look man, i just want to open some presents and have a glass of egg nog, why can't you Christians ever leave anything alone?

12/12/2007 2:45:09 PM

THERE BETTER NOT BE LIQUOR IN THAT EGG NOG

12/12/2007 2:46:08 PM

Quote :

"I like celebrating how great it is to take pleasure in this life on earth."

I do that every time i masturbate...i dont need to go broke on a holiday for that crap

12/12/2007 2:47:46 PM

^ Yep, drinking is a sin

12/12/2007 2:49:36 PM

so is eating shellfish

you'd better be careful

12/12/2007 2:51:35 PM

Quote :

"though I think most of the disconnect for them (the preachy ones) is that they can't imagine what life would be like without it revolving around God, and so they're absolutely flabbergasted when someone comes along who doesn't have that kind of theistic bent going on 24/7 "

for the win. I've come to agree with this more and more over the past few years since ive stopped going to church. I seem to appreciate those who are very personal with their religion and constant with their lives, more than the less moderate, dogmatic ones who have had some amount of life-changing events in their lives

12/12/2007 2:52:58 PM

what would you do if your son was at home, crying all alone on the bedroom floor, cause he's hungry, and the only way to feed him is to sleep with a man for a little bit of money cause his daddy's gone, in and out of lock down, somewhere smoking crack now

[Edited on December 12, 2007 at 3:01 PM. Reason : .]

12/12/2007 3:00:32 PM

lol

12/12/2007 3:02:49 PM

you get days off work/school, egg nog, and presents

what's not to celebrate???

12/12/2007 3:02:54 PM

^^^ I think the moral of that story is "don't have a child with a crack addict."

[Edited on December 12, 2007 at 3:06 PM. Reason : .]

12/12/2007 3:06:25 PM

^do you not remember that song back in the day like 2001-2002
I think it was by "city high"

12/12/2007 3:12:33 PM

we need a clip from the movie "Saved"

12/12/2007 3:14:38 PM

12/12/2007 3:16:38 PM

Quote :

"no one made the pagans switch to christianity"

hahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahaahah


I know you are kidding right???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

I am only guessing you fell asleep during history class when you were younger.

12/13/2007 12:06:12 AM

We rarely talked about anything pagan (except halloween) in my younger days (swift creek elem, east cary mid, cary high). Probably the man's way of holdin the white man down.

But you have to love when a medical anomaly is called a "miracle", there was a reason you were given a .5% chance at living... ˜995 people died of the same thing. It's not a miracle, its Darwinism at its finest.

12/13/2007 2:50:29 AM

Quote :

"God rest ye Unitarians, let nothing you dismay Remember there's no evidence there was a Christmas day. When Christ was born just is not known, no matter what they say, Glad tidings of reason and fact, reason and fact, glad tidings of reason and fact. There was no star of Bethlehem, there was no angel song, There could have been no wise men, for the journey was too long, The stories in the Bible are historically wrong, Glad tidings of reason and fact . . . Much of our christmas custom comes from Persia and from Greece, From solstice celebrations of the ancient Middle East, Our so-called Christmas holiday is but a pagan feast, Glad tiding of reason and fact"

12/13/2007 3:08:05 AM

this is one of the few moments where i've been impressed by tww.

thank you for tearing away at the complete self-righteousness of this thread's thesis.

it almost brings a gleeful tear to my eye.

12/13/2007 3:20:46 AM

it's a lafta thread

not that hard

12/13/2007 3:23:06 AM

EGG NOG, BITCH

12/13/2007 3:25:09 AM

I also enjoy a good Easter.

Chocolate rabbits and painting eggs...it's party time!

Plus the whole resurrection bit is fucking baller.

12/13/2007 8:23:43 AM

^ Yeah, me too. I can't deny that Easter is a completely religious holiday, but even thought I'm not a believer anymore, I still like doing the things I grew up doing.

12/13/2007 9:11:08 AM

i think it's pretty clear why things happen the way they do in society: people like DRINKING, FUCKING, and SPENDING. (in no particular order)

12/13/2007 9:16:20 AM

Quote :

"why do athiests celebrate christmas?"

Atheists don't celebrate Christmas. They may participate in events associated with the Christmas holiday, but only a Christians celebrate the birth of their Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

12/13/2007 9:55:38 AM

yes... their Lord

not mine

I'll never prostrate myself before a God or a king ever again

12/13/2007 10:17:23 AM

i shouldn't dignify the original post with a response, but the answer is

because I like being with my family, giving and getting gifts, and the good food. why would you NOT celebrate it?

12/13/2007 10:30:11 AM

I was thinking...

many people just celebrate the spirit of gift giving, fellowship, and love that is related to Christmas, without focusing much on the religious side.

(has this been mentioned already?)

12/13/2007 10:33:52 AM

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"I mean call my crazy, but I actually celebrate Christmas as the Celebration for Jesus's birth."

You're crazy. Is that what you wanted to hear?

Quote :

"i do have another question for athiests: will you get married in a church? or will you be buried with words read from the bible?"

hell no. why the hell would i want any of that if i'm an atheist? atheist

by the way, what's an athiest ?

[Edited on December 13, 2007 at 10:47 AM. Reason : .]

12/13/2007 10:36:52 AM

yule log

11/2/2008 6:39:43 PM

why marko? why?

11/2/2008 6:43:16 PM

hahaha

LET'S GO!

11/2/2008 6:43:55 PM

That's why I call is Xmas.

Besides, jesus wasn't even born on Dec 25.

11/2/2008 6:58:04 PM

there is a ton of idiocy itt.

11/2/2008 7:06:47 PM

Dude, who the fuck doesn't want presents, regardless of the status of your Jesus (or lack thereof)?

11/2/2008 7:07:54 PM

Quote :

"why? is it for the presents? to me that makes as much sense as osama bin laden celebrating "Independence day" for the fireworks. christmas has always been a celebration of the birth of jesus. if you dont like but still want to celebrate, no fear, you still have thanksgiving and new years. happy holidays"

Here's a better question: why do Christians celebrate Christmas?

Oh that's right, because of the pagan holiday Dies Natalis Solis Invicti.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dies_Natalis_Solis_Invicti

*slide whistle*

11/2/2008 7:09:54 PM

Quote :

"why do Christians celebrate Christmas?"

jesus loves materialism!

fuck the starving and sick people in the world--let's give your friends and family gifts from nordstrom instead!

11/2/2008 7:11:22 PM

I am celebrating Christmas at the bar.

11/2/2008 7:15:50 PM

Oh, can't we just give up this argument. Stop thinking that no Christians know that Christmas started off as a Pagen holiday.

Christians should see this as an opportunity to "make disciples of all nations" and not deny non-Christians the right to celebrate this holiday. Don't fight with them but instead act like a Christians and show them the new meaning of Christmas which in modern day is to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ.

Although I think many people...regardless of religion....have seen the problem with the mass commercializing of Christmas and many of those people try to get back to the true spirit of Christmas...

11/2/2008 7:18:16 PM

Quote :

"I also enjoy a good Easter."

easter is really close to my bday so i always got tricked out easter baskets and shit

after church, of course

11/2/2008 7:23:13 PM

Quote :

"Oh, can't we just give up this argument. Stop thinking that no Christians know that Christmas started off as a Pagen holiday. Christians should see this as an opportunity to "make disciples of all nations" and not deny non-Christians the right to celebrate this holiday. Don't fight with them but instead act like a Christians and show them the new meaning of Christmas which in modern day is to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. Although I think many people...regardless of religion....have seen the problem with the mass commercializing of Christmas and many of those people try to get back to the true spirit of Christmas..."

Actually in modern days it means buying shit and giving it away

11/2/2008 7:25:25 PM

I like presents. Also, practically none of the traditions surrounding Christmas are overtly religious, so I mean, why be a party pooper? I'd celebrate Hanukkah and Kwanzaa too if it involved paid vacation.

11/2/2008 7:27:45 PM

^^Haha...that's true. I guess it's a good thing that the most important Christian holiday isn't Christmas.

[Edited on November 2, 2008 at 7:29 PM. Reason : ]

11/2/2008 7:28:35 PM

i, too, like presents

11/2/2008 7:29:14 PM

i, too, like atheists

11/2/2008 7:34:12 PM

The OP seems to assume that agnostics and atheists hate organized and doctrinal religions. I don't care what you do on your own time, I think it's a bit silly sure and dislike when you get all up in my face with it, but as long as your religion doesn't require my observance you can do whatever the fuck you want

11/2/2008 7:39:15 PM

christmas hasn't ever been about jesus' birthday

11/2/2008 7:42:42 PM

christmas is a secular holiday

11/2/2008 10:46:25 PM

back to the tizzop

12/23/2008 12:53:45 AM

it's about the damn little debbie christmas tree cakes!

12/23/2008 12:54:47 AM

Quote :

"christmas has always been a celebration of the birth of jesus"

this actually isn't true yo.

read a book.

12/23/2008 12:57:15 AM

I stick to the Winter Solstice celebration

12/23/2008 12:58:16 AM