Let's take Christ back out of Christmas

[jobycom]

I mean, there's nothing in the Bible about Christmas, it was obviously not the day Jesus was born, and it was a perfectly good pagan holy day before the Christians took it over. In fact, the early Christians began celebrating Christmas on Winter's Solstice just so they wouldn't be spotted as Christians. Christians were iffy in legal terms, so they had to hide their identity.

This created two basic problems: One, they couldn't celebrate their own holy days, or they would stand out, and two, they couldn't avoid pagan celebrations, or they would stand out. So they did what any good underground movement would do-- they pretended they were celebrating the pagan holy days, but gave the significance to their Gods instead.

This had one added benefit. In Rome, pagans worshipped whatever gods they felt they should honor-- usually believing all of these gods were metaphor more than literal being. Most Romans saw the gods as personifications of virtues, and many pagans who worshipped Jesus saw him this way, as well-- from a pagan perspective. But Christians were one of the very few religions that claimed there were no other gods, and therefore forbade its followers from worshipping other gods. Thus, by holding Christian celebrations on the holy days of other gods, Christians who were still basically pagan at heart couldn't worship their other dieties. It helped strengthen the whole idea of monotheism.

So let's take Christ back out of Christmas, and let Christians celebrate Jesus's birth in July or June, when the Bible says it was. There's no more need for Christians to hide in the closet, they can openly celebrate their faith, abandon the crass commercialism that has cheapened the religious significance of their holiday, and not have to cringe when others say "Happy Holidays." And it ends the whole nativity scene controversy. We can keep Christmas as a secular holiday, rename it something more commercial, like "Final End of the Year Blow Out Credit Card Bash!" and make everyone happy.

Standard disclaimer: Meant as lighthearted tomfoolery, not meant as denigration of anyone's beliefs, and I apologize to any credit card holders I might have offended.

[trof]

1. We'll just call it "Mas".

I like it.
Merry Mas.
;-)

[jeff30997]

2. Isn't Mas short for masturbation ?

[jobycom]

3. Meaning "More" in Spanish!

Perfect. Merry Mas! Spend Mas! Eat Mas! Love Mas!

Works for me!

[el_gato]

4. sounds good to me, btw here's a pic of some good christians

[jobycom]

6. Ah, yes, and he was a teatotaller and faithful to his wife. The perfect

Republican leader, eh?

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

5. Xmas n/t