I’ve been seeing Christmas shit in stores since before Halloween I don’t wanna hear any shit this year about the war on Christmas.
If there’s a war on Christmas, it’s fucking winning.
If there’s a war on Christmas,
it’sChristmas is fucking winning.FTFY
What a needless nitpick. Grammatically, the OP phrasing is fine.
Gramatically correct but I was definitely confused at first as to what the “it” referred to (the “war on Christmas” or Christmas itself)
After decades in the US, I’m yet to meet a real Christian. Folks pretending to be Christian all conveniently forget that the rich can’t enter the kingdom of heaven, that they should sell their possessions, feed the poor, heal the sick, and meekly turn the other cheek.
America has no Christians. Just cultists and charlatans.
After decades in the US, I’m yet to meet a real Christian.
Nice to meet you! Haha. U.S Christian anarchist here. I’m absolutely not perfect obviously, but I understand exactly where you’re coming from. It hurts my heart every day.
I am trying to figure out how to speak out against this “Amerikristian” cult in some kind of effective way. I think a lot of people simply don’t know any better because the propaganda has been so thorough. The churches preaching " Supply-Side Jesus " get funding from wealthy benefactors, guilt people into tax-free volunteer labor, and lure desperate followers.
My church that, also wasn’t perfect, but was tiny and doing its best to spread the Gospel, closed up and got swallowed by the megachurch next door when the landlord raised their rent exponentially. Many others are the same.
There’s no profit in actually helping your neighbor. (After all, many would argue that the ideal of profit maximizing, is in fact, theft.)
Churches used to be incredibly pro-human. They were considered annoyingly leftist by the moneyed interests of the gilded age, hence why they were warped into the monsters we know now.
(Highly recommend Behind the Bastards: “How the Rich Ate Christianity”)
Christians are still here. Gently rebuking misinformation and trying to free hearts and souls from this wretched machine. It’s hard to tell whom to trust. Like in the days of the “Early Christians” of old.
A leftist Christian is often a target of persecution, both from American cultists, and others with kneejerk hatred for Christians perpetuated by those cultusts.
We aren’t as loud. We’re drowned out. We’re not wearing stupid red caps or hating on people, we’re trying so hard to love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us. We’re trying to save God’s planet and people from greed and destruction.
We’re trying to explain why swearing oaths to an idol of stars and stripes is at odds with Jesus. Why the State is inherently an instrument of evil, especially when it wields and prints bibles it’s too wicked to understand.
Why a God of incomprehensible love weeps when we call for blood and justify killing, displaying the ludicrous arrogance of pretending we have no sins ourselves and “they deserve it.”
“Narrow is the path.” (Matthew 7:14) But we’re still here. Don’t lose heart. Love is the greatest act of defiance against “The principalities, and powers, and rulers of this dark world.” (Ephesians 6:12)
We believe in a God that is greater than oppressive states, borders, violence, markets, or politics, or greed.
That said, I sincerely wish you and anyone reading this a Merry Christmas with all the love in my heart.
Let me just say: respect. People like you restore my faith in humanity. Although I’m an atheist, I have an affinity for the teachings of Jesus. He wanted us to be the best versions of ourselves, and it upsets me to see his memory dragged through the muck of these for-profit cults.
Great call on the BtB episodes on ‘Muscular Christianity’.
Also the welding of bits of evangelicism, Catholic anti-abortion tenets and the republican party in the 60s in their episodes on Phylis Schlafly is both eye opening and horrifying. She’s one of the greatest political operatives of the modern era, and we’re paying the price for it.
Merry catholic-christian-exclusive-god-given-right-to-be-happy day! ✝️ 💪 🙏 😮💨
Not a Christian, but I celebrate Christmas. I always say merry Christmas. The way I see it is my saying “merry Christmas” is wishing someone good tidings during my holiday. If they get offended by me saying something intended as kind, then fuck them.
If someone says “Happy Holidays” to me then maybe they don’t celebrate Christmas…and that’s just fine! I still recognize it as them being kind.
Meanwhile modern day xmas has very little to nothing to do with anything Christian. I’m sure there were a lot of Nordmann fir trees in Jerusalem.
Are you talking about lint?
We don’t say the word h********h. Why? I don’t know probably tradition.
Oh, no.
Don’t bring that shit here. Leave that on Reddit.
Yes, faux christian outrage should be left on reddit.
It feels like such a Facebook thing. Probably involving a minion and a weird sentimental poorly cropped painting of very-Caucasian-Jesus. Lol
The largest most powerful religion on planet Earth is being persecuted 😂
I had a boss that said without a hint of irony, “Christians are the most persecuted people on the planet.”
If only that were true.
Please, just stop watching the MSM already. They created this shit show.
Merry Christmas.
Happy Chrysler
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What?
Some people prefer saying “happy holidays” as “Christmas” has religious meanings and people somehow got it in their minds that the woke left is trying to censor their Christmas.
Or atleast that’s the idea. I’ve never met anyone who’s offended by “merry Christmas” and I’ve never met anyone who’s offended by “happy holidays”. But that’s just my experience. Maybe it’s different where other religions are more common, where I live is really Christian.People really do get offended by happy holidays. They’re brainwashed to think their religion is under attack, even though Christmas has fuck all to do with Christianity. If Jesus existed he certainly wasn’t born in late December. We know this because the passages from their book mention people bringing in the harvest at the time.
I’m an atheist and I say Merry Christmas because it makes people happy.
