It is too early in December for me to be this sick of Christmas stuff already. Even the Pandora station that my officemate listens to that usually plays Gregorian chant has switched over to Christmas songs in Latin. And I ended up, once again, in my least favorite Christmas discussion ever, in which an atheist who celebrates Christmas informs me that the way Christmas is celebrated in America is culturally American and has nothing to do with Christianity, and therefore there's no reason why I shouldn't celebrate it.
Being reminded that I'm unAmerican by people like this and also by Pat Buchanan-type Christians -- the joy of the season.
an atheist who celebrates Christmas informs me that the way Christmas is celebrated in America is culturally American and has nothing to do with Christianity, and therefore there's no reason why I shouldn't celebrate it.
1) Ask to see his atheist card.
2) Tear it up.
therefore there's no reason why I shouldn't celebrate it.
I'm pretty sure that logic also supports the conclusion that there's no reason you shouldn't punch him in the face.
I attempted to say that Christmas is part of Christian culture, which includes a lot of stuff that's not explicitly religious, but does not include me. He got insulted that I was saying he was participating in Christian culture, since he is NOT NOT NOT infinitely NOT in any way Christian.
That's likely his excuse for why he can celebrate it. I just admit that I like getting presents and hanging with family I don't get to see often, and frankly all the pretty Christmas trees and crap,and that all that conflicts with my actual belief that the holiday celebrates something I don't believe in.
See, he needs to get over himself, acknowledge that Christmas is Christian, but admit that he likes it anyway. Trust me, it will be ok.
How odd. I do celebrate it, bu without any religious meaning for me. However- I can't really divorce it from christianity . I keep saying I am going to switch to a solstice celebration ( the end of short dark days is worth celebrating), but I haven't because it is easier to keep things on the day everyone has off.
therefore there's no reason why I shouldn't celebrate it.
how about you don't want to? Or that regardless of how it's "culturally american", it's based in Christianity. Or he's a jackhole and should shut the fuck up before you shove a candy cane through his piehole?
It's hard to declare a holiday not religious when it's 67% Christ.
