How come atheists enjoy gingerbread cookies and sugarplums at Christmas when they don’t believe in Jesus? Isn’t this hypocritical.
2007-12-04 04:07:03 · 22 answers · asked by Jason J 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Vishal:
Thank you for getting it. I to am sick of these questions so I thought I would post the most inane one I could to see responses. Funny very few got the joke.
2007-12-04 04:12:47 · update #1
Heretic:
I am one of the crazy christians but I do have a sense of humor and an open mind. I know there are few of us out there that can laugh at ourselves and not fly off the handle. I posted a similar one about Chrisitans and candy canes but no one on that side got it.
2007-12-04 04:29:18 · update #2
No, it's not hypocritical.
I hope this is a parody of the infinite parade of "why do atheists celebrate Christmas" questions.
If so, it's funny. (If not, I still find it funny.)
2007-12-04 04:10:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 1⤋
I'm glad to see that we've got a few Christmas question parodies afloat...but I think you need to be blatantly obvious with these jokes when it isn't clear from your avatar and/or screenname what your religious affiliation is. Because, honestly, I could actually picture one of those kwazy Kwistians posting this question in sincerity (despite the fact that is intentionally ridiculous...most theists are unintentionally as ridiculous, if not more...).
Anyway...gingerbread cookies are only for those saved in Christ. The same goes for egg nog. Any one who is damned to spend eternity in hellfire cannot partake of such delicious treats. So sayeth the Lord, and it twas done.
2007-12-04 12:19:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The bowl of petunias only thought to itself, "Oh no, not again!"
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In answer to your question, just because Christ and Christmas share the same prefix does not make them related. Christmas is a pagan celebration of the winter solstice. Christ was not born in December. They are different holidays.
2007-12-04 12:12:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Why do Christians enjoy Christmas when it's in fact a stolen and bastardized Germanic Pagan holiday?
*glug*
Damnit, I had no idea this was a friggin' joke question. I see the question so much I don't even think that it could possibly be a joke anymore. Whoops.
2007-12-04 12:14:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm an Atheists , and for me Christmas is not a celebration of the birth of Christ ,but a time in which my family come together and show our love and appreciation of each other. Some of my family members do not share the same opinion but we all agree its a time of year to cherish loved ones and celebrate life , I think that is the case regardless of your religious beliefs
2007-12-04 12:19:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hmm, time to "dress up" the egg nogs around here.
I don't celebrate Xmas, but the last time I ate gingerbread cookies, that was a school "winter solstice" when I was 5.
2007-12-04 12:12:49 · answer #6 · answered by Quonx. 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Gingerbread and sugarplums....
What would Jesus eat?
2007-12-04 12:19:18 · answer #7 · answered by thezaylady 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope, come on who can pass up free gifts and getting rid of all of your old junk. I just stir clear of Aunt Betsy's deadly fruitcake surprise and for me my dad's weed brownies and I get to call people I don't like ho's and I am all good.
2007-12-04 12:23:01 · answer #8 · answered by calmlikeatimebomb 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First, tell me what gingerbread and sugarplums have to do with your god.
It was a Pagan holiday first, hun. Aren't YOU being hypocritical?
2007-12-04 12:11:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
The same could be said for Christians who celebrate the birth of Christ by decorating a tree and contributing to the mass consumerism of the season.
2007-12-04 12:11:16 · answer #10 · answered by *Cara* 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Why are so many people asking this same question today? Does wording the same question a bit differently than the last person who asked it really make it any different?
2007-12-04 12:12:06 · answer #11 · answered by Crystal clear 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋