What i think about Christmas and the hate against it by other religions, Agreed?

Question

ok, Heres what i think. apparently, i heard somethin about some vandalism or something to some christmas decorations. now what im pissed off about. is that Jews and Muslims and other religions, who were all mad that people said Merry Christmas. and Demanded it be something like Happy holidays. infact, christmas was changed by them too! Christmas is the Birthday of Jesus Christ, but those ,in my opinion, greedy other religions, demanded so many changes, we got some fat guy who leaves presents for good kids and coal for bad kids and eats billions of cookies and billions of cups of milk on christmas night and flys around on a sleigh with reindeer who magicly run in the air and one of em has a shiny red nose, where the hell did Santa, Frosty, Rudolph, and Elves come from?? what do they have to do with the birth of Jesus? NOTHING! So this hate i heard about to christmas, i say Shut up and if you got a problem with it, go and say your terms for it, shut up about Christmas.

Go ahead and say Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, Merry Bodhi day. Im sick of the complaining, If thats what you believe, go ahead and say it, just look what was created because of "No! im not going around having to see Merry christmas everywhere!" well too bad Christianity is the largest religion in the world, put up with it. i dont care if you go around sayin your holidays, just whats with the surpression on ours? Agreed?

what a coincidence that Jesus was born that day, look the point is. Even though it was changed to happy holidays, even though christmas was changed because other religions were mad about it. there is still problems, not gonna be happy until we change the name or something? thats what im mad about

bein this is a question, if someone could explain why after they demanded so many changes, they STILL have problems with christmas

people dont get it, ill sumerize it here. Im mad about the fact that even though other religions complained and complained and demanded changes to Christmas, look if they dont want to hear Merry Christmas, i never want to hear Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, or anything else. thats pretty much it, i dont get why people still have problems with Christmas even though they ask all these changes

just got some details from this site

http://www.truechristian.org/are_you_a_t_c/christmas.htm

ive heard alot about it being the birthdate of jesus, but still, its still a christian holiday now. what is other religions problems with it? deal with it, its not like we say to surpress YOUR holidays

Answer 1

Considering that Christmas really has nothing to do with the birth of Christ, or Christianity, why are you ranting. Check out what I'm saying. The Christians just gave it a new name. They adopted the holiday that is originally from Pagans. As far as Santa and the reindeer and the elves and the sleigh rides, I've never taught my children to believe in such lies, because if I lied to them about that, then they may just think that I would lie to them about God. I don't celebrate the holidays because of their origins. Try reading Exodus 32:4-10

Answer 2

And I care? What is your ranting going to change?

Maybe the Santa version of Christmas isn't your holiday. People still easily go off and celebrate that day in the way that it is meaningful to them. So what about what anyone else does, forget em'. I mean, the religious version and other things, including the fight over the words Christmas or Holiday, hasn't stopped my family from doing our non religious celebrating. Ours is focused on our family and all that good stuff, not a thing has changed that.


Edit: From my perspective, I never saw it as anyone wanting the words Merry Christmas out, I always clearly saw it was others being totally opposed to the words Happy Holidays/Season's Greetings. Which is stupid, as it still means "Holy Days" and includes everyone. Only wanting one term is selfish. Anger at a freakin greeting should not be your focus during the Holiday/Christmas season. Do yourself a favor and focus on the part that matters to you with the people who matter.

Answer 3

Someone said once that ignorance is the original and only sin, for ages it's been the cause for all human miseries specially for every single animosity among every religious sets. Our religious quarrels should be a laughing matter for every civilized people. By this 21irst century it should be apparent there's only one religion expresed in a differnt maner by each cult, and that subjection in some tradition to hate another faith could only be additions inserted by malicious and fanatic. We should be aware the word Christ and Christmas was not in use in Jesus time, that is due to the greek translation. Jesus Birthday is only a simbol, a metaphore, we should pursue it true meaning and not be so worked out about it. What really is been celebrated is an spiritual event that eventually will come to every living soul. Jesus is not the only one who ocupies such an special place around December 25th. Others Birthdays diserves equal consideration for they have the same meaning, birthdays like Buda's, Horus, Osiris, Hercules, Dionisio, Adonis and many others.

Answer 4

Actually, Nicholas is a Christian saint. That's why Santa is called Saint Nicholas.

Other than that - there is no evidence that Jesus was born on December 25th. In fact, most Christians will contend that he wasn't.

Furthermore, the Christians stole the holiday from the Pagans in order to overshadow and snuff out their religious celebration of the winter solstice. And, they succeeded for many years. Now, they are getting some of their own back.

I don't care if you say Merry Christmas or not. But you really should get your facts straight.

Answer 5

The best celebration of Jesus and Christmas would be to adopt the same kind of Unconditional Love for all of Jesus' brothers and sisters. This would mean not making God/Jesus small by thinking that vandalism or secular elements in Christianity somehow can affect the nature of the day. When we concentrate on taking issue with things like Santa Claus, we miss the point that anytime love and community are fostered, Christmas is celebrated. This means that secular elements are just as celebratory of Christmas as religious ones; it's the love underneat that's important.

Answer 6

These are some phrases non-Christians consider "hate questions and answers"............ 1) You will go to hell. 2) I'll pray for you. 3) You must repent. 4) It's a choice. 5) I don't condone the behavior. 6) Love the sinner, hate the sin. 7) It's an abomination 8) Jesus said................ Regardless of intent, the above phrases are full of hatred, bigotry and fear. Each phrase is a judgment, and that is the ONLY intent. Other than maybe a few more phrases, I think this should pretty much fix the problem.

Answer 7

Dear Friend:
I don't know any Jewish or Muslim people who complain about Christmas. The only people I see making legal issues of these are activists trying to make a political statement. It is not in the name of any other religion, although "secular culture" is usually blamed. But certainly not other religions.

I find it offensive when such activists or advocates "assume" they speak on behalf of Buddhists, Hindus, etc., when in fact all the Buddhists I know are tolerant of other religions and have no issue with the practice of prayer or Christmas traditions.

Please do not falsely blame religions for any of what is happening.

The only cause I can see, is that this is a reactionary "backlash" against the perceived "imposition" of Christian culture -- where the past sins, hypocrisy and genocides committed in the name of religion are suddenly being confronted, collectively, in American culture which has the modern means of communication needed to hash out all these old battlewounds carried in the human spirit with no means of release until now.

The very people who cannot forgive are the ones leading the backlash. It is just the "anger" phase in the grief cycle, so it too shall pass. When these people feel vindicated to the same degree they have suffered or sympathized with others rejected, abused, misjudged or excluded by Christians of the past, they will move on to the next stages of resolution and making peace with those they so opposed.

Children go through the same "rebellious" phase as teens learning to be independent adults; often it is after they finish maturing do they go back and appreciate their parents, and establish mutual respect as equal adults.

Let the opponents of Christmas resolve their issues and be done with it. But please do not blame or confuse with true believers of other faiths who do not compete or fight for respect in this way, but who wisely practice equal respect for the faith and traditions of others.

Yours truly,
Emily Nghiem

Answer 8

Yes, the American Christians are the most persecuted people on earth! Oddly enough, the minority seems to overwhelm the majority in this case. I'm embarrassed to see this kind of childish whining on an international forum. What on earth does the rest of the world think of us?

Maybe someday you'll really have something to worry about, like life and death. Get over it!
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Answer 9

I have an idea......
How about everyone that only want specific greeting given to them, wear a screen printed T-shirt with said greetings. That way, we know how not to offend you.
Now, if you choose not to wear one of these, we can not be held accountable for not being able to read your minds.

Answer 10

When people don't respect the traditions of other religions what do you expect...what goes around comes around.