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by xxxxxxxxxx on December 18th, 2006

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Why do some people say they dont believe in christmas/god, and demand that god be taken out of the pledge of alligance, and that stores do not say "merry christmas" and so on, yet they have a christmas tree at home, and still open presents?

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  • by Ankhorite on February 3rd, 2007

    Ankhorite

    If you are serious about wanting to know why, here's an answer with some reference links that will tell you.

    Plenty of people who do not believe in the Christian faith have holidays that fall in the same time of year, and in the northern hemisphere, where December is a time of winter, most of those holidays also involve greenery, trees, lights, and gifts. These holidays existed before Christmas did.

    Furthermore, the custom of Christmas trees and Christmas gifts is fairly recent. Some Christian groups -- like the Pilgrims, who were Puritans -- passed laws AGAINST Christmas celebrations, because they didn't want to have a celebration too similar to the pre-Christian celebrations. Christmas was not an official U.S. holiday until 1870.

    Anyone may say "Merry Christmas" to anyone else; some atheists say it to their Christian friends, for example. However, just assuming that every person celebrates Christmas sometimes offends some of the people who are not Christian. Also, anyone may say "Happy Holidays" to anyone else, because even atheists celebrate the New Year.

    The only ones who seem to get offended by the phrase "Happy Holidays" are a few extremists who believe that everyone, Christian or not, should be forced to give the Christian greeting to everyone else -- whether the persons greeted are Christian or not, too.

    It's a strange attitude to take in a free country, and even stranger when you consider that greeting people to wish them joy in whatever form the word take is not an insult -- unless someone goes out of their way to shout "Merry Christmas" at people they know are non-Christians as a deliberate attempt to insult them.

    You can learn about Christmas and its history here:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas

    Taking "under God" out of the Pledge of Allegiance is a different issue; see here:
    http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/113616/351871
    and here:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Newdow#Background

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  • by teknimage on December 18th, 2006

    teknimage

    I think you are generalizing to a rather large degree. I honestly don't know anyone who fits all of these qualities. If you know of a particular person who does this, you should probably ask them for their reasons. "Right from the horse's mouth", so to speak.

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  • by Inspector Javert on February 3rd, 2007

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    Because they might celebrate a secular form of the holiday.

    Insted of it being a holiday for Christ, it's a hoilday for giving and peace.

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  • by Orangy on December 18th, 2006

    Orangy

    Well, my first guess is that they prefer God to not be part of public ritual and events and the like, but at home God is not an issue. If this is the case, its sort of sad and a bit hypocritical.

    Also, Christians aren't the only ones who have trees and give presents this time of the year.

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  • by debsmooth on February 3rd, 2007

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    I want to point out here that "Christmas" Trees predate the celebration of Christmas by several hundred years at least. Presents and a midwinter celebration could go back even further. There are things older than Christianity.

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  • by postmuffin on December 18th, 2006

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    they are hypocrites.

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  • by justbreathe on December 21st, 2007

    justbreathe

    1) i would say the two groups are generally mutually exclusive.

    2) if they are not mutually exclusive, perhaps the people are lobbying for protection of the separation of church and state. Christianity is not the only religion around. that's what the concern is. the majority of people don't walk around saying "happy kwanzaa!"

    3) the roots of christmas are pagan, meaning they are not a celebration from Christ's teaching in the first place. the choice to "celebrate" the holiday season therefore does not have to have a Christmas or even religious connotation.

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  • by Valparaiso on December 18th, 2006

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    They fear the one true faith but want to partake in its holiday's.

    They also think that we should have some kind of society where no one could possibly be offended and havn't yet learned that people will be offended by anything and we should stop doing things just because 2 people say they are offended.

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  • by outdoorperson on December 18th, 2006

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    those people are confused.
    ...they are very very confused
    very confused

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