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Thanx and / or same to you.
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How do you react to religious greetings?
- Thread starter Tarheeler
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I always respond with "you too!". Even if I don't celebrate the holiday. I have no idea why.
Actually a pretty safe reply in terms of 'doing the right thing' because if they are wishing you a happy whatever... it's important to them, so why not wish them a good whatever they get down to
Poisonshady313
Well-Known Member
I do that too.
If a Christian knows well enough to wish me a Happy Chanukah, I'll return it with a Merry Christmas.
Those folks who wear pins saying "wish me a merry Christmas" or 'it's ok to say merry Christmas" make me uneasy.
When I worked at a bookstore, unless I personally knew the customer, I would say "have a nice day" during the month of December.
Those are the sorts of people I'd be tempted to wish a happy Sol Invictus to just to rile them up a bit.
IsmailaGodHasHeard
Well-Known Member
I react with gratitude.
Me Myself
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I generaly respond with the same, but because I am in no particular religion, and I do think any day that is seemed as sacred is sacred, then I don´t feel like I am cheating on any ideology
A genuine "Thanks" seems proper enough, if it feel uncomfortable to yo to return the merry christmass, and a "great day to you too!" wouldn´t seem off to me.
A genuine "Thanks" seems proper enough, if it feel uncomfortable to yo to return the merry christmass, and a "great day to you too!" wouldn´t seem off to me.
Me Myself
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Those are the sorts of people I'd be tempted to wish a happy Sol Invictus to just to rile them up a bit.
You should totally do that
Those are the sorts of people I'd be tempted to wish a happy Sol Invictus to just to rile them up a bit.
"Have a thoughtful Resurrection Sunday!"
2 Corinthians 2
14Now thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and reveals through us the sweet aroma of his knowledge in every place. 15For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God, in those who are saved, and in those who perish; 16to the one a stench from death to death; to the other a sweet aroma from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things? 17For we are not as so many, peddling the word of God. But as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, we speak in Christ.---World English Bible
Oh, Happy Columbus Day, with of course apologies to any native Americans viewing this.:sorry1:
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DreadFish
Cosmic Vagabond
I dont get taken aback by Merry Christmas or Happy Easter because those might as well be non religious holidays as they are religions, (seein as both are on the same day as a pagan holiday as well).
I get taken aback when my step brother says "God bless you", partly just because I think he's doing it with the intention of wanting God to guide me back in the right direction, so it feels awkward. Otherwise, id doesnt bother me, and I can wish the same back to whomever wishes it to me.
I simply do not wish anything to anybody really. I just encourage them to "take it easy." That is after all, the main teaching of the disciplines I follow (Zen, Dzogchen).
I get taken aback when my step brother says "God bless you", partly just because I think he's doing it with the intention of wanting God to guide me back in the right direction, so it feels awkward. Otherwise, id doesnt bother me, and I can wish the same back to whomever wishes it to me.
I simply do not wish anything to anybody really. I just encourage them to "take it easy." That is after all, the main teaching of the disciplines I follow (Zen, Dzogchen).
Gaura Priya
IRL
I generally reply with whatever holiday it is. Canada is also pretty secular, so they are generally removed from their religious beginnings.
That being said, I'm so stoked for Dipavali, and looking forward to our annual temple's Govardhana Puja!
That being said, I'm so stoked for Dipavali, and looking forward to our annual temple's Govardhana Puja!
Caladan
Agnostic Pantheist
My wife and I send Christmas greeting cards to family, friends and colleagues.
I certainly don't plan to declare a cultural war on holidays which have been celebrated for-ever, secular or otherwise.
How is "have a blessed day" inherently religious? I'm not quite seeing it.
As 9-10ths Penguin pointed out earlier, some Christian holidays have become rather secularized in America, notably Christmas and to a lesser extent Easter. However, if you celebrate neither the religious nor the secularized variety, it's sort of awkward.
That said, it would seriously make my day if for once in my life someone wished me "Happy X" where "X" is a religious holiday I actually celebrate.
As 9-10ths Penguin pointed out earlier, some Christian holidays have become rather secularized in America, notably Christmas and to a lesser extent Easter. However, if you celebrate neither the religious nor the secularized variety, it's sort of awkward.
That said, it would seriously make my day if for once in my life someone wished me "Happy X" where "X" is a religious holiday I actually celebrate.
uh, Easter?
Draka
Wonder Woman
You'd be safer throwing out Lent, Advent, Ash Wednesday, and the like. Easter and Christmas are the ones people most connect with Pagan holidays. It's a little more difficult to claim Maundy Thursday or Ash Wednesday are directly connected with a Pagan holiday.
Kilgore Trout
Misanthropic Humanist
I say either "thanks, you too," or ignore them, depending on whether it's a chick with a nice rear, or somebody else.
Draka
Wonder Woman
Let's admit, we're all so used to hearing "Merry Christmas" that having it said to us isn't really a surprise or anything to balk at. However, if a stranger were to greet you with "Happy Hanukkah" or "Have a Blessed Yule" or "Happy Diwali" most people, at least in the US, would hesitate. You know, I think I'm going to have to try that actually. Just randomly say "Have a Blessed Yule" to a complete stranger and see how they react.