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Seriously, I have never understood why this was ever an issue, but I'm going to nip it in the bud this year.

 

Merry Christmas.

Are you Jewish? Merry Christmas.

Are you Muslim? Merry Christmas.

Are you Atheist? Merry Christmas.

The fact of the matter is, being religiously tolerant does not mean I have to kowtow to every single thing people observe. Heck, how would I even know what holiday that every single person I see on the streets celebrates? I celebrate Christmas, and so I'm going to wish people a Merry Christmas. It doesn't matter if you're Christian or not, I'll still extend the well wishes and cheer associated with my observance of the holiday.

And YOU can TOO! The only way for us to TRULY be politically correct is for EVERYONE to do this. Don't RESTRICT good cheer, just add your own good cheer to it. Wish me a happy hannukah or kuanza, or whatever the heck it is you celebrate, if you're Atheist just say "Happy Holidays", after all, you still get a holiday even if you don't celebrate anything.



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Merry Christmas



Its not an issue. Jews, Muslims and atheists are not conspiring to take Christmas away.



It's happy festive period... not christmas lol

Anyway, yesterday I heard about a group of neo-feminists (aka moody lesbians) who were trying to get certain words banned in uni (not my uni) because it implyed male dominance. Two of these words were...

History - apparently history is shorthand for 'his story' and they wanted it changed to 'herstory' when used in the case of female directives... wow
Master copy - because apparently this implies male dominance over women, I can't quite see it myself.

Anyway, merry christmas to my fellow athiest brothers.



I agree.

Though I think my Christian friend inviting me to join a facebook group based on how Christmas should be about Jesus was going a bit far.

Christmas is just part of Western heritage now.



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Didn't christmas come from a pagan festival called the winter solstice which wasn't meant for any religious values?

but yeah merry xmas to everyone : )



Thatmax said:
Didn't christmas come from a pagan festival called the winter solstice which wasn't meant for any religious values?

but yeah merry xmas to everyone : )

...what's Xmas? Don't understand.

 

Christmas is a celebration. End of, there are many faiths, that while do not celebrate Christmas as a whole, use Christmas as a great excuse to just celebrate with their families...and good to them.

 

Merry Christmas everyone.

 



Hmm, pie.

I work with muslim collegues only and surprisingly, they celebrate christmas aswell. They've set up the trees and visit family, do the eating etc. Presents are also given (but in their culture that goes a year round) so it may differ in parts of the world but a lot of muslims living in the west are starting to adopt the festival though with their own twist.

Hell, they could even make it about Jesus if they wanted... Jesus is a profit for muslims aswell.

Merry christmas everyone!



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Almost all Christian holidays were based on pagan celebrations. Besides Christmas is now mostly commercial, it really isn't that religious (unless you want to make it so) so it shouldn't be an issue for people.

If you don't celebrate christmas my question is why the hell not? I mean its an extra excuse to celebrate, exchange presents and get pissed with annoying relatives whose name you can't remember! ENJOY



Christmas has very little to do with Christianity and a lot more to do with fueling capitalism (just like Thanksgiving). Don't get the two mixed up. And every time someone goes on an Anti-PC rant (and I'm referring to political correctness, not personal computers) then I facepalm extravagantly. Stop overreacting.