The holiday is a pain in the backside and needs to be ignored as best as possible.It’s just another way of forcing religion down your throat.If you want to celebrate, fine,but stop forcing others to join in and stop insulting those who just wish to be left alone.I don’t believe in your myths and I’m haven’t indoctrinated as an endless consumer,you couldn’t pay me enough to stand outside Walmart at 3am
To quote Sgt. Hulka, “Lighten up Francis!” It’s the season of joy and goodwill-the opportunity to treat your fellow human beings with dignity and respect, no matter what your religious or non-religious beliefs.
No, JAD, I’m talking about that Jewish kid whose actual birthdate is unknown, but which is celebrated on December 25th for no reason whatsoever (other than that was the date that had been established as Mithras’ birthday for, oh, over a thousand years previously).
It seems worthwhile that folks “talk out” the inevitable conflicts between earnest beliefs and patient tolerance. I detect some progress, or at least clarity, just on this page now.
You never know who’s got it worse than our very diverse nation. At least we’re trying.
Just this weekend Switzerland decided to ban construction of minarets (by referendum vote, 57% to 43%, which of course the news media consider a landslide). There are 400,000 Muslims in that nation of 7 million, and most of them aren’t very religious (in the whole country there are only about 150 mosques and prayer rooms, and only 4 existing minarets and 2 proposed ones). Yet the populace got so scared of “terrorism” and “extremists”, with a lot of help from scare-tactic advertising, that they decided the best defense against bombings is to ban the minaret.
That’s sure to make all those secular and moderate Muslims a tad edgier, wouldn’t you say? Just what nobody wants.
There’s simply no logic to this kind of judgmentalism.
I’m glad we live in a country where we accept that one doesn’t take majority votes on what others can believe. I wish we would stop voting on each others’ marriages and pants-sag and bedtimes and symbols and so on, too.
FUNG1 over 14 years ago
The holiday is “CHRISTMAS!” AND; it is not about decorations!
someone_different over 14 years ago
The holiday is a pain in the backside and needs to be ignored as best as possible.It’s just another way of forcing religion down your throat.If you want to celebrate, fine,but stop forcing others to join in and stop insulting those who just wish to be left alone.I don’t believe in your myths and I’m haven’t indoctrinated as an endless consumer,you couldn’t pay me enough to stand outside Walmart at 3am
Joan32 over 14 years ago
Dr.Toon: Amen!
fritzoid Premium Member over 14 years ago
Happy Dies Natalis Solis Invictus, the Birthday of the Unconquerable Sun!
Celebrated on December 25th, to commemorate the births solar god-heroes Mithras and Elagabalus…
Oh, later on they added that other guy, too…
Trebor39 over 14 years ago
And that other guy is also a good guy. But let’s take his name off the celebration of his birth and just keep referring to it as Xmas.
Momchops over 14 years ago
To quote Sgt. Hulka, “Lighten up Francis!” It’s the season of joy and goodwill-the opportunity to treat your fellow human beings with dignity and respect, no matter what your religious or non-religious beliefs.
hookedoncomics over 14 years ago
Hooray Momchops!!!! Who ever said you can’t celebrate the holiday season without having to deal with religion? Its not written.
fritzoid Premium Member over 14 years ago
No, JAD, I’m talking about that Jewish kid whose actual birthdate is unknown, but which is celebrated on December 25th for no reason whatsoever (other than that was the date that had been established as Mithras’ birthday for, oh, over a thousand years previously).
avonsalis over 14 years ago
It seems worthwhile that folks “talk out” the inevitable conflicts between earnest beliefs and patient tolerance. I detect some progress, or at least clarity, just on this page now.
You never know who’s got it worse than our very diverse nation. At least we’re trying.
Just this weekend Switzerland decided to ban construction of minarets (by referendum vote, 57% to 43%, which of course the news media consider a landslide). There are 400,000 Muslims in that nation of 7 million, and most of them aren’t very religious (in the whole country there are only about 150 mosques and prayer rooms, and only 4 existing minarets and 2 proposed ones). Yet the populace got so scared of “terrorism” and “extremists”, with a lot of help from scare-tactic advertising, that they decided the best defense against bombings is to ban the minaret.
That’s sure to make all those secular and moderate Muslims a tad edgier, wouldn’t you say? Just what nobody wants.
There’s simply no logic to this kind of judgmentalism. I’m glad we live in a country where we accept that one doesn’t take majority votes on what others can believe. I wish we would stop voting on each others’ marriages and pants-sag and bedtimes and symbols and so on, too.