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RE: Pissed off Christians - 11/28/2011 7:19:49 PM

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The defense of Christmas is not so much a religious thing as a cultural thing. It is a tradition in America to celebrate Christmas. I don’t go to Muslim countries and ask them to rename Ramadan because it might offend me. Seriously, who the fuck gets offended by the name of a holiday?! The simple fact is that there are elements of the left that mount a yearly attack on Christmas. That is why these companies are doing these things, they are responding to that pressure. It is disingenuous in the extreme for some of you posters to act as though that is not the case. Then when some people get upset over the yearly attacks on Christmas you come on acting all holier than thou yourself about how “un-Christian” they are. Here is an idea, why don’t you on the left let people celebrate Christmas and stop insisting they have to call it “Happy Holidays” so that you might not get offended?! Otherwise, live with the resentment over the yearly attacks on Christmas.

And as to the claim by some that, "There is no attack on christmas... non-Christians merely wish to be respected too", that claim doesn't hold water against the seemingly annual cries to remove a Nativity display (which is often completely tended to by individuals in the community), instead of simply ADDING a religious/spiritual display of their faith/beliefs.

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RE: Pissed off Christians - 11/28/2011 7:36:06 PM

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Was it the F bombs?

Had to have been.

Of course Darlin.... but with such class!

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RE: Pissed off Christians - 11/28/2011 7:39:47 PM

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Classy with the mouth of a sailor.

Been hearing that for years now. Something to be proud of, i suppose.

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RE: Pissed off Christians - 11/28/2011 7:40:51 PM

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Oh defintely!

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RE: Pissed off Christians - 11/28/2011 7:50:20 PM

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Hell, You would have to explain what that is first.

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RE: Pissed off Christians - 11/28/2011 8:14:32 PM

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As has been mentioned, it is more of an American traditional holiday than anything else.

What has been mentioned is that the whole "don't say 'Merry Christmas' seems to be an American issue. Christmas itself is not an American tradition and was celebrated long before the United States even existed. Christmas was first celebrated around 300AD, about 1700 years ago. I would say that excludes it from being "more of an American traditional holiday."

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RE: Pissed off Christians - 11/28/2011 8:22:06 PM

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He made my right eye twitch.
I'm surprised i didn't start going off in French.

Even without the french, it was a magical moment on an otherwise boring Monday.
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RE: Pissed off Christians - 11/28/2011 8:36:16 PM

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I have been checking our atheist forums, and I don't find very many posting there that they have a problem with Merry Christmas.

I don't know besides a few kooky exceptions it happens much here. And I don't think sensible atheists really give it a whole lot of thought. And I, like you describe offer up Merry Christmas as "good tidings" in the spirit you describe, not some order to honor Christ or something like that.
And yeah, it's commercialized and even has victims when you factor in some of the loneliness that occurs and YES COMPETITIVE SHOPPING. But what's really perfect.

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RE: Pissed off Christians - 11/28/2011 8:37:56 PM

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I DO NOT FUCKING CARE WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN. I RESPECT YOUR BELIEFS, SO HOW ABOUT YOU RESPECT OTHERS?

1. No, you do not respect my beliefs.
2. Do you also respect the belief that there was no Holocaust? I do not. Why should we?
3. I respect people, not beliefs. And only when they deserve it.
4. Why should I care about what you care of?
5. What I told is supported by fact and history, your ourburst of flame is ridiculous.
6. You are being childish, not me. Shouting and insulting as only reaction.
7. Goodbye, hidden. Grow up yourself, you need it more than me.

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RE: Pissed off Christians - 11/28/2011 8:38:14 PM

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I do now after the huge red font. Over compensation in a man is never attractive.

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RE: Pissed off Christians - 11/28/2011 8:44:08 PM

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Well, funny thing about those Christians. They're human, too. I know plenty of Christians with holier-than-thou attitudes and I know just as many non-Christians with holier-than-thou attitudes. Closed-mindedness is not limited to only one group of people.

When one says to act Christian, I take that to mean to act like Jesus Christ, not as per the Bible or the church. Now, I've only had nine years of Catholic school, but I seem to recall that Jesus Christ was a pretty loving and caring individual, whether you believe he was the Son of God or not. When one emulates the type of man that we believe Jesus Christ to have been, that is what I take to mean someone is acting as a Christian.

1. Yes, there are bad people also in other groups of population, but in Christianity they are over-represented in all the aspects I have told.
2. You can take that to mean what you want, but many Christians did not ever know how Jesus Christ acts in the Bible, and even today many prefer to quote the Old Testament. You, if you take it like that, you probable take it wrong.
3. On thing is what they say they want to act like, and another how they really act like.
4. Jesus Christ was the guy who killed the fig tree. And the one who prefered to be oiled with expensive oil instead of giving that money to the poor because "there will always be poor, but you will only have me for a while". How generous. Besides, he was delusional.
5. And this, about Jesus Christ, character of the Bible. If we speak about Jesus of Nazareth, the real person, then I don't think he would be worried in any way if God decided to send Saints to kill every Roman in Judea ini front of his eyes. On the contrary, he would have been pleased.

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RE: Pissed off Christians - 11/28/2011 8:51:31 PM

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Obviously, the ones who bitch about Christmas every year.

I have never encountered anybody bitching about Christmas, but every year around this time I see Christians bitching about these people supposedly bitching about Christmas.

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RE: Pissed off Christians - 11/28/2011 8:57:07 PM

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K folks, put a fork in , because I think we are definitely done here. Have a wondrous night.

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