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28 Mar 2011, 3:55 am

Do you celebrate christmas or easter or other religious holiday's? why/ why not?


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28 Mar 2011, 3:57 am

How much do you know about the origins of Easter and Christmas?


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28 Mar 2011, 4:02 am

TeaEarlGreyHot wrote:
How much do you know about the origins of Easter and Christmas?


A lot...I have a degree in classical archaeology. I tried to leave the opening post to a simple question to get others responses. :D



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28 Mar 2011, 4:03 am

Good to know. Most of the time when someone asks such a question, they only know the Christian implications of the two holidays.


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28 Mar 2011, 4:05 am

TeaEarlGreyHot wrote:
How much do you know about the origins of Easter and Christmas?


This.

They're better known by their true (Pagan) names of Ishtar and Yule.

I don't celebrate them. Not because I'm an atheist, but because I'm a Christian.



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28 Mar 2011, 4:07 am

all_white, there are a few names and differing theories about what holidays Easter and Christmas took over.


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28 Mar 2011, 5:18 am

Solvejg wrote:
Do you celebrate christmas or easter or other religious holiday's? why/ why not?


I'm not an atheist but I'm close enough.

I don't celebrate such holidays. But I do cherish the opportunity to have some days off when such holidays arrive.



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28 Mar 2011, 6:18 am

Easter is a festival to worship the god known as Cadbury's-Creme-Egg. Whereas Christmas is about the god known as Tube-of-JellyTots. I believe! I believe! Om nom nom. :hail: :hail: :hail:



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28 Mar 2011, 8:09 am

Easter is rather stupid and useless of a holiday.

Regarding Christmas, that's a better question to ask anti-consumerists rather than atheists. Because Christmas is a holiday dedicated to consumerism, not Christianity.


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28 Mar 2011, 8:14 am

Yup

I celebrate Easter cause I like pastel colors and bunnies,
and Christmas cause I like food and Bing Crosby and whimsically-decorated trees.

I also say "god damn" and "jesus christ".


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28 Mar 2011, 8:20 am

I celebrate Christmas, simply because I get lots of free food :D I don't care if it is based on the imaginary birth of God's Son/God, St. Patricks day is founded on BS too.


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28 Mar 2011, 8:31 am

all_white wrote:
They're better known by their true (Pagan) names of Ishtar and Yule.

I don't celebrate them. Not because I'm an atheist, but because I'm a Christian.


An atheist should not observe them for their true form as that would say the observe Pagan holidays...which is a religion.



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28 Mar 2011, 9:17 am

zer0netgain wrote:
all_white wrote:
They're better known by their true (Pagan) names of Ishtar and Yule.

I don't celebrate them. Not because I'm an atheist, but because I'm a Christian.


An atheist should not observe them for their true form as that would say the observe Pagan holidays...which is a religion.


I'll do whatever I damn well please, including using stolen and bastardized religious holidays as an excuse to indulge in a few things I enjoy.

Doesn't mean I believe in sky monsters.


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28 Mar 2011, 9:19 am

MotherKnowsBest wrote:
Easter is a festival to worship the god known as Cadbury's-Creme-Egg. Whereas Christmas is about the god known as Tube-of-JellyTots. I believe! I believe! Om nom nom. :hail: :hail: :hail:


LOL :P


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28 Mar 2011, 9:26 am

Festivus is great.

https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Festivus


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28 Mar 2011, 9:50 am

I prefer Passover. It is a Freedom Festival.

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