Now shh! No more posting. This thread is supposed to be locked

Atresac's comment was uncalled for

True, but in a way, he's right (sans blanket arrogant statements). Christmas really is a shell of a holiday now, only celebrated by corporations. That's why I've made the clear distinction that I celebrate commercialized Christmas.

That was kind of uncalled for buddy. Shouldn't you be a bit more tolerant?

someone lock this flame war

Atresac wrote:

Christ was taken out of Christmas a long time ago, fyi.

Now it's just a capitalized commercial holiday celebrated with sales and consumerism and greed by both families and the corporations.

Not to mention Jesus isn't real.

tl;dr: MERRY CHRISTMAS.

hello
may God bless you with his presence in the near futureand give your poor rag of a soul a chance to be worth something

i just want to say im sorry you feel this way
and good bye :'(  :'(

"poor rag of a soul" is definitely a way to get me to believe in your religion.

But it doesn't really matter since souls aren't real.

Christ was taken out of Christmas a long time ago, fyi.

Now it's just a capitalized commercial holiday celebrated with sales and consumerism and greed by both families and the corporations.

Not to mention Jesus isn't real.

tl;dr: MERRY CHRISTMAS.

hello
may God bless you with his presence in the near futureand give your poor rag of a soul a chance to be worth something

i just want to say im sorry you feel this way
and good bye :'(  :'(

RaidonMakoto wrote:

Martial Arts Spyro wrote:

Uh, hello? THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST IS WHY WE CELEBRATE CHRISMAS!!!! If my buisness offended somebody for me saying Merry Christmas well sorry.

Except Jesus wasn't actually born in December. He was born in Spring.

Please allow me to correct your statement, RaidonMakoto. The Bible
doesn't directly say when Jesus was born. But it does say that it was cold
outside, along with other small notes. Judging by these notes, it is said that
Jesus was born closest to December 25th. This is a firm statement.

Easter is when Jesus Christ had risen from his death. He was not born on
this date or month.

It has been well over 2,000 years that the Bible has existed. There is also,
from my guess, a possibility that certain smaller parts of the Bible have
evolved, or changed. I don't mean events like the birth of Jesus Christ, but
small stuff like the setting and time Jesus was born. This is only my
little "theory" of what could have happened to the Bible. But doubtable.

I hope this helped you along with others, too.

Umm... no. The Bible says the farmers were out in their fields. Last I checked, farmers don't farm in winter. The reason Christmas is on December 25th is to detract from Pagan celebrations of the Winter Solstice.

Martial Arts Spyro wrote:

Uh, hello? THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST IS WHY WE CELEBRATE CHRISMAS!!!! If my buisness offended somebody for me saying Merry Christmas well sorry.

Except Jesus wasn't actually born in December. He was born in Spring.

Please allow me to correct your statement, RaidonMakoto. The Bible
doesn't directly say when Jesus was born. But it does say that it was cold
outside, along with other small notes. Judging by these notes, it is said that
Jesus was born closest to December 25th. This is a firm statement.

Easter is when Jesus Christ had risen from his death. He was not born on
this date or month.

It has been well over 2,000 years that the Bible has existed. There is also,
from my guess, a possibility that certain smaller parts of the Bible have
evolved, or changed. I don't mean events like the birth of Jesus Christ, but
small stuff like the setting and time Jesus was born. This is only my
little "theory" of what could have happened to the Bible. But doubtable.

I hope this helped you along with others, too.

bmah wrote:

I think the main reason for the political correctness of "Happy Holidays" isn't just to cater to atheists and agnostics, but to respect people who have different religious beliefs that do not recognize "the birth of Jesus." If I believed in a religion that doesn't celebrate Christmas, I might not like being constantly pounded by the hype of a holiday that pays respect to only a certain religion.

Uh, hello? THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST IS WHY WE CELEBRATE CHRISMAS!!!! If my buisness offended somebody for me saying Merry Christmas well sorry.

Lol. Just lol.

I never questioned the meaning of Christmas. I'm just making an explanation, and I'm not even endorsing the increase in political correctness.

Uh, hello? THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST IS WHY WE CELEBRATE CHRISMAS!!!! If my buisness offended somebody for me saying Merry Christmas well sorry.

Except Jesus wasn't actually born in December. He was born in Spring.

Swaffy wrote:

-In short, people need to pull themselves together and treat Christmas the way it should be treated. It mainly starts off with calling it Christmas. IT IS ABOUT THE BIRTH OF JESUS, you know. If you take Christ out of Christmas, you get Mas. "Happy Holidays" is a Mass of bull crap.

I think the main reason for the political correctness of "Happy Holidays" isn't just to cater to atheists and agnostics, but to respect people who have different religious beliefs that do not recognize "the birth of Jesus." If I believed in a religion that doesn't celebrate Christmas, I might not like being constantly pounded by the hype of a holiday that pays respect to only a certain religion.

Uh, hello? THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST IS WHY WE CELEBRATE CHRISMAS!!!! If my buisness offended somebody for me saying Merry Christmas well sorry.