Your support makes Blue Moon possible (Patreon)I'll provide first-person insight into why some non-Christians such as myself hold feelings of dislike toward Christmas:
As was mentioned above, all the advertising angers me. With the advertising comes peer pressure and I get crap from people like "What are you going to get your friends for Christmas?" to which I reply calmly "Nothing, as I do not celebrate Christmas due to my affiliation with a different religion." To that, I have found a few things ensue: I either have people act like they are taking pity on me, they try to convert me, or sentence me to eternal damnation. Pitying someone because they hold different faith is irritating as heck. It is also annoying that when I am simply going to the store for milk and trying to be converted. It is also aggravating to be sentenced to eternal damnation just because I believe differently.
In the Bible, it says that God created the heavens, the Earth, and all life. It also states to love ALL of God's creations. Why are most Christians anti-gay then? Why is it I cannot even do my job without religious harassment?
Another flaw I would like to add that my ranting reminded me of is what I call "Christian Justification". A basic summary is: It is alright for you to sin, and to do so over and over because you are Christian, whereas if I violate YOUR moral code ONCE, I am going to hell for eternity.
When the vast majority of the Christian faith wants to quit sitting around with the maturity and racism of a middle-school southern farmer and actually view people through LOGICAL eyes, then your holidays might get more respect from me.
One other (unrelated) point: The Pledge of Allegiance is by law not allowed in public school. The two words, "Under God" promotes a monotheistic religion in a government owned facility which directly violates the establishment clause of the 1st amendment in the Bill of Rights.
Anyone who I may have offended by this, I do not mean for you to be offended at all. I'm just stating as I see things.
-Solbane
As was mentioned above, all the advertising angers me. With the advertising comes peer pressure and I get crap from people like "What are you going to get your friends for Christmas?" to which I reply calmly "Nothing, as I do not celebrate Christmas due to my affiliation with a different religion." To that, I have found a few things ensue: I either have people act like they are taking pity on me, they try to convert me, or sentence me to eternal damnation. Pitying someone because they hold different faith is irritating as heck. It is also annoying that when I am simply going to the store for milk and trying to be converted. It is also aggravating to be sentenced to eternal damnation just because I believe differently.
In the Bible, it says that God created the heavens, the Earth, and all life. It also states to love ALL of God's creations. Why are most Christians anti-gay then? Why is it I cannot even do my job without religious harassment?
Another flaw I would like to add that my ranting reminded me of is what I call "Christian Justification". A basic summary is: It is alright for you to sin, and to do so over and over because you are Christian, whereas if I violate YOUR moral code ONCE, I am going to hell for eternity.
When the vast majority of the Christian faith wants to quit sitting around with the maturity and racism of a middle-school southern farmer and actually view people through LOGICAL eyes, then your holidays might get more respect from me.
One other (unrelated) point: The Pledge of Allegiance is by law not allowed in public school. The two words, "Under God" promotes a monotheistic religion in a government owned facility which directly violates the establishment clause of the 1st amendment in the Bill of Rights.
Anyone who I may have offended by this, I do not mean for you to be offended at all. I'm just stating as I see things.
-Solbane
