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Didn't say you were, but there are some who do seem to want to hammer on the "Easter is Pagan" and "Christmas is Pagan" thing over and over. As if some people don't know the origins of certain traditions at all or should just drop the holidays because of an association. It's one thing to want to believe as you wish, however there are many who seem to think that everyone should also believe as they do and don't want to afford that freedom to others.
I'm still wondering about the "contempt" comment.
Who me?
If you show contempt for other points of view, poster, you will get no respect for your own, will you.
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We revenge you
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No, from Villager.
I'm still waiting on an answer from him as to what he meant by me having contempt.
It is not unchristlike to wish someone a Merry Christmas or something like that. I do that all the time and I will not stop. If someone does not like it, they can say "No thank you."I am a Christian and I live in an area with a rather large Jewish and Muslim population (yes, right here in east Texas).
I personally celebrate Christmas and Easter, as well as Ash Wednesday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Palm Sunday, All Saints Day, Christmas vigil, Easter vigil, etc. and I love those holy days.
However, I know that they have no religious significance to many other people in my community. Therefore I usually stick with Happy Holidays (Holy Days is what that means, anyway) and go from there. If I know they are Jewish or Muslim or something else, and I realize they are celebrating some sort of holiday, I try to be sure to mention it and wish them well -even send a card to closer friends.
Why be abrasive? I don't hide my faith, but I don't feel it's Christ like to shove it down the throats of others either.
It is not unchristlike to wish someone a Merry Christmas or something like that. I do that all the time and I will not stop. If someone does not like it, they can say "No thank you."
Somebody did. 'Christmas' and 'Easter', as well as 'Ash Wednesday', 'Maundy Thursday', 'Good Friday', 'Palm Sunday', 'All Saints Day', 'Christmas vigil', 'Easter vigil', etc. would not exist but for mass shoving down throats. On pain of severe penalties, at times. So how does the not so Christ-like nature of shoving and coercion square with the existence of these religious observances?I don't feel it's Christ like to shove it down the throats of others either.
Coercion is illegal, these days, so that is'nt saying much, if anything. But when 'Christmas' and 'Easter', as well as 'Ash Wednesday', 'Maundy Thursday', 'Good Friday', 'Palm Sunday', 'All Saints Day', 'Christmas vigil', 'Easter vigil', etc. were devised, non-attendance at their observation was often illegal- and that, in the view of most people, is unChrist-like. So how did the observances of Christ arise from the unChrist-like?When I celebrate these holy days with my family and friends, no one is forced or coerced in any way.
Source please.Somebody did. 'Christmas' and 'Easter', as well as 'Ash Wednesday', 'Maundy Thursday', 'Good Friday', 'Palm Sunday', 'All Saints Day', 'Christmas vigil', 'Easter vigil', etc. would not exist but for mass shoving down throats. On pain of severe penalties, at times. So how does the not so Christ-like nature of shoving and coercion square with the existence of these religious observances?
Source please.
I wonder if I will be ignored for asking for his source....I was thinking of asking for his proof as well, but as he doesn't respond to me anymore :ignore: I figured it would be useless.
I wonder if I will be ignored for asking for his source....
Coercion is illegal, these days, so that is'nt saying much, if anything. But when 'Christmas' and 'Easter', as well as 'Ash Wednesday', 'Maundy Thursday', 'Good Friday', 'Palm Sunday', 'All Saints Day', 'Christmas vigil', 'Easter vigil', etc. were devised, non-attendance at their observation was often illegal- and that, in the view of most people, is unChrist-like. So how did the observances of Christ arise from the unChrist-like?