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View Poll Results: Should Christmas decorations be allowed and put in public places?
Yes 185 78.72%
No 23 9.79%
Only if other religious holidays symbols are put 27 11.49%
Voters: 235. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 11-20-2012, 01:19 PM
 
Location: New York metropolitan area
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Christmas is a holiday celebrating consumerism.
Well us Christians purchase gifts, and shop for Christmas. So you cannot shop for a holiday?!

 
Old 11-20-2012, 01:28 PM
 
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Well us Christians purchase gifts, and shop for Christmas. So you cannot shop for a holiday?!
Where did Jesus tell you to spend inordinate amounts of money buying things people don't need and causing mass havoc fighting in line for sales?

Gift giving, Christmas trees, yule logs, the day itself, are all pagan.
 
Old 11-20-2012, 01:45 PM
 
Location: Long Island
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When did you get appointed to overturn the Supreme Court?
when did the supreme court override the constitution???
 
Old 11-20-2012, 01:46 PM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
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"We shall not rest until Christmas is eradicated from the US"
 
Old 11-20-2012, 02:02 PM
 
Location: Pennsylvania
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What's the point of religious decorations in public places? Why not limit it to churches?

And for that matter, some tradition...for a good portion of Christian history most of all this would have been considered idolatry and the makers excommunicated or run out of the church. Within Christendom itself the focus on religion during Christmas has varied. The pro public display rantings you see here would be condemned by Puritans.

The festive atmosphere is nice, though. As long as it is not ruined by the overtly religious it is just fine with me.
 
Old 11-20-2012, 02:06 PM
 
Location: Vermont
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"We shall not rest until Christmas is eradicated from the US"
Who are you quoting?
 
Old 11-20-2012, 02:09 PM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
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Who are you quoting?
They haven't come out and said it directly like that yet.
But that is what is happening.
 
Old 11-20-2012, 02:11 PM
 
Location: Geneva, IL
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They haven't come out and said it directly like that yet.
But that is what is happening.
Who is "they"?
 
Old 11-20-2012, 02:12 PM
 
Location: Vermont
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They haven't come out and said it directly like that yet.
But that is what is happening.
Again, who is this "they" you are talking about.

Nobody--literally nobody--I know, and almost everybody I know is an atheist, myself included, takes the position you are ascribing to us.
 
Old 11-20-2012, 02:15 PM
 
Location: New York metropolitan area
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"We shall not rest until Christmas is eradicated from the US"
Yep, just like when militant atheists got into power in Soviet Union, Cuba, North Korea, China, etc. This is exactly what militant atheists trying to do!

How about we shall pass a law banning atheists from holding public federally, and not just in some states?

You are very dangerous and Anti-American
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