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(12-14-2011, 09:44 AM)Twitchin Kitten Wrote: I agree. The holiday has to be toned down again. They started before halloween this year with the commercials and store displays. It's insane.
The atheists are bitching because they want a happy winter solstice display in some states. If they are atheists, what do they celebrate that they want a display? Winter Solstice pray and celebrates the gifts the "gods" gave from the earth, no?
One you organize to your cause, IMO you now "believe" in something. All my life I knew athiests and not one of them were offended by Christmas. They just didn't believe and went about their business. Now it's business to take that away from those who celebrate. The kill-joys need to throw every excuse in the world why it's not truly Christmas and it was stolen from one thing or another as well. Is it that hard to ignore, really? I laugh when I hear those who are really adamant about it start talking about the gifts they buy for each other, the tree they put up, or how their kids enjoy it. Why are you doing exactly what you don't believe in?
Joan, this is all about rebellion, not atheism. These groups are out to stick it to Christians because a) Mommy and Daddy made me go to church and I didn't want to, b) I worship the State, and want to make a 'Heaven on Earth' instead, c) nobody should be that self-assured, so I am going to be the opposite, d) I hate any form of higher authority, e)If I don't believe in all that rot, I don't have to follow the moral code it preaches, etc, etc..............................
There's also a certain thrill in forcing the overwhelming majority to kowtow to a tiny minority such as themselves. Sticking it to the Man has its appeals. After all, everyone has the right to be offended, and let others know you are offended.
Real nonbelievers tend to mind their own business, go by the title of agnostic, and follow a "live and let live" philosophy.