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Keep Christ in Christmas: For or Against
For
73%
 73%  [ 34 ]
Against
26%
 26%  [ 12 ]
Total Votes : 46

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byndrsn
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 Post Posted: Thursday Oct 05, 2006 
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Okay folks, this poll (and the other nine like it) are being done because of a political discussion that is being held in the General Discussion section of RockPage.

Let us know your stance!!!

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 Post Posted: Thursday Oct 05, 2006 
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For

Christmas is a Christain holiday (though technically it was originally a pagan holiday, but I digress).
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 Post Posted: Monday Oct 09, 2006 
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For Christmas.


Against Santa.
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 Post Posted: Monday Oct 09, 2006 
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bassist_25 wrote:
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Christmas is a Christain holiday (though technically it was originally a pagan holiday, but I digress).


Technically, wasn't Christ born around March as well?


Interesting thought for the religious people out there:

Annogram for Santa: Satan.
Santa's main purpose? Making Christmas about gifts and diluting the true meaning of the Christian holiday, which is quite the satanic act.

Of course, this does not confuse Santa with the real St. Nicholas, who actually did give gifts to children and did a lot for spreading good amongst people.
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 Post Posted: Monday Oct 09, 2006 
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Punkinhead wrote:

Technically, wasn't Christ born around March as well?




Yeah, I think you may be right. Also, it's believed that it actually took the three wise men a couple of months travel to reach Bethlehem.
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 Post Posted: Monday Oct 09, 2006 
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Neutral. Most people don't even think of it as Christmas, just X-Mas, so what the hell. Rolling Eyes
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 Post Posted: Monday Oct 09, 2006 
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Until about 120 years ago (out of 2000 Christmases), it was just a holy day, no gifts, no nothing. Now it's just a consumer-spending aphrodisiac. I enjoy giving people gifts, but it gets to be too much, and I know kids who flat-out expect to be lavished upon.
The whole keep-Christ-in-Christmas thing was big on talk radio last year... it's a surefire way to play to the Conservative/Elderly/Religious base. I'd rather keep-funding-in-public-schools. Bah humjob.------>JMS
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 Post Posted: Wednesday Oct 11, 2006 
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this shouldnt even be a debate!! are people REALLY that stupid?!??! i wanst aware that people even wanted to change the word. how SAD.
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 Post Posted: Friday Oct 27, 2006 
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When Jesus was born is actually unknown. For many years it was believed that it was
in August some time but there seems to be an idea that it was late-September now.

It was moved to the end of December because there were other holidays at that time.
Even now, you can go different places and celebrate Christmas on different days (Orthodox
Christmas is in January).

Originally, in Puritan times and prior, it was teated as just another day because the idea was
that EVERY day was to be celebrated as God's day. Anything ostentatious was heretical.

Christmas today is a commercial endeavour, nothing more. I am agnostic (Grew up Southern Baptist) but have Christian friends who believe that the "Christ" factor needs to
be removed from the holiday because it's offensive that "His" name is being used to sell
and that most people who defend the religious aspect have no idea, and take no part, in
it's celebration.
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 Post Posted: Friday Oct 27, 2006 
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I think I remember one of my friends (who is rather large into paganism and the like) tell me that Christmas (December 25) is actually a Pagan holiday...That doesn't explain why it's set then but, well this was already said so this post is just one more to my count.
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 Post Posted: Friday Oct 27, 2006 
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Punkinhead,

Yer right, Dec. 24th/25th was a Pagan holiday (Some astronomers believe it used to be one of the shortest days of the year so held meaning). Also,
since Christianity is so heavily-based in Judaism, who celebrate Haunauka... in whatever way you want to spell it...at about the same time, it made sense for early Christian leaders to place the holiday there.

Easier to convert some people if they see less chenge in their lives and
don't want to be the only ones on their dirt street NOT celebrating.

Is really interesting how many Pagan rituals influenced Christmas (The
Christmas tree! How pine trees and egg-laying rabbits worked their way
into the two biggest Christian holidays is truly God's greatest miracle! Made THOSE PR moves work? DANG, THAT'S POWER! Not mockin', just
levity).
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 Post Posted: Thursday Mar 08, 2007 
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december 22nd is the winter solstice. Perhaps it has moved a few days in 2000 years though?
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 Post Posted: Thursday Mar 08, 2007 
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Summer= solstice
Winter=Equinox I think, though I may be totally full of shit.
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 Post Posted: Friday Mar 09, 2007 
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sol·stice /ˈsɒlstɪs, ˈsoʊl-/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[sol-stis, sohl-] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun 1. Astronomy. a. either of the two times a year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator: about June 21, when the sun reaches its northernmost point on the celestial sphere, or about December 22, when it reaches its southernmost point. Compare summer solstice, winter solstice.


e·qui·nox /ˈikwəˌnɒks, ˈɛkwə-/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[ee-kwuh-noks, ek-wuh-] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun 1. the time when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator, making night and day of approximately equal length all over the earth and occurring about March 21 (vernal equinox or spring equinox) and September 22 (autumnal equinox).
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 Post Posted: Friday Mar 09, 2007 
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Yeah, totally full of shit. Thanks for clearing that up. Embarassed
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 Post Posted: Wednesday Mar 14, 2007 
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maybe its all hype and bullshit. maybe not.

It makes more ppl happy than depressed. It gives me and my brother and our lovely ladies a reason to drink beer, eat well, give unto each other, and hang out together.

I say do what U want in your own heart. Only u know how u feel about YOUR god and his disciples.
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 Post Posted: Sunday Sep 02, 2007 
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[Yeah, I think you may be right. Also, it's believed that it actually took the three wise men a couple of months travel to reach Bethlehem.[/quote]



accually it took the 3 wise men 3 years to find jesus.
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