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Living in Jacksonville => Culture => Faith and Religion => Topic started by: If_I_Loved_you on December 24, 2012, 09:41:27 AM

Title: For the Non-Believers I give you this gift.
Post by: If_I_Loved_you on December 24, 2012, 09:41:27 AM
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Title: Re: For the Non-Believers I give you this gift.
Post by: David on December 24, 2012, 11:27:38 AM
Heh. If only I had a Christmas tree to hang that from. Maybe next year!
Title: Re: For the Non-Believers I give you this gift.
Post by: Doctor_K on December 24, 2012, 12:03:04 PM
I believe in Christmas.  lol

And basically it's Yule/Festivus/Saturnalia that we're more interested in, but we're calling it Christmas in our house.

Is it possible to be agnostic and celebrate Christmas? 

The "K"'s do it. :)
Title: Re: For the Non-Believers I give you this gift.
Post by: Doctor_K on December 24, 2012, 01:34:51 PM
That link is blocked, so I have no clue as to its content or message.

My point is, we don't celebrate christmas for the religiosity, we celebrate it because we enjoy the time of year, enjoy giving and receiving gifts, spending time with each other, etc.

If that makes it Festivus or Yule, then so be it.

We still call it Christmas.

'Cause it's easier to say than Festivus.   lol
Title: Re: For the Non-Believers I give you this gift.
Post by: Dog Walker on December 24, 2012, 04:18:11 PM
Religious or not, humans have a need for celebration and remembrance.  There are and have been seasonal holidays as well as celebrations and commemorations of birth, death, coming of age, marriage in every culture and for all of history.  It's just part of what we are as social animals.
Title: Re: For the Non-Believers I give you this gift.
Post by: urbanlibertarian on December 25, 2012, 10:26:45 AM
Here's a very cool thing going on that kinda has that Christmas spirit:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Lp-NMaU0r8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Lp-NMaU0r8)
Title: Re: For the Non-Believers I give you this gift.
Post by: Non-RedNeck Westsider on December 25, 2012, 11:33:43 AM
http://www.youtube.com/v/c8g4Ztf7hIM?hl