Unbelievers: Do you participate in Easter? Christmas?

No offense taken, of course.

We've had our yearly rehash of Hallowe'en.
Now it's on to the traditional A2K Christmas show.

I find the origins of folk customs fascinating. I had a book called "The Winter Solstice" full of stuff about that, but I lent it to a friend and now I haven't got it. A catholic, come to think of it. :wink:

I don't much mind about Christmas especially now that it has less and less to do with Christianity and more to do with selling as many Playstation IIIs as possible. Watching the videos of the Black Friday shoppers elbowing their way into the malls certainly didn't bring forth any thoughts of incarnations of deities, large or small. Deities, that is, not thoughts.

So I would like to express my appreciation to the believers in such things as miracles, virgin births and heavenly rewards: you have stripped off all semblances of worship from your holiest day of the year thus making it much easier for all of us rationalists to enjoy.

Thanks.

Joe(god, I wish we had a pithier name)Nation

You're welcome. Glad we could help.

...and for what it's worth, in my little corner of Believerdom, Easter is the
holiest day in the liturgical calendar. Of course, it is inferior in marketing
potential...

Plenty of good Christmas stuff here: the televised carol service from Kings College, Cambridge and numerous productions of Handel's Messiah.
Still, enjoying those, I don't feel hypocritical.

I am telling you, if we can bring back the original meaning of Easter as a celebration of fertility... the marketing potential would be limitless!

Good point. Let's leave it the way it is, and try to limit Mammon to Xmas.

This true meaning of Easter from far before the advent of Christianity.



Archeologists say this was made 20,000 years before Christ. I wonder how well the artisan who made this religious artifact was paid for his effort?

The picture is no longer there! I'm dying to see it!

Re: Unbelievers: Do you participate in Easter? Christmas?




Wow, this is why many people cannot stand religion. What a condescending ASS!

Christmas has next to nothing to do with your Christ, and never has. The facts are
1) Christians forced others to accept Christ or BE MURDERED.
2) The Christians stole 12/25 from Pagans so that their religion would gain acceptance
3) Christ tells you to give your possessions to the poor, and you celebrate his birth by spending billions of dollars (this year an estimated $800/person) on worthless crap to give to people you barely like (if you're like most families). You could be buying food for the poor, but that Ipod is so much cooler. How ******* selfish.
4) The Christmas tree has nothing to do with Christ. How many evergreen trees are there in Bethlehem?

How much CASH would Jesus spend on his buddies? What day would he have showed up in front of Best Buy for the new PS3?

Tell me please, what would Jesus want for Christmas?

You should be ashamed of yourself for asking this question, and not being able to recognize the hypocrisy that YOU exhibit by celebrating Christmas.

But, I'm sure you won't respond will you?

Back in those days fat chicks were considered pretty hot. Hell, I'd STILL do her!

I'm not sure that this thread is going as originally intended.

In easter....no. In christmas....only far as the kids are concerned.

Holiday Music


Here she is.
Here we are
reaching back into the mists and myths,
trying to understand the Virgin Birth
all while racing to get a parking space
somewhere between the Best Buy and Bloomingdales.

Roll forward from her
to the little town of stable and shining star fame
and we start to see
the intersection of the glory
of the woman in clay
and the woman on the hay.
Is there, they wondered,
a connection here to something beyond us?
But then,
it's noticed,
the lack of wrapping paper and a shortage of mince pie filling.

If we take a moment, but we don't.

Don't be shaken by this,
I know tis all a myth,
but even if it were true
that God was reaching out at us
through the mists and myths,
we wouldn't hear the Voice
over the screaming
Holiday Music.

Joe(all is calm, all is bright)Nation

Well, I concur with that..

The most bizarre Christmas song that you will ever see
Is David Bowie in a duet with Bing Crosby
The most unlikely sound you have ever heard
Little Drummer Boy done this way sounds quite absurd

In a desert, food is scarse so most people are skinny. A fat chick is a rarity so she is the proverbial "blonde" of the desert culture and so has more fun!