused. If a Muslim slopped ink on a picture of the Holy Family or blared sacred music in the market place, many Christians would be outraged.
If these things are done by Christians in the name of a holiday atmosphere....
I suppose there must be a difference.
I've yet to see anyone complain about a Muslim, Jew or Atheist buying a postage stamp of their choice and putting it on an envelope. Reasonable people see a postage stamp as being exactly that and nothing more. No reasonable person expects that a postage stamp is a holy icon in any way (unless perhaps they are late on getting their car payment in the mail and they find that last postage stamp hidden in a desk drawer just in time.
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I'd guess that if someone went into a church and took a painting off a wall and smeared ink all over it the story would be different but that's hardly what is happening with postage stamps.
