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  1. 12-14-2005, 05:03 AM #1
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    Let's play What are the Religious groups mad at THIS month!

    I assume most of you have heard about the recent 'controversy' over department stores replacing 'Merry Christmas' with 'Happy Holidays'. Also, most public services must now say 'Happy Holidays' or name things 'Holiday trees' instead of 'Christmas Trees'.

    Religious groups are complaining that this is either damaging the 'moral fabric' of society or that it's been used for so long it won't hurt anyone saying it.
    However, if words don't hurt anyone, why are they so uptight about people saying Happy Holidays?

    Are people over-reacting? Are the religious groups being to sensitive to this? Or do you think it's fair that we should include all religiouns in one simple and easy saying?
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    To hell with everybody really. If you want to say something really, whether happy holidays or merry xmas, I dont give a rats ass. If you want it a certain way, change it. If you cant change it, change your attitude. Dont complain.
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    'Holiday trees'
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    I'm not entirely sure what the fuss is all about, to be honest. As far as I can tell, Christmas itself is the celebration of the birth of christ according to the Christian relegion. Why shouldn't it be "Merry Christmas"? I don't recall Sikh's being made to say "Happy Holidays!" During Diwali, or other similar things. So yeah. It's pretty much beyond me.
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  5. 12-14-2005, 05:22 AM #5
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    Wasn't it said though that Jesus was actually born in April.. not December.. that Xmas is actually a pagan holiday or something?

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    There's an official federal holiday named "Christmas." Every single store in the nation has Christmas sales. Many non-religious people celebrate Christmas in the US (I celebrate it and I'm an atheist). I think it should just be simply "Merry Christmas" simply because it isn't a religious holiday - although religious people are free to celebrate it as one. The rest of the nation doesn't have to.

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    Wasn't it said though that Jesus was actually born in April.. not December.. that Xmas is actually a pagan holiday or something?
    Most Christian holidays are based off of pagan holidays, such as Easter. Bunnies and eggs were the symbols of the common pagan spring celebration of fertility.
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    Though so...

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    Quote Originally Posted by yingyang
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    Well, I'm a Christian and I don't really care about the whole "happy holidays" thing to be "politically correct" or whatever. As for calling things that obviously pretain to Christmas "Holiday" whatevers, well, that just seems stupid to me. If you're not celebrating Christmas, why the heck are you buying a Christmas tree?
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    Quote Originally Posted by yingyang
    I assume most of you have heard about the recent 'controversy' over department stores replacing 'Merry Christmas' with 'Happy Holidays'. Also, most public services must now say 'Happy Holidays' or name things 'Holiday trees' instead of 'Christmas Trees'.

    Religious groups are complaining that this is either damaging the 'moral fabric' of society or that it's been used for so long it won't hurt anyone saying it.
    However, if words don't hurt anyone, why are they so uptight about people saying Happy Holidays?

    Are people over-reacting? Are the religious groups being to sensitive to this? Or do you think it's fair that we should include all religiouns in one simple and easy saying?
    It is an important holiday.... I hope the people who changed it to that, dies soon.
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    It's the biggest holiday in well basically a christian society. GET OVER IT. there's gonna be christmas stuff places. people need to stfu.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Leeza
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    quoted for truth. Although I'd probably feel differently if I had been raised Jewish, Muslim, or Hindu, but as a Christian-turned-atheist, I really can't say that I mind.

    That said, the "War on Christmas" spin from the right is beyond retarded.


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    Some religious groups sux.
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