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Why do Westerns force christmass on others

Servant_of_the_One1

Well-Known Member
For example they know u are muslim or buddhist or whatever and still they tell u: merry christmass.
Well i dont want to be the badguy so i just say: happy days to u.
I avoid mentioning christmass.


Imagine i say to non-muslim: happy eid day(eid mubarak).

He must be like: what the hell man, iam not muslim.
 

Kirran

Premium Member
If someone says Eid Mubarak to me I say thanks, you too.

Many people celebrate Christmas as a cultural rather than religious festival, or in addition to its religious aspects.
 

Servant_of_the_One1

Well-Known Member
If someone says Eid Mubarak to me I say thanks, you too.

Many people celebrate Christmas as a cultural rather than religious festival, or in addition to its religious aspects.

People thinks different about christmass/eid. Its associated with religion.


But why should someone say to me happy christmass? I dont believe Jesus is divine or that he is part of trinity? Or that he died for our sins?

Also why should someone say to u happy eid? U dont believe in Allah and so on.....
 

columbus

yawn <ignore> yawn
Imagine i say to non-muslim: happy eid day(eid mubarak).

He must be like: what the hell man, iam not muslim.
Wouldn't be to me. More like "That's cool. What is it?"
Some people from every cultural are annoyingly superior about it. Westerners don't have any monopoly on it.
Tom
 

Saint Frankenstein

Wanderer From Afar
Premium Member
People thinks different about christmass/eid. Its associated with religion.


But why should someone say to me happy christmass? I dont believe Jesus is divine or that he is part of trinity? Or that he died for our sins?

Also why should someone say to u happy eid? U dont believe in Allah and so on.....
You really don't understand this whole being social thing, do you?
 

Watchmen

Well-Known Member
Premium Member
People thinks different about christmass/eid. Its associated with religion.


But why should someone say to me happy christmass? I dont believe Jesus is divine or that he is part of trinity? Or that he died for our sins?

Also why should someone say to u happy eid? U dont believe in Allah and so on.....
Wrong. It's become a very cultural thing.
 

metis

aged ecumenical anthropologist
For example they know u are muslim or buddhist or whatever and still they tell u: merry christmass.
Well i dont want to be the badguy so i just say: happy days to u.
I avoid mentioning christmass.


Imagine i say to non-muslim: happy eid day(eid mubarak).

He must be like: what the hell man, iam not muslim.
As a Jew, I'm not offended by that, but sometimes I'll respond back with a "Happy Hanukkah" and then watch the confused expression on their face.
 

Servant_of_the_One1

Well-Known Member
I don't see what that has to do with the topic.


It's a cultural thing and leave it at that.

What kind of christian are u who dismisses the clear religiousity of christmass?

Just watch tv. U see lots of priests. Churches are full.

Which is all nice. I respect people following their own religion.


Imagine i say to hindu: happy eid adha.
 

jeager106

Learning more about Jehovah.
Premium Member
My uncle Wilbur was a fundamentalist lay minister and NEVER
celebrated Christmas as a religious holiday but as a National
holiday.
He never believed Jesus was born in December ( he wasn't) and uncle
placed no religious significance on the holiday.
My mother was a Jehovah's Witness so did not celebrate Christmas
either.
Dad did and loved it so we kids got goodies.
Mom celebrated right with dad but lied about it at the Kingdom Hall.
Most confusing for us kids.
Dec. 25 has nothing to do with Christ's birth and the ancient Jews
NEVER celebrated a birth date.
Approx time of conception was the significant "date" to track age for
the ancient Jews.
I could be wrong about that but don't think I am.
 

Servant_of_the_One1

Well-Known Member
My uncle Wilbur was a fundamentalist lay minister and NEVER
celebrated Christmas as a religious holiday but as a National
holiday.
He never believed Jesus was born in December ( he wasn't) and uncle
placed no religious significance on the holiday.
My mother was a Jehovah's Witness so did not celebrate Christmas
either.
Dad did and loved it so we kids got goodies.
Mom celebrated right with dad but lied about it at the Kingdom Hall.
Most confusing for us kids.
Dec. 25 has nothing to do with Christ's birth and the ancient Jews
NEVER celebrated a birth date.
Approx time of conception was the significant "date" to track age for
the ancient Jews.
I could be wrong about that but don't think I am.


Real birthday of Jesus was in the summer
 

Saint Frankenstein

Wanderer From Afar
Premium Member
What kind of christian are u who dismisses the clear religiousity of christmass?

Just watch tv. U see lots of priests. Churches are full.

Which is all nice. I respect people following their own religion.


Imagine i say to hindu: happy eid adha.
I'm not a Christian. I don't recall seeing priests on TV during Christmas.

I don't see why the Hindu would be upset.
 

jeager106

Learning more about Jehovah.
Premium Member
Although most Christians celebrate December 25 as the birthday of Jesus Christ, few in the first two Christian centuries claimed any knowledge of the exact day or year in which he was born. The oldest existing record of a Christmas celebration is found in a Roman almanac that tells of a Christ’s Nativity festival led by the church of Rome in 336 A.D. The precise reason why Christmas came to be celebrated on December 25 remains obscure, but most researchers believe that Christmas originated as a Christian substitute for pagan celebrations of the winter solstice.

Christ is born? - Dec 25, 6 - HISTORY.com


Interesting what?

We have the date all wrong but try and change it now!
 
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