Cirvius
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| 22 Mar 2014 08:49 PM |
Technically, you can't celebrate Christmas or Easter.
And I also think Halloween has a religious thing behind it. |
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Sluv
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| 22 Mar 2014 08:51 PM |
| You can believe in whatever you want or you can make another reason behind something so technically you can still celebrate it |
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RekinBawl
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| 22 Mar 2014 08:51 PM |
But twas the athiests who made them holidays into money bags
"GAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! THIS IS BEAUTIFUL!" - That's what she said |
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| 22 Mar 2014 08:51 PM |
I celebrate Christmas for hanging around your family and receiving or giving presents. Plus free food!
I do not celebrate easter so...
-[Stupidity is like a plague that cannot be cured.]- |
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| 22 Mar 2014 08:52 PM |
This just in: The athiests have created FlyingSpaghettiMonsterChocolateDay and FlyingSpaghettiMonsterGiftShareDay!
Your move. |
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| 22 Mar 2014 08:52 PM |
halloween originated from scaring off evil things like devils
it's not exactly a religious holiday but it has ties with it |
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| 22 Mar 2014 08:52 PM |
here's what pisses me off, (no racism intended), muslims have time off for christmas, but christians can't have time off for ede.
#nerdsunited |
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thok1599
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| 22 Mar 2014 08:53 PM |
| I'm American, it's part of the commercial fun. |
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Exonical
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| 22 Mar 2014 08:55 PM |
i'd like to point out that the birth of jesus cannot be traced in such a accurate manner. thusly, the birth of jesus is complete guesswork. celebrating the "winter-solstice" is an old tradition- in which was commonly found in many culture. the tradition of having a "christmas tree" is, in fact, taken from old scandinavian traditions.
i personally consider christmas to be a fancy tradition- in which you spend time with your family and friends.
♜ "Even a broken clock is right twice a day" |
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thok1599
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| 22 Mar 2014 08:56 PM |
@Exonical
Your spelling disappoints me. |
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Cirvius
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| 22 Mar 2014 09:00 PM |
| Actually, not true. The Winter Solstice has been celebrated in many civilizations. There is more evidence of Jesus born on another day besides December 25 than of him being born on it. Halloween has pagan origins. The demonic figure SamHain. As for Easter, as it can be said for all of these holidays, are embraced by people of all religions, just because it's become part of American culture. |
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RekinBawl
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| 25 Mar 2014 08:03 PM |
| Christmas is pagan in origin iirc. |
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crockdile
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mugged
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| 25 Mar 2014 08:03 PM |
nah i can still b atheist 360 days outta the year
it's all good brah |
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| 25 Mar 2014 08:03 PM |
I'm not gonna bother reading the replies, though i'm sure this point was made.
I'm atheist. I don't celebrate Christmas and Easter as holidays. To me and my family, they are simply family traditions. As for most people. I don't care about the history of those days, AT ALL. It's a tradition to me, and that's all it'll ever be. |
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Bardoh
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| 25 Mar 2014 08:03 PM |
| So far no flame, impressive. |
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| 25 Mar 2014 08:05 PM |
>Technically, you can't celebrate Christmas or Easter.
sure we can
christmas is about loving and appreciating your family, and even in the modern days it isn't even about jesus anymore (this is growing up in a very christian family)
>And I also think Halloween has a religious thing behind it.
it doesn't
Iᴛ ᴀɪɴᴛ ᴇᴀsʏ, ʙᴇɪɴɢ Cʜᴇᴇsᴇʏ. |
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| 25 Mar 2014 08:06 PM |
Halloween originated off the term "trick or treat"
It was similar to christmas in the good bad aspect
be good the whole year and the whole town would throw a feast in your name be bad the whole year and they would come to your house and kill you. |
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| 25 Mar 2014 08:07 PM |
I have no idea if what pwn said is true,
But I like that explanation.
Sounds fun. |
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| 25 Mar 2014 08:16 PM |
Nah, I lied.
Poor people would go from door to door begging for food in return for prayers to the dead.
The whole costume thing originated with the celts dressing up as their inner demons. |
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| 25 Mar 2014 08:17 PM |
| Christmas was originally a pagan holiday, actually. So it's basically sacrilege to celebrate it as a christian. :o |
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HMAX12
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| 25 Mar 2014 08:17 PM |
"No doubt in my, id say there's absolutely no proof of god existing" -Forgot his name use to be a minister now a atheist scientific researcher.
So your statement is invalid. |
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