Christmas for Athiests

Christmas has been a largely secular holiday for sometime.   And it has been a pagan holiday for much longer than that.

The Christians co-opted it to help convert pagans who didn't want to miss out on their winter solstice merriments.  

Celebrating Christmas with trees, lights, stockings, Santas, and shit is not an endorsement of the Christian mythos.

I have these really cool mellow Indian folks as my Motel owners, that I love & trust so much.

They all wear sandals and the Mrs. has a green thumb and parrots.

They must love me too or I would be in the dumpster..

There is an inner peace & serenity in every thing they do, it rubs off.

I bought .94 candles & a 12 dollar Persian rug ~

May the Inner Peace be with you too Blue-Light ~

Sweet “Look at me!” Thread, Seamonster. Happy Holidays to Zoners out there. Whether you’re an atheist, pagan, satanist or a religious freak, you have all been desperately seeking attention, trying to sell me your agendas and telling me how self righteous and awesome you were in 2018. Hope ya’ll find whatever it is your looking for while here. 

Love and Respect.

What are your immediate plans?, now that you sought attention.

Curious? 

Happy just another day, friends

Timpane is having the whitest Christmas ever because he's a fucking honky ass cracker from crackerland. 

Did Chris Cringle Wee Wee is someone's egg nog already?

Its 3pm there.

While I might be a polyathiest (there's many gods I don't believe in), that didn't stop me from making twice baked taters for tomorrow!  Made up a cheese sauce with heavy cream, butter, and 1/2 and 1/2, then added swiss, parmesan, american, and sharp white cheddar.  Next, lots of sour cream, garlic, green onions, and lots of crispy bacon!  I have faith that it'll be delicious with the prime rib tomorrow!  Keeping the culinary faith!  Hope everyone has a wonderful passage of time! 

Lol, Slack! That’s a late run at post of the year for sure. Love and Respect, Slacker.

You pasty ass white boy!

Although I've no Horse in the "Atheist"  race,  I did not run into Timpane or Slacker at the recent WEEN show,  Philadelphia PA.

Those "WEEN" folks got to tour the Globe by practicing all day and being Good Spellers.  "A-T-H-E-I-S-T"  not that illiterate way.

AND,  Beautiful Stuffed Clams there Mr. Druba.

I guess they are Luscious.

Mollusk ??

Nice taters Druba.

Does your recipe require a 5 pound bag?

I used 4 huge bakers...   just improvised the rest.  Did smashed taters for Thanksgiving, and au gratin for my bday roast in Oct.  A roast a month with tater sides, guess it's been a pretty decent fall, hope you have a wonderful Christmas Bluelight.  

Comes A Time, Think It Over, Peace too All.

>> Christmas has been a largely secular holiday for sometime.   And it has been a pagan holiday for much longer than that.

The Christians co-opted it to help convert pagans who didn't want to miss out on their winter solstice merriments.  

Celebrating Christmas with trees, lights, stockings, Santas, and shit is not an endorsement of the Christian mythos.

Well said.

Merry Christmas,  ya'll.  Have a great day.

Calling Christians bat shit crazy on Christmas Eve.

Keepin' it classy as always, but apparently that's what people who have it all  figured out do.

Hi Thom! Merry Xmas baby! Remember, if you have your health and family around, you have it all, too! And I know you have it all figured out. Love, Hillary.

Is Thom offended?

Poor Thom.

The fact that your cult is one of the larger ones does not make it any less of a cult.

This reminder brought to you by The Church of Latter Day Saints. Have we got a story for you!?!

It ought not be a national holiday, nor should there be a national Christmas tree, IMO.

Didn't realize stachexchange.com also had a "law component", have only been familiar with it re: coding ...

https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/6045/how-is-christmas-status-as-...

I find it interesting how many essentially argue the intersection of religious beliefs on this particular day is essentially "happenstance", nor is the government compelling people to do anything religious.

Why even flirt with it?  Or is the "wall of separation" not a good idea?

>>>>Calling Christians bat shit crazy on Christmas Eve

The crazy peaks at Christmas and Easter

I got a number 24 Giants Jersey.

The fact that so many otherwise semi-intelligent people believe in that bullshit blows me away.  What ever happened to critical thinking?  I figured it out at 12 yrs old.

https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/578959/shaman-santa/

The fact that your cult is one of the larger ones does not make it any less of a cult.

This reminder brought to you by The Church of Latter Day Saints.

is...is thom mormon? learning that thom is mormon would be the best christmas gift i got all year.

on xmas, i take just as much issue with the commercialism as i do the religious aspects, so everyone i know knows that i do not want gifts and i do not buy anybody gifts except for my best friends small children. i make a massive super nice dinner for my family and close friends the day after christmas and that's it. for me its really just an excuse to get a big group together and cook food for them.

I doubt Thom is Mormon.

But Mormonism is great illustration of batshit-crazy dogma.

Also, while a huge cult, it's relatively small.

Small enough that people who believe a dead guy walked out of a cave will call "bullshit" on that Golden Plates business.  Cuz, y'know, faith.

Sorry, I missed the psychodrama of the holidaze due to the psychodrama of the holidaze. But this seems applicable...

https://youtu.be/lFWA1A9XFi8

I missed this thread as well.  My christmas has nothing to do with christ. 

I have a friend that was 'No tv, No christmas, no.....'   Until he had kids.