Every Christmas, I write about how Christmas was a pagan festival (Winter Solstice) taken over by the Christians and made into their own time of celebration. I do this because people bitch every year how commercial Christmas is getting and nobody care that Jesus was born at this time and that is why we celebrate.
Jesus was not born at this time because there is no evidence he was born at this time. There is a bunch of circumstantial evidence that he WAS NOT born in Bethlehem.
Winter Solstice is the time when we celebrate the shortest day in the year knowing that from now on the days will be getting longer; it is a celebration of a new year, a natural celebration of our earthly existence and not some made up celebration of religious superstition.
This is also the season for First Amendment issues when people put up religious symbols (Christmas Crèche) on public / government land. They are not satisfied with putting their religious Christmas symbols all over tarnation , no they NEED to do it at City Hall or the City Park or anywhere connected with government mainly because it is against the law.
This year it is about the rotunda at the State of Washington’s Capitol Building in Olympia. First a menorah (Jewish) followed by a Christian Crèche and then the Freedom From Religion Foundation put up a Winter Solstice placard declaring all the above to be hokum describing religion as myth and superstition that hardens hearts and enslaves minds.
Bill O’Reilly of Fox News was very outraged that the State of Washington allowed the atheist sign near the Christian display – how dare they?
Our government is mandated by our Constitution to either allow all symbols or none; they can’t pick and choose.
But the question still remains why these religious people HAVE to put up their religious stuff on government property; they can put it up practically everywhere else. I think they are trying to make a point that the United States is a Judeo-Christian nation; no others allowed and these morons need to be put in their place by telling them they are breaking the law even though they are oblivious to what is that law and would not listen even if that law was explained kindergarten style to them.
It has become a tradition…
Jesus was not born at this time because there is no evidence he was born at this time. There is a bunch of circumstantial evidence that he WAS NOT born in Bethlehem.
Winter Solstice is the time when we celebrate the shortest day in the year knowing that from now on the days will be getting longer; it is a celebration of a new year, a natural celebration of our earthly existence and not some made up celebration of religious superstition.
This is also the season for First Amendment issues when people put up religious symbols (Christmas Crèche) on public / government land. They are not satisfied with putting their religious Christmas symbols all over tarnation , no they NEED to do it at City Hall or the City Park or anywhere connected with government mainly because it is against the law.
This year it is about the rotunda at the State of Washington’s Capitol Building in Olympia. First a menorah (Jewish) followed by a Christian Crèche and then the Freedom From Religion Foundation put up a Winter Solstice placard declaring all the above to be hokum describing religion as myth and superstition that hardens hearts and enslaves minds.
Bill O’Reilly of Fox News was very outraged that the State of Washington allowed the atheist sign near the Christian display – how dare they?
Our government is mandated by our Constitution to either allow all symbols or none; they can’t pick and choose.
But the question still remains why these religious people HAVE to put up their religious stuff on government property; they can put it up practically everywhere else. I think they are trying to make a point that the United States is a Judeo-Christian nation; no others allowed and these morons need to be put in their place by telling them they are breaking the law even though they are oblivious to what is that law and would not listen even if that law was explained kindergarten style to them.
It has become a tradition…
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