Are we Hypocrits?

[Sho]

So you never gave any gifts?

Bought my two little one's presents and thats about it.

I've never celebrated xmas. It's one of those if your a muslim person. ( Lets not change the subject/topic)

 

[Cosimo]

I’m a Christian, I celebrate Christmas and have a great time.

 

[easyrider]

Santa & the Christmas holiday have little to do with Jesus, and the holiday existed prior to Christianity

And TheCenturion, Jesus (were he even real) would not have actually even been born today

So what Christmas about then?

Enlighten me...

 

[Sho]

They will probably turn out well adjusted and polite.

Unlike some of the spoilt brats I have seen today.

You're right there.

 

[Morba]

I've said this for a while now.

I'm not a christian - why should I celebrate christmas?

Also for Christians, the birth of Jesus is a very important event. I feel that people buying presents for each other, and snow, santa, blah blah blah, is not the best way to celebrate. However, this is an opinion and therefore can be debated

So it's ok for Christians to celebrate something at a time that it didn't happen, just because another belief had a better following and celebration at this time of year.

 

[Morba]

So what Christmas about then?

Enlighten me...

The rise of a new sun.

 

[Cosimo]

So what Christmas about then?

Enlighten me...

Why don't you enlighten us with your own so called hypocrisy?

 

[easyrider]

The rise of a new sun.

BS

 

[rypt]

So what Christmas about then?

Enlighten me...

It was a festival to celebrate the solstice (so yes in effect the rise of the new sun as pointed out) and also a general winter festival ...
All of this PRE-DATES Christianity

 

[MotherMayI]

No its not

Christmas by this notion is nothing but BS and you are a sheep then?

Sorry, what? That makes absolutely no sense as a reply to what I said.

 

[Morba]

BS

Why?
How about you start contributing something to this thread?

 

[Monkeynut]

I celebrate it because it's fun, I just consider it "my" version of the holiday, I'm not at all religious. It's not like Christianity holds some patent on it or something.

 

[TheCenturion]

So it's ok for Christians to celebrate something at a time that it didn't happen, just because another belief had a better following and celebration at this time of year.

I don't understand?

No one knows when Jesus was born, so 25th Dec has been allocated his d.o.b

 

[easyrider]

Why don't you enlighten us with your own so called hypocrisy?

Well ITs a contirved nonsense that I feel compelled to do in order to keep up appearances.

Its expected.

I find it incredibly boring and uncomfortable and quite frankly I don't understand why we do it.

It serves no puprose other than to fuel the materialistic desires of the Homo Sapien mentailty.

 

[TheCenturion]

Well ITs a contirved nonsense that I feel compelled to do in order to keep up appearances.

Its expected.

I find it incredibly boring and uncomfortable and quite frankly I don't understand why we do it.

It servers no puprose other than to fuel the materialistic desires of the Homo Sapien mentailty.

Hey hey hey. No one's actually forcing you to celebrate you know. All that pressure generated by corporate hype via tv ads, shopping sales etc, is all superficial

 

[easyrider]

Why?
How about you start contributing something to this thread?

Its pagan festival thats tied to religion without doubt.

 

[Morba]

I don't understand?

No one knows when Jesus was born, so 25th Dec has been allocated his d.o.b

But it's obvious that it wasn't in the cold winter period, so why choose then?

 

[TheCenturion]

But it's obvious that it wasn't in the cold winter period, so why choose then?

I have no idea. If anything, your questioning is proving my point even more

 

[Vulcan]

Christmas is a cultural holiday. I don't remember reading about Santa in the Bible.

 

[easyrider]

Fact is anyone who takes part is a Hypocit on some level.

Even if they "Believe"