it's a celebration that a protestant cult - one that would have been burned at the stake if it had originated in the Catholic part of Europe - managed to keep from starving to death thanks not to the help of God, but to some natives who would later all be killed off by said protestant cultists.
Sorry, am I being too cynical here?
2007-11-22 00:21:59 · 14 answers · asked by Brendan G 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The "cult" was getting away from the Anglican church in England.
I celebrate Thanksgiving (I was raised Roman Catholic) for the food and wine.
2007-11-22 00:26:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Thanksgiving is a Federal Holiday originating with President Abraham Lincoln and signed into law by Congress in 1864.
Therefore, regardless of whatever other origins it may have (both real and imagined) I as a Catholic American have every right to celebrate Thanksgiving with my friends and family.
Are you from Seattle or something because, yes, you are being far too cynical.
2007-11-22 05:50:38 · answer #2 · answered by Daver 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hey, even our Protestant brothers and sisters come up with a good tradition without a biblical basis once in a while.
Remember the Puritans left England to evade persecution from the Church of England not the Catholic Church.
Happy Thanksgiving!
With love in Christ.
2007-11-25 16:56:56 · answer #3 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're probably being cynical, but then the origins of the holiday have been over-romanticized, too (at least they were in the past, but I notice it's been toned down a bit in the last couple of decades).
At any rate, it's not a religious holiday, so as a Catholic I have no qualms about observing it. Happy Thanksgiving to you in whatever way you celebrate!
2007-11-22 02:40:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's an American tradition not a religious one. It's also an official Holiday in the United States. Some American Catholics choose to follow it.
2007-11-25 20:31:00 · answer #5 · answered by Big Dawg 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well the Pilgrims came to the USA and they gave thanks with the Indians for having a good year of crops. And I believe they ate turkey or something such. Thus most Americans celebrate this holiday despite their religion. I am a Christian/Catholic and we celebrate Thanksgiving. I see nothing wrong with this. Maybe it was just how I was raised. I don't know...okay well hope that answered it ;p - Michelle
2007-11-22 00:28:17 · answer #6 · answered by gurl 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
More of a historic vacation with devout undertones. It is celebrating the early interval of European cost within the Americas while the Puritans have shyed away from hunger with the aid of neighboring local Americans. They celebrated with a rapid adopted by means of a dinner party, which the natives had been invited to. The occasion didnt final for lengthy after which was once forgotten for a couple of centuries till it was once revived within the 1860s by means of the sixteenth US president, Abraham Lincoln. It was once performed within the core of the US Civil War to spice up peoples morales.
2016-09-05 11:45:15 · answer #7 · answered by stults 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most 2nd graders know that our country never cared about our relations with the native indians... to me this day is just an excuse to get the whole family together and eat. Will your god punish you for wanting to be with your family? Dosen't he cherish that?
And yes, yes, we atheists celebrate Thanksgiving, it is not and has never been a religous holiday. And even if it was our family celebrates it, and we do not shun ourselves away from family gatherings just because their religous ones.
2007-11-22 00:30:19 · answer #8 · answered by Stingirl04 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Thanksgiving is a purely USian Kultcha thingy; Catholics, nor any other strain of xian, elsewhere in the world celebrate any such thing.
2007-11-22 06:29:36 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thank you for your question as I need to research the history of the holiday, since its always good to know your history. I celebrate it, though, to offer simple thanksgiving to God for everything in my life. It's a time for family to come together and make memories. What could possibly be wrong with that?
2007-11-22 00:29:10 · answer #10 · answered by Danny H 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋