26th December 2005, 5:59 PM
You're kidding right?
1.) Christ was not born in december
2.) The entire holiday is made up and is not mentioned anywhere in any bible
3.) It is however a direct translation of druid and germanic winter solstice festivals and of course the roman festival in which all shops are closed and all slaves are freed for a week
4.) Christmas has nothing to do with Jesus, Christianity, the Bible, Hebrew teachings, Judaism or God. Nothing as in - it is a completely fabricated holiday built from the ashes of several other holidays that all have to do with celebrating the new year and the hight of winter from all over the world and the worship of nature's cycle (trees)
5.) WTF does an illuminated, decorated pine tree and the story of an elf delivering presents to children, have ANYTHING to do with Christianity!? (other than bribing children)
The birth of Jesus and Christmas are two totally different things. In other countries 'Christmas' is celebrated in the traditional sense where family gets together, they all go to church and spend the day singing songs and reading the bible, then return home and have a huge dinner. No presents, no trees, no strings of lights around the house, none of that. Christmas is a celebration of family and friends, to get together and share presents and make a big deal. Put up a tree, hang ornaments that have been in possession of the family for generations, share stories and eat and drink foods that you only eat and drink on this particular day, it is a massive nation wide celebration that we do simply because we grew up doing it. It has ***NOTHING*** to do with ***ANYTHING*** other than it simply being fun to do.
You can pretend to celebrate the birth of Jesus, that's fine. But you might as well do it on the actual day in a way that wouldn't piss him off. This is the guy who went ballistic in a church because people were making money off of traditions. I wonder how he'd feel about Christmas.
Kid: *rolls out list* AND I WANT A BARBIE, AND A RADIO CONTROL CAR, AND I WANT CHOCOLATE, AND I WANT AND I WANT, I WANT, I NEED, I NEED, GIMME MORE, GIVE GIVE GIVE, ME ME ME, MONEY MONEY MONEY GARNISH ME WITH FALSE TEACHINGS OF AFFECTION WITH VANITY AND MATERIAL POSSESSIONS
God: *cries*
1.) Christ was not born in december
2.) The entire holiday is made up and is not mentioned anywhere in any bible
3.) It is however a direct translation of druid and germanic winter solstice festivals and of course the roman festival in which all shops are closed and all slaves are freed for a week
4.) Christmas has nothing to do with Jesus, Christianity, the Bible, Hebrew teachings, Judaism or God. Nothing as in - it is a completely fabricated holiday built from the ashes of several other holidays that all have to do with celebrating the new year and the hight of winter from all over the world and the worship of nature's cycle (trees)
5.) WTF does an illuminated, decorated pine tree and the story of an elf delivering presents to children, have ANYTHING to do with Christianity!? (other than bribing children)
The birth of Jesus and Christmas are two totally different things. In other countries 'Christmas' is celebrated in the traditional sense where family gets together, they all go to church and spend the day singing songs and reading the bible, then return home and have a huge dinner. No presents, no trees, no strings of lights around the house, none of that. Christmas is a celebration of family and friends, to get together and share presents and make a big deal. Put up a tree, hang ornaments that have been in possession of the family for generations, share stories and eat and drink foods that you only eat and drink on this particular day, it is a massive nation wide celebration that we do simply because we grew up doing it. It has ***NOTHING*** to do with ***ANYTHING*** other than it simply being fun to do.
You can pretend to celebrate the birth of Jesus, that's fine. But you might as well do it on the actual day in a way that wouldn't piss him off. This is the guy who went ballistic in a church because people were making money off of traditions. I wonder how he'd feel about Christmas.
Kid: *rolls out list* AND I WANT A BARBIE, AND A RADIO CONTROL CAR, AND I WANT CHOCOLATE, AND I WANT AND I WANT, I WANT, I NEED, I NEED, GIMME MORE, GIVE GIVE GIVE, ME ME ME, MONEY MONEY MONEY GARNISH ME WITH FALSE TEACHINGS OF AFFECTION WITH VANITY AND MATERIAL POSSESSIONS
God: *cries*