X-mas Has Become a Favorite Holiday of the Wicked Unsaved
Tragically, nearly all of the people celebrating Christmas aren't even saved. Most of the people observing the Christmas season don't even know the Lord as their personal Saviour. It is wicked! Even the atheists celebrate Christmas by renaming it "X-MAS." How wicked!!! "Independence Day" is much longer than "Christmas," yet no one ever calls it "X-Day." "Thanksgiving" is much longer than "Christmas," yet we never call it "X-giving." Why is it that out of all the holidays in America, the ONLY place where people feel compelled to place an "X" is over our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. It is blatant evil. If you are reading this article and love the Lord Jesus, make sure to speak aloud to any business that displays the godless term "x-mas." No sir, it is Christmas.
When a wicked world has no problem celebrating a professed "Christian" holiday, something is VERY WRONG! If it weren't for Santa Claus, reindeers, mistletoe, sparkling ornaments, tinsel, and a bunch of meaningless silly songs...the heathen world would abandon Christmas like a hot-potato. So do you think that God Almighty is pleased with a holiday that practically EXCLUDES Jesus Christ? No way! God hates Christmas.
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Join together 'neath the mistletoe,
Ring out these bells.
God hates Christmas, does he Dave?
He probably gets crap presents. But what *do* you give to the God who has everything?
And who already knows what he's getting anyway.
Omniscience must take the fun out of it.
The word XMAS comes from the Old English Cristes Maesse (1038 AD) meaning The Mass of Christ.
The Catholics celebrate a mass, so the term might be considered Catholic and we all know they aren't real xtians
Even the atheists celebrate Christmas by renaming it "X-MAS.""
I actually call it Christmas, X-mas doesn't really sound right.
""Independence Day" is much longer than "Christmas," yet no one ever calls it "X-Day.""
'X' is the greek 'Chi' letter, the first part of "Christmas".
"the ONLY place where people feel compelled to place an "X" is over our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ."
That is exactly it, because "X" is the first Greek letter of his last name! FHS
TLDR:
Learn Greek / the history of your religion!
"God hates Christmas"
That the best you can do, David J. Spewart? It was you Christians who hijacked pagan winter festivals to start with, therefore you should be hating YOURSELVES.
We're calling it 'Xmas'? Try and stop us.
Dave, just loves the word 'wicked', doesn't he? Bet it gets him all wet.
"Most of the people observing the Christmas season don't even know the Lord as their personal Saviour."
That would be me, because I celebrate Hanukkah.
And there is no 'Christmas season'. Christmas is one day, celebrated on Dec 25. The only 'season' is a bunch of holidays, religious and secular, that tend to be clustered in a similar timeframe.
X's have represented 'Christ' and 'Christianity' for a loooooooong time, hon. Hey, it even kinda looks like a crucifix. Well, at least the kind that actually existed, though not your Charlton Heston kind.
When Oliver Cromwell established the Protectorate in England in 1653, it was a much a religious revolution as it was political. Cromwell and the victorious Parliamentarians belonged to the protestant religous sect known as the Puritans.
The Puritans were so named becuase of their attempts to "purify" the Christian church by adopting more basic forms of worship. And among their chief targets was anything that could be tied to the practices of the Roman Catholic Church -- and, by extension the Anglican, or Church of England.
Including the celebration of Christmas.http://www.holidayfires.com/cromwellbans.php
Driven by Puritan notions of religious purity, in 1647 Parliament banned the celebration of Christmas. Gone were such pagan ideas as Christmas Trees, feasting, caroling, and decorations (and, indeed, they were borrowed from Pagan winter celebrations) . Nativity scenes were banned as the worship of idols. Indeed, even the word Christmas was frowned upon as taking the Lord's name in vain.
"Even the atheists celebrate Christmas by renaming it "X-MAS." How wicked!!! "Independence Day" is much longer than "Christmas," yet no one ever calls it "X-Day." "Thanksgiving" is much longer than "Christmas," yet we never call it "X-giving." Why is it that out of all the holidays in America, the ONLY place where people feel compelled to place an "X" is over our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. It is blatant evil. If you are reading this article and love the Lord Jesus, make sure to speak aloud to any business that displays the godless term "x-mas." No sir, it is Christmas."
You drooling fucking idiot. "X" is shorthand for "Christ" you jackass. And it's a fucking Christian invented shorthand.
Learn some damned thing, will ya?
"When a wicked world has no problem celebrating a professed "Christian" holiday, something is VERY WRONG! If it weren't for Santa Claus, reindeers, mistletoe, sparkling ornaments, tinsel, and a bunch of meaningless silly songs...the heathen world would abandon Christmas like a hot-potato. So do you think that God Almighty is pleased with a holiday that practically EXCLUDES Jesus Christ? No way! God hates Christmas."
I'm sure he does, seeing as it's nothing but a stolen pagan festival and all.
If it weren't for Santa Claus, reindeers, mistletoe, sparkling ornaments, tinsel, and a bunch of meaningless silly songs...the heathen world would abandon Christmas like a hot-potato.
Yeah, 'cuz it's just so-o-o-o borderline. I mean, take away Santa Claus, reindeers, mistletoe, sparkling ornaments, tinsel and a bunch of meaningless silly songs, and sure, the heathens would just flock to commemorate with abject solemnity the putative birthday of a religious figure they don't believe in. I wonder whose bright idea it was to attract the heathens in the first place by linking up with a festival which might involve such bright and celebratory elements as Santa Claus, reindeers, mistletoe, sparkling ornaments, tinsel, and a bunch of meaningless silly songs? Hmm...
PS: At least Christmas carols usually make some sense. How many laypeople can understand hymns in Latin? Hell, even English hymns written so long ago that pronunciations have shifted so much that whole sections have trouble rhyming or scanning... Those sound pretty meaningless and silly to me.
How wicked!!! "Independence Day" is much longer than "Christmas," yet no one ever calls it "X-Day."
That's because nobody says or writes the words "Independence Day" anywhere near as often as "Christmas" - you don't abbreviate words and phrases that are rarely used, you abbreviate the ones that are horribly overused.
"God Hates Christmas"?
Somebody call Fred Phelps, maybe we can get him and Dave fighting each other over the "God Hates ___" copyright/trademark/whatever.
Also, great big lawl at his misunderstanding of the spelling "Xmas", and attempt to apply the "X" to Thanksgiving ("Turkey-Day") and Independence Day (Anyone remember that movie, often abbreviated "ID4"?).
I still feel that people who place huge importance on the Jesus aspect of Christmas are completely missing the point. Even if you're a big Jesus fan, surely it's the moral stuff which he supposedly imparted to people which takes priority over his existence? Isn't all the corny loving-and-giving stuff that Christmas specials tell us about that which we should be focusing on, whether we believe in Jesus or not?
Yeah, I'm an atheist who celebrates Christmas. It's fun!
Using the letter X (or rather, the Greek letter Chi) to represent "Christ" goes back many centuries. In some manuscripts, "Christus" was abreviated "Xus."
It has nothing to do with the English connotations of the letter X, which predominately arose from the MPAA Rating Code for movies.
So god's like Scrooge - all Bah Humbug etc???
Seriously what would an omnipotent omniscient omnieverything being care about his 'only begotten' son having a day named after the traditional shortening of his title?
David J is probably one of those who has the symbol of a fish on his car and knows nought about what it means.
X = Cross.
Thus, X is a useful shorthand for "cross" or "Christ" when those words don't fit on your sign.
If you're upset about "X-mas," then why don't you complain about "RR X-ING" signs?
Biggest mistake in the English language was to name the season after a religious character. It's not an issue in other languages the same way it is in English. Of course, the result is that retarded fundies gets all worked up, huffing and puffing each year.
Because Jesus wasn't born that day, it's just a bastardization of an old pagan holiday.
Christians should shut up and make their own "Christ Day" if they want.
He is right, if all the fun stuff was taken out of Christmas we wouldn't celebrate it, it would be just like the average Sunday.
Um...David...according to most scholars, jesus was born sometime during the spring, not in the winter. December 25 was chosen as the day to celebrate jesus' birth for in order to convert the pagans to christianity. December 25 is the day celebrated as the birth of Mithras, a Roman god who closely resembles jesus of nazareth, which is one place where the christians stole their christ myth. Also, December 22-23 is the pagan celebration of Yule. The only holidays christians have are the ones they stole from the pagans. You have no right to tell people they can't celebrate a pagan holiday stolen by the christians. So STFU and deal with it, you fucking thief.
Christmas is the Winter Solstice, aka Yule. You took the holiday and added Jesus's birthday. That's all. We have every right to celebrate the day as you do, we just don't observe it as Jesus' birthday. It's a day of being with family, giving and receiving. Now, shut up and eat fruit cake.
Well, if you don't believe all the other posts about the origin of your "X" how about heathens - it goes with your tree.
X is the letter pronounced "Gebo" and typically has the meaning of the gift that must be given, many rune poem interpretations associate it with the money that must be paid to the family if you kill a member of that family. (Heathen life insurance?) In other uses it can be that which you have that you must gift away - knowledge, shelter, and gifts to your arseholed inlaws.
Add in that the tree is typically thought of as a heathen tradition as well and I believe you sir, have some learning to do.
You do realize, of course, that X is an early Christian symbol for Christ. Oh, wait. You're a fundy, you pobably can't find the USA on a map of North America.
When a wicked world has no problem celebrating a professed "Christian" holiday
Christmas in NOT a christian holiday. It's a pagan holiday.
So do you think that God Almighty is pleased with a holiday that practically EXCLUDES Jesus Christ?
Who cares what your god thinks? Christmas was not his holiday anyway.
Someone's jealous because Santa didn't bring them the bike they wanted.
God hates Christmas
ergo, I must be God
Oh the power, the beautiful, beautiful power. I'm a-gonna smite me some fundies!
@Princess Rot: Actually, I'm pretty sure he hates himself, too.
I was gonna call Poe until I noticed it was our old buddy DJ.
@ JDC1 Actually, that was my first thought, the whole not good enough to die like his savior... but I realized if you actually told a fundie that, his head would explode and it would be messy. I figured to stick with yuletide history because I hate to clean up after that.
In the first few centuries AD "X" or the chi, the first letter of the word "Christ" was used as a stand in for the word Christ or the phrase "Jesus Christ". And most knew of this and the church and Christian leaders approved (as they used it in their own writings).
So by saying Xmas we atheists are, ironically enough, keeping the "Christ" in Christmas.
But in other news, I am pleased to know that God hates Christmas. Can the pagans have their holiday back and can you all Christians kindly shove off with all your whining now?
We had our store's annual party this past weekend, and for the first time they called it the "Holiday Party" instead of the christmas party. The fundy I work with refused to go because jebus wasn't invited. CostCo using "Holiday" in all their advertising is giving him conniptions. Today he was apoplectic over the Muzak because it's all Rudolph, Santa Claus, Honey It's Cold Outside - no jeezus boohoo.
Oh, it's a lovely thing to watch.
"And there is no 'Christmas season'. Christmas is one day"
Just to be pedantic - it is a season, and therare 12 days of it, up to Epiphany...
Remember that partridge in a pear tree etc? ;-) Dec 25th is the FIRST day of Christmas.
To you, I shall say the same I said to my teacher in primary school:
The 'X' is the nearest latin letter to the Greek letter 'X', pronounced 'chi'.
And despite the fact that the main celebrations of Christmas have nothing to do with Jesus Christ, many cities and towns (in the UK, at least) have nativity scenes as part of their Christmas decorations.
I'm an atheist, and I go to church on Christmas Eve!
"Independence Day" is much longer than "Christmas," yet no one ever calls it "X-Day."
No, they shorten it by calling it the Fourth of July, poop-for-brains.
anyone want to explain the X to this person ? I would have expected a christian to know this.
perhaps we could mention that Santa is from Saint Nicholas, the greek guy in 10th century (?) who gave away gifts ?
shame on the solstice worshippers, its not like christians stole one of your holy days is it ? ... oh wait ...
the op might ask why atheists seem to know the bible and its history better than they do.
The Bible commands us to take care of the widows, orphans and strangers. But evil minds will steal, kill and destroy, often in the name of religion, be it Christianity, Buddhism or other religion. Christianity is a loving religion. The Bible says that God is love. Not so with natural and carnal man. Many claim to be Christians and yet live according to their own minds and hearts, unchanged by religion. Greedy men will steal and defraud, whether they are Christian or observe any other religion. They will often disguise their evil deeds by claiming that God told them to do it. Many will take advantage of their power and position to take what is not theirs and then let others believe that it was God or religion that caused it. Falsely blaming God and Christianity does not change the truth of the existence and pre-eminence of God. God is still God. Truth is still truth. Truth does not require that you believe it or that most believe it. It just continues being true. You can reject it, lie about it, fight it and ignore it. It just goes on being truth. Truth is not changed by people that twist it and use it to the disadvantage of other people, Hawaiian or otherwise. Blaming Christianity or its God, ignoring it, following other religions and gods or rejecting it doesn’t change it either. Either Christianity is true or it is un-true. To all atheists and people in general stop blaming God and religion!
Whassamatter, Davey-boy? The Guam branch of Wal-Mart won't employ you to be their Xmas Grotto's Santa Claus anymore - nor will any department store on that island - because of your conviction for paedophilia, is that what you're really saying...?
[/Doug Piranha-levels of sarcasm]
Hmmm most atheist worship apes. I guess, that's your God. How sad is that? I worship Jesus, aka God in the flesh. Not a friggen ape. You atheist religion is a church without Christ. You guys should really read some Flannery O' Connor sometime. She mocks you atheist calling you "GONGA" worshippers. hahahahaha and as Flannery would quote, "You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you odd.”
"One of the tendencies of our age is to use the suffering ot children to discredit the goodness of God, and once you have discredited his goodness, you are done with HIM."
It was a pagan holiday long before it became a Christian holiday, stupid.
You have the answer yourself; what does Santa Claus, reindeers, mistletoe, sparkling ornaments and tinsel have to do with the birth of Christ? Nothing!
We call it Jul, it's one of Sweden's two favourite yearly festivities. The other is in midsummer, when we dance around a phallic symbol covered in birch-twigs and flowers, get drunk on shots of vodka and have sex in the bushes. (OK, perhaps not the last bit...)
Christmas is a stolen holiday anyways.
I celebrate Saturnalia. its a great celebration where you get together to drink, party, and exchange gifts with friends and family. My, doesn't that sound familiar?... the best part is, my family doesn't realize im celebrating a different holiday than they are, because they happen at the same time!
END CHRISTMAS! KEEP THE SATURN IN SATURNALIA!
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"@familyguyisformindlessdrones
One reason why I prefer anime. Even "Family Guy" & "American Dad" have become like "The Simpsons", a la "The Flintstones": Samey and repetitive*.
Even from "Shrek II", it started becoming the very thing the first film set out to do: parody Disney films/fairytales etc.
*- Not as bad as, say, "Scooby Doo" (*spit *), but one can cover only certain scenario permutations before they start becoming boring. It was "Father of the Pride" that made me stop watching "The Simpsons", as it ultimately spoiled such for me, in terms of satire.
* insert Jesus facepalm here *
ahh, YES , Santa is a heathen god ! all hail Saint Nicholas... oh wait ...
perhaps the X means something other than what you think ? perhaps its greek meaning Christ, or its honoring the X-Men, you decide.
Do you really belive Jesus was born in December ? oddly coincidental with the winter solstice and pagan festival days.
Ummm...God is GOD, not Scrooge or you! You must have some serious arrogance to believe that you can speak for God! Now go back into your corner and grumble "Bah, humbug!" to yourself, Scrooge!
“Tragically, nearly all of the people celebrating Christmas aren't even saved.”
“Even the atheists celebrate Christmas by renaming it "X-MAS."”
“How wicked!!!”
“Why is it that out of all the holidays in America, the ONLY place where people feel compelled to place an "X" is over our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.”
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