2007-11-29 09:40:45 · 34 answers · asked by Gruntled Employee 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Offend, no. Annoy, yes.
But that has more to do with me dealing with Asperger Syndrome than my atheism. Imagine going through everything day to day normally, then for one month, everyone around you for some reason loses their mind and starts decorating, singing, and otherwise changes how things are done.
And then, just as inexplicably, after that month, they stop. And for eleven months, everything runs smoothly... only for everyone to go insane again for a month at the end of those eleven months.
Major interruption of routine, very bad for folks with autistic spectrum neurologies.
2007-11-29 09:48:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
As an atheist I am not offended, I respect their right to believe as much as I adhere to mine not to.
What does offend me is the motive behind putting them in shopping malls and starting the whole Christmas thing so early...it is to put people in the mood to shop. I know Christmas is supposed to be a time of giving, but I don't think it's meant to be about being subliminally and overtly coerced into giving all our money to the major retailers. Sure, it means some people get a chance to make some extra wages at that time of the year, but it also dramatically increases the profits of the retailers, which benefits very few except the corporation. In places like shopping malls, most of the businesses are big names, smaller independent businesses can't afford the rent in such prime retailing positions. The large corporations don't get into the Christmas spirit generally, by giving large chunks of those profits to the communities they have taken them from.
2007-11-29 11:37:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
haha not any more then the annoy other peeople
see its about what todays society has become now christmas has been taken away from its christian and jewish roots and is now more about a time of peace and a time of giving
also we live in a PC world wich has become ridicoulous the lengths we go through to not offend anyone is ridiculous just honestly think about how far we go to not offend any one
moist racial slurs arnt used in racist ways anymore and have lost most of there meaning
a mall got in trouble because it had a christmas tree up and not a mahnorah(sp??) so they had to put one up or take down a tree this has been happening for 2006 years why all of a sudden change it???
2007-11-29 09:47:13 · answer #3 · answered by T 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
i have not heard any Christmas song or Carols, yet after I went paying for the day before immediately, 2 of the supermarkets and one posh shop had Christmas goodies out. can not we get Hallow e'en and guy Fawkes nighttime out of how first? i appreciate Christmas, yet even this is basically too early for me!
2016-10-25 04:58:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a christmas atheist, - I don't believe in santa, so yes it does offend me that they play all these santa orientated carols.
2007-11-29 19:49:35 · answer #5 · answered by Sporadic 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not at all. I love Christmas. I just don't sit around with my family saying how great Jesus is and retelling the Bible story of Christ's birth. But I love the songs, I love the season, and I love the presents (both given and received).
2007-11-29 09:52:07 · answer #6 · answered by sacredvanity 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not at all - why should they offend me? I love some of them - my favourites are "Suo Gan" - a Welsh carol, and "he Boar's Head Carol". Music is lovely, religion is a farce. And anyway, I love christmas.
2007-11-29 10:12:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
offend, no, annoy, yes. and mostly because 95% of the people singing them are dead. Can't you guys get some new music??
Little drummer boy was played 13 times in one shift in the store where I work, a week ago. Too much!!
2007-11-29 09:47:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Why would they? The mentions of Jesus? If religion in art bothered me at all, I wouldn't think "Ave Maria" was a beautiful song, or that the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel was a masterpiece.
2007-11-29 09:46:29 · answer #9 · answered by Mr. Saturday 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Actually, I've always been a big fan of Christmas music. I listen to it even when it's not Christmas, sometimes.
2007-11-29 09:47:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋