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Society changes and evolves, as does it's language and customs. After all, if I were to walk up to someone about 100 years ago and casually say: "Get down, dog!" what WOULD they think as they carted me off for public drunkenness or for insulting my fellow man?
So, by the constancy of commercialism and radio & TV ads, "Merry Christmas" has become the predominant default greeting amongst many Westerners, regardless of religion. After all, we hear many children repeat it, by memorized rote-chanting, and it now simply means "Merry Seasonal Greetings".
Couple that with intelligent free-thinking folks long recognizing the purposeful hi-jacking of a growing pagan solstice celebration by Christians in order to prevent it's growing influence, it's now just good old Merry Christmas; a couple of words is all. Now to Christians who want to keep it, to fake possession of something they didn't own in the first place, they get all hostile this time of year about these words and this attitude, and like to try to yell us down.
Sorry' ain't gonna happen!
MerryChristmas, everyone. Even you morally rudderless, doomed, spiritually bereft atheists! Maybe especially you, being the flag-bearers of truth and light for the rest of the sheeple!
MerryChristmas, everyone. Even you morally rudderless, doomed, spiritually bereft atheists! Maybe especially you, being the flag-bearers of truth and light for the rest of the sheeple!
Back at ya' Rifleman! I'll be celebrating pagan style with eggnog and 50 "holiday" trees all over the house. My equally "pagan, morally rudderless, doomed, spiritually bereft atheist", (PhD candidate in Social Work) niece will be joining me.
Commercilaization and consumerism has destroyed the true meaning of the Christmas Holiday...leading to the detachment of the holiday from religion for a large majority. I just wish Christmas was more like Thanksgiving where families come together for food and good times...without that present expectation thig going on.
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