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[amblinx1138]

I’ve never understood why an Atheist or an Agnostic would want to walk around with an ipod they got for "Christmas."

The whole “well, I celebrate the gift giving aspect of Christmas” just doesn’t cut it for me.

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[emmerz87]

when someone you love gives you a gift i think it might offend them a little to tell them u cant accept it because you dont celebrate their holiday. i dont expect people to get me gifts, but i also cant force them not to. and personally, i think you should just focus on celebrating the birth of jesus and not worry about what all the atheists and agnostics are doing. just be happy that the holiday is getting non-christians to get together with their loved ones and be happy and exchange gifts.

[emmerz87]

o and if you think that ur friends are deciding early on in life that their atheist. i think its absurd that the catholic church makes kids confirm thier belief in christianity at the age of 13.

[amblinx1138]

Emily, the Catholic church doesn't "make" you do anything. You have free will to do what you please. It's your parents that made you go to church, and your parents that expected you to walk through all the sacrements. It is of no suprise to me that you want nothing to do with the Catholic church or religion, because you feel it was forced upon you and crammed down your throat. You never wished to embrace anything it had to offer because it must have always felt like a chore to you, rather than spiritual enlightenment. Furthermore, its just another reminder of your parents oppression. All religions are ultimately created and organized by man and are subject to his errors and imperfections. I can't stand half the things the Catholic church does myself, but religion and faith as you already know are seperate

[amblinx1138]

"when someone you love gives you a gift i think it might offend them a little to tell them u cant accept it because you dont celebrate their holiday

[emmerz87]

well when u think about it, during the christmas season: the radio starts playing christmas songs, stores have sales and decorate themselves, people have christmas parties(even when they arent christian), we get work and school off, almost every business is shut down on christmas eve and christmas day, etc. this stuff affects everyone, no matter what their religious background is. christmas has become way more than just the celebration of the birth of jesus. that even kind of disgusts me but thats the way it is. its now part of our culture and it is an incredibly hard task to get away from it no matter how much u want to.

[amblinx1138]

That's all very true....but it detracts little from the contradiction.