If you're an athiest, do you say "Happy Winter Solstice"?

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

Most people become atheists just to justify actions they are making //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif
I guess denying it removes guilt? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif I dunno

Typical, blinded Christian theology.

Out of my experiences, I'd say the people I know who aren't religious and don't go to church are "better" people/citizens. Out of all of my friends, every one of them who get's drunk out of their mind, smokes weed regularly, bangs a new girl every week, etc. is "religious." My two best friend are agnostic, like myself, and have better morals/manners/self control/etc than anyone else I know. They're also doing pretty well in life(one is an accounting major at SMU, the other interns for NASA as he's getting his masters), which I definitely can't say about most of the alcoholic/druggie/promiscuous "Christians" I know who don't make it through college or just fail at life in general.

Sorry for the rant. I'm not stating that every religious person is bad/immoral, just stating what i have noticed around me in my life.

 

[thorshammer1 10+ year member]

For the record, Christmas trees are a pagan tradition too that had nothing to do with Christmas for a long time, but was also "adopted" by Europeans after the middle ages along with santa claus

You are correct. Alot of Christian holidays were adopted by the church to make it an easier transition for the pagans( which at that time meant only country dwellers).//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[phantom240 5,000+ posts]

You are correct. Alot of pagan holidays were adopted by the church to make it an easier transition for the pagans to Christianity.

Corrected.

 

[thorshammer1 10+ year member]

thanks^^

 

[brtnboarder3241 5,000+ posts]

"have fun in hell"

 

[thorshammer1 10+ year member]

"have fun in hell"

Hmmm Hell was Goddess!//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif

 

[sexiewasd 10+ year member]

LMAO @ "christians" that "x" out christ when spelling "Christmas" (XMAS)
silly christians

The X in X-mas is an abbreviation of Christ, and has been used long before the commercialization of Christmas. It's not meant to take the Christ out of your Christmas.

EDIT: (kind of came off as sounding Christian there, silly religion.)