Merry Christmas Enjoy Your Pagan Festivities

[Anonymous 1]

Truthseeker82 wrote:

Today I slipped a 5 note to a brother on the street who looked cold and down trodden. That’s my freaking gift. At least chances are he needs it.

Yeah, he probably went and got some Crack with it, but its the thought that counts. +1 for effort.

[Anonymous 1]

Knights Templar Rising wrote:

I’m going hunting, so FTW…

Well there is nothing more Traditional than that. Thanks for keeping it real.

[AutoliteParticipant]

Anonymous wrote:

Yeah, I had a similar experience with a Catholic Priest as a kid. He slammed me against the wall and screamed at me that I’m going to hell…

You almost gotta feel sorry for Theists though. They are expected to defend a belief system even though it has been shown beyond all reasonable doubt to be be based on fictional preexisting fairy tales. That’s just really gotta suck!

It’s even worse trying to pass off the Easter story as being authentic. ‘Easter’ is a rip-off of the Pagan fertility celebration during the spring equinox featuring the goddess ‘Eostre’. I mean, for the sake of credibility, couldn’t they have at least changed the name of the holiday? You would think that calling it something else would have just been a no-brainer…

[Colin Combover in a ComaParticipant 5082]

A Goose St Nicholas.

[MarketWatcherParticipant]

Carnage wrote:

All my friends are heathens take it slow.

Wait for them to ask you who you know.

[Branched offParticipant 11014]

Thanks for putting this on Wizzard’s pupil. Keep spreading the news. We haven’t died out. We are growing stronger again after more than a millennium of persecution.

My part burnt Yule log is safely stored for next year (a log that was a gift, was kindled on last year’s and burnt through the night, extinguished in the morning). My children made wreathes of Holly and Ivy that we got from the woods. When I go hunting tomorrow, I am taking the thermal imager out on the deer, just as I did on the solstice morning. We are after all, fully modern pagans.

A woman is like fire -fun to play with, can warm you through and cook your food, needs constant feeding, can burn you and consume all you own

[Anonymous 1]

Branched off wrote:

My part burnt Yule log is safely stored for next year (a log that was a gift, was kindled on last year’s and burnt through the night, extinguished in the morning). My children made wreathes of Holly and Ivy that we got from the woods. When I go hunting tomorrow, I am taking the thermal imager out on the deer, just as I did on the solstice morning. We are after all, fully modern pagans.

Glad to hear it. Passing on those traditions to the next generation is an honorable thing to do.

I’m slowly learning about Yule and deeper traditions like Holly and Ivy. All of that stuff has been forgotten here in Rustbelt, USA.

[Gravel PitParticipant]

Anonymous wrote:

I’m doing much the same here while the Cultists celebrate their “Churchianity” down at the local Megaplex Church. I’m sure they will be featuring a nice selection of local Con Men and Kiddie Fiddlers to bedazzle and entertain their gullible “flock of sheep.”

Autolite wrote:

I once asked my dad how is it that “an evergreen tree became associated with some Jew kid being born in the middle of the desert”? He just told me to shut-up and eat my candy canes…

This thread has been my favorite of the week. As rich with wisdom as choice words.

Autolite makes a good point. how the hell an Evergreen tree which doesn’t grow anywhere near the Middle East, ends up front and center to celebrate the king of the jews? Shouldn’t we be hanging ornaments on a palm tree?

[Anonymous 1]

Gravel Pit wrote:

Autolite makes a good point. how the hell an Evergreen tree which doesn’t grow anywhere near the Middle East, ends up front and center to celebrate the king of the jews? Shouldn’t we be hanging ornaments on a palm tree?

Lol. Yeah, Christmas celebration is never mentioned in the Bible for a reason. Jews didn’t have sacred trees in their religion. Or sacred plants like Mistletoe, Holly, and Ivy. I always get a kick out of the feeble attempts to Christianize these items. Like “Holly represents Jesus Christ dude” “Ivy represents the Virgin Mary.” LMFAO.

What about “The Elves” Santa’s little helpers? I always loved North Pole folk lore, one of my favorite things about this time of year. When I was a child I used to scour through the Bible looking for a reference to Elves, Reindeer, or the North Pole. Never found anything though. That was my first clue something was very fishy about Christmas (and Easter is even more fishy).

[Dark KenshiParticipant 2132]

Thanks to all of you, who are like me, keeping the traditions thoughout the times.

May we grow in numbers, once again.

Happy Jul to all of you.

"Young was I once, I walked alone, and bewildered seemed in the way; then I found me another and rich I thought me, for man is the joy of man." Odin, Hàvamàl, stanza 47.

[Gravel PitParticipant]

Anonymous wrote:

used to scour through the Bible looking for a reference to Elves, Reindeer, or the North Pole.

lol! Yeah! If an outside observer came down, they’d fully expect to find Elves and Reindeer in the Bible. And what do they find, Nothing-Zippo. What a farce!

[Ranger OneParticipant 16836]

Merry Yule, Faramir!

All my life I've had doubts about who I am, where I belonged. Now I'm like the arrow that springs from the bow. No hesitation, no doubts. The path is clear. And what are you? Alive. Everything else is negotiable. Women have rights; men have responsibilities; MGTOW have freedom. Marriage is for chumps. If someone stands in the way of true justice, you simply walk up behind them and stab them in the heart-R'as al Ghul.

[anonymousyamParticipant 4605]

Gravel Pit wrote:

Shouldn’t we be hanging ornaments on a palm tree?

That would be funny however that is a Cuban Christmas not a Palestinian one. Almond trees or Judas trees or whatever are more Native to the region. The Palm tree is more likely to used during some Native Cuban holidays rather then Christmas if we count the Natives of America (who had no Christmas).

Just an east coast asshole who likes to curse, If you get offended by words like fuck, cunt, shit, piss, bitch or any racial slurs then you just scroll down.

[Anonymous 1]

Ranger One wrote:

Merry Yule, Faramir!

At last some one understands the reference from Lord of The Rings. Well done sir, and Merry Yule.

[AutoliteParticipant]

Anonymous wrote:

Jews didn’t have sacred trees in their religion. Or sacred plants like Mistletoe, Holly, and Ivy. I always get a kick out of the feeble attempts to Christianize these items. Like “Holly represents Jesus Christ dude” “Ivy represents the Virgin Mary.” LMFAO.

When people spew ridiculous rationalizations like that, not only does it destroy their credibility but it’s a personal insult. They’re calling you stupid to your face if they think that you would actually believe such bulls~~~. I’m really not sure why they don’t see that. They couldn’t possibly believe it themselves, could they???

[AutoliteParticipant]

Anonymous wrote:

When I was a child I used to scour through the Bible looking for a reference to Elves, Reindeer, or the North Pole. Never found anything though. That was my first clue something was very fishy about Christmas (and Easter is even more fishy).

When I was a little kid, the whole Christianity thing I thought was suspect. For me, many things just didn’t make any sense. The Christmas story, Easter and Noah’s Ark just all had this bogus stench about them. But as a kid, you knew better than to contradict the grown-ups.

As adults, Theists expect us to buy into bulls~~~ that they couldn’t even sell to a gullible young kid! I mean, WTF…

[Anonymous 1]

Autolite wrote:

They couldn’t possibly believe it themselves, could they???

Yeah, I think they really do. These are the same people, who really believe Baby Jesus was born on December 25 (2,018 years ago).

Autolite wrote:

As adults, Theists expect us to buy into bulls~~~ that they couldn’t even sell to a gullible young kid! I mean, WTF…

I know its weird because they stopped believing in Santa Clause, but kept believing the other bulls~~~. Oh well, hopefully the next generation will be a bit wiser.

[AutoliteParticipant]

Anonymous wrote:

I know its weird because they stopped believing in Santa Clause, but kept believing the other bulls~~~.

I’m not deliberately trying to bash Theists here. I’m just hoping that they can understand how “weird” and bizarre their beliefs seem to some of us Atheists. It’s kinda creepy and surreal.

For me, it’s sorta like a ‘Twilight Zone’ scenario where many people around you believe in Leprechauns and they think that you’re f~~~ed up, or that there’s something wrong with you, because you don’t.

For me, it’s very unsettling in a way. Although I will concede that it most likely bothers me much more than it bothers the typical or most other Atheists. That’s the impression that I get anyway…

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