Author Topic: atheists get another free one (Read 1953 times)

Vulcan · « **Reply #15 on:** November 27, 2002, 03:51:46 PM »

Mmmm pagan festivals sound much more appealing, the odd burning, naked chicks dancing in a circle... and GOATS!

Christian holidays as so boring.

hblair · « **Reply #16 on:** November 27, 2002, 03:58:37 PM »

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Originally posted by whgates3
new years day, 4th of july, labour day, memorial day, veteran's day, Washington's birthday, Lincon's birthday, MLK day...

If you get multiple days off for each of those you gotta be a gov't employee.

New years, the 4th and labor day are the only ones I don't work.

Eagler · « **Reply #17 on:** November 27, 2002, 04:01:22 PM »

first 4th of July..
The Declaration of Independence of the Thirteen Colonies
In CONGRESS, July 4, 1776

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness

..more God stuff, sry

New Years
...introduction of the Gregorian calendar in 1582, Roman Catholic countries began to celebrate New Year's Day on January 1 ..

dang Catholics

I said multi-day holidays whgates3! Get us a week man, at least two days!

did I hit a nerve?

wishing you and yours a safe and happy holiday - believe in the One or not

hblair · « **Reply #18 on:** November 27, 2002, 04:06:43 PM »

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Originally posted by mrfish
well then maybe a few million of us should just save our money this year if we're not invited. the economy can be christian too- i'm sure jesus will send a few bills for the shortfall.

as for christmas we'll unhijack the holiday from the christians and return it to the pagan festival it was in the first place. we'll make it a time to share and be with family and get your little invisible buddy out of it so everyone can join in

happy saturnalia!

I'm christian and don't celebrate christmas as christs birthday. The Bible doesn't tell us when his birth was. If it was an important date to be celebrated, we would have been given a date. But we weren't. So shut up fish, you don't know squat.

whgates3 · « **Reply #19 on:** November 27, 2002, 04:11:53 PM »

what chri$+ian holidays are multiday? passover? hannukah?

Thrawn · « **Reply #20 on:** November 27, 2002, 04:15:18 PM »

Eagler, you're not a christian, what's this about? Trolling?

Daff · « **Reply #21 on:** November 27, 2002, 04:41:08 PM »

Bah..both Midwinter (Christmas) and Spring (Easter) celebrations existed before Christianity came to Europe.
In other words..stop stealing our holidays.

Daff

Eagler · « **Reply #22 on:** November 27, 2002, 06:24:17 PM »

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Originally posted by Thrawn
Eagler, you're not a christian, what's this about? Trolling?

Not a baptist "must witness type" but do believe Christ was da man, raised Catholic - just expanded horizons as I got older

just callin em as i see them

Eagler · « **Reply #23 on:** November 27, 2002, 06:26:24 PM »

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Originally posted by whgates3
what chri$+ian holidays are multiday? passover? hannukah?

I get two days off from work to give thanks in Nov, two days off for Christ-mas and even public schools get a week off for Easter .. ie "Spring Break"

funkedup · « **Reply #24 on:** November 27, 2002, 06:33:10 PM »

Atheists/ agnostics who are "thankful", who exactly are you thanking? It's a verb which requires an object.

AKS\/\/ulfe · « **Reply #25 on:** November 27, 2002, 06:38:55 PM »

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Originally posted by funkedup
Atheists/ agnostics who are "thankful", who exactly are you thanking? It's a verb which requires an object.

You can thank anyone you want to thank, settlers who brutalized thousands upon thousands of Native Americans...

Doesn't sound like there's much to be thankful for afterall... I mean, if you *ARE* a Christian... all life is precious!
-SW

mrfish · « **Reply #26 on:** November 27, 2002, 06:46:06 PM »

so if we don't believe that fortune comes from god then we shouldn't celebrate it? you are stuck on the semantics i think and you may actually have a valid arguement if you want to interpret 'thanksgiving' strictly enough

it seems to me that it was more about the settlers just being happy about surviving through another year and being able to support themselves. to me thanksgiving is about taking a break to realize how many people don't have it so good and being "thankful" for what you have.

whether it is intended that way or not, that's what i will celebrate tomorrow. it helps you from taking your success for granted. believe it or not that's also important to some people even without threats from the void.

i guess 'nature' if you need a straighter answer. if i thought god were involved, i would only be thanking him out of fear because i have seen a bunch of innocent people totally destroyed. if i believed in god i'd always be afraid he'd choose to just randomly trash my life next for the hell of it or to test how much i loved him or because he was bored or something. i wouldn't be just thanking, i'd be groveling.

Thrawn · « **Reply #27 on:** November 27, 2002, 06:58:29 PM »

Because Thanksgiving was a christian holiday it must stay so? I guess christians better stop celebrating Yule and the winter solstice then.

funkedup · « **Reply #28 on:** November 27, 2002, 07:08:53 PM »

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so if we don't believe that fortune comes from god then we shouldn't celebrate it?

I didn't say that.

I just saw the references to being "thankful" and was wondering who was getting thanked. Since the "Thanks" part of "Thanksgiving" refers to thanking God, it seemed odd that self-proclaimed atheists/agnostics were taking part in the thanking. I thought maybe you guys had suddenly seen the light or something.

mrfish · « **Reply #29 on:** November 27, 2002, 07:21:18 PM »

i've seen the light plenty of times