I have been looking at questions and answers regarding the word "x-mas" and find the debate between believers and nonbelievers interesting. What is your take on it?
For the record, I am a proud believer in Jesus Christ and that suits me very well. I do not judge you. Please do not judge me.
I don’t thinkthey have a right to be offended that Christ is associated with Christmas. Christmas is a Christian holiday based on the birth of Christ, no matter what people may want it to mean now. That’d be like me deciding to celebrate another religion’s holiday and being offended over what it means.
September 1st, 2009 at 2:45 am
I’m Agnostic & don’t mind it. I just don’t like it when certain people shove their beliefs down my throat. Christmas isn’t just a religious holiday, it’s also a holiday of family getting together. So that’s why I celebrate it. I have a lot of Christian relatives, though.
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September 1st, 2009 at 3:30 am
Well non belivers have turned it into a holiday for themselves as well, which is fine but it doesn’t change the fact that it is a day to celebrate Jesus.
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September 1st, 2009 at 4:20 am
No. It’s a Christian holiday that celebrates the birth and life of Jesus Christ.
If I, as a non-Christian, were offended by the association of Jesus Christ with Christmas, I might as well be offended by the association of U.S. President George Washington with President’s Day. And that’s plain ridiculous.
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September 1st, 2009 at 5:00 am
Well I’m kinda undecided but I still celebrate Christmas religiously AND commercially
I like both aspects.
But for the record, I believe the X in X-mas was Greek for Christ back in the day, and it sort of evolved into a shorthand for the whole word. I’m not sure, though.
Merry Christmas!
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September 1st, 2009 at 5:40 am
I don’t thinkthey have a right to be offended that Christ is associated with Christmas. Christmas is a Christian holiday based on the birth of Christ, no matter what people may want it to mean now. That’d be like me deciding to celebrate another religion’s holiday and being offended over what it means.
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September 1st, 2009 at 6:22 am
I know that early christians chose an existing holiday as the date for Christmas and that does not offend me. I still celebrate Christmas but not in a religious way.
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September 1st, 2009 at 7:06 am
I am not offended that you celebrate by honoring Christ at all. It has no bearing on how I celebrate my day. The only issue I have is when I have encountered people telling me that it should be illegal for all non-christians to celebrate, it is no one else’s business how anyone else celebrates.
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eclectic pagan
September 1st, 2009 at 7:18 am
im atheist and celebrate xmas, i dont mind.
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