All you hear is Merry Christmas. You turn around and your getting cut off on the road or pushed around at the store (example walmart parking lot). Take for instance during my last trip to walmart. There was a pickup truck parked sideways taking up 2 spots. You know the type truck lifted with duck stickers. As I was leaving, the owner walked up to the truck wearing the duck dynasty getup looking like the latest hillbilly.
Have you watched the Christmas specials made in the last 20 years. Most of the popular ones talk about Santa or buying stuff but nothing about what Christmas is supposed to be about.
Does anyone even remember why we celebrate Christmas?
"Christians celebrate Christmas because it commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ. Some people celebrate because everyone else is doing it and view it as the season for intimate gatherings and gift giving even without religious conviction. Others celebrate Christmas because it is a family tradition."
(Ask.com)
Interesting answer. So apparently there are a certain number of people that celebrate Christmas just
- Why people buy crap for people that they don't really like. It is just something that is done in their circle of friends. Which makes the stores crowded. It also explains the crappy Christmas music that is piped into the stores. They are only playing into this tradition thing.
- Rude and inconsiderate attitudes and actions when in public. These people are actually pissed off that it is Christmas and they have to act a certain way.
- The Christmas charity of food. I guess that the poor do not get hungry any other time of the year.
- How we see Christmas crap being pushed in the stores earlier each and every year. This year I saw the joy-tide crap before Halloween (my favorite holiday)
That time period that starts just after Thanksgiving and is finally over by December 25th must be the most aggravating and annoying time of the year. Is there a place that has no Christmas? Perhaps in the Middle east? Not really a viable option given the state of affairs in that part of the world.
Should I convert to Islam?
"Muslim believe in the virgin birth of Jesus, as prophet of God. Muslims do not celebrate Christmas since it’s not a religious holiday according to Islam. Christmas day to Muslims is like any normal working day."
Sounds perfect. Where do I sign up.
A quick search on Google reveals:
"To convert to Islam and become a Muslim a person needs to pronounce the below testimony with conviction and understanding its meaning:
I testify “La ilah illa Allah, Muhammad rasoolu Allah.”
The translation of which is:
“I testify that there is no true god (deity) but God (Allah), and that Muhammad is a Messenger (Prophet) of God.”
To hear it click here
When someone pronounces the testimony with conviction, then he/she has become a Muslim." (ref www.islamreligion.com)
Ah crap, I have a problem with the language.
I think we have been sold a sack of shit
I was told that there was a Christmas spirit, that we celebrated the birth of Jesus. What is really happening is that in our materialist piece of the world, the holiday has morphed into something else. It has become a tradition of a spending frenzy starting on "Black Friday", only being perpetuated by the growth of the internet. As well as being fueled by Corporate advertising and the dumbing down of our school system.
Perhaps we need to take a deep look into our current existence. Where is this path leading us? More importantly what path have you chosen? As far as I am concerned I chose to continue to be cynical.
I only have one question for everyone: If everyone was jumping off a cliff, would you follow?
Religion is but myth and superstition, it hardens hearts and enslaves minds.
Religion is but myth and superstition, it hardens hearts and enslaves minds.
