I tend to just say what comes to mind, it might be Happy Hannukah or Merry Xmas or Have a Nice Day, Eh. No wonder people don't like holy roller Xstians.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Righteous indignation and persecution complex are foundational principles of evangelical xtianity at the very least, and likely all of xtianity. Satan is supposedly waging war on gawd's sheeple, so that delusion is intentionally applied to whip up religious fervor for their dominionist agenda. Xtianity is anything BUT a peaceful, benign spiritual practice. "Prince of Peace, my ass!
On the more direct subject of season's greetings, business, the courtious thing to do is greet a person according to your understanding of THEIR traditions and reference, not your own. And when you are not sure, a general "Happy Holidays," etc is actually the correct respectful greeting. Theocrats want us to presume xtianity as default. FUCK'EM. I mean, they can Merry-go-fuck themselves. (See how I strive always for courtesy?)
MikeInBatonRouge
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Dec 5, 2021
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I reply Happy New Year, or have a great end of this year, to their good wishes (whatever form they take). Yes, it’s the cowardly way out but it works.
FrayedBear
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Dec 4, 2021
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Try this. And a happy holy day to you. Remember that the word "holiday" actually comes about from "holy day." I do not find them holy at all but believers do and they do not even know what they are saying. Going a bit more into this, Bill O'Reilly makes claims of a "war on Christmas." This would come from "Christ mass" and breaks down as Catholic but the many believers of the claim are from all faiths. Jesus (now called Jesus Christ) was born between 4 BC and 6 AD if he actually existed. His birth was grafted into December 25th and the first mention of this was in 336 AD. No record of his birth in the bibble at all. This is a big myth, folks. Believers like manger scenes and the fact that Jesus was "found" by wise men. I jumped ship on all this a few years ago. Besides, Jesus never brought me a pony. 
DenoPenno
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Dec 4, 2021
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I believe there is one reference to it being during lambing season, which would place it in spring, not December.
@MikeInBatonRouge Lambing season fits because Jesus is "the lamb of god." Many believers do not get this and do not see the symbolism. I have a brainwashed religious friend who actually tells me they know when Jesus was born. It is simply not true and nobody knows.
You didn’t get the pony? Wow. Mine was very nice but dad wouldn’t let me keep it. I hated dad but loved Jesus. Fucking horse.
It's because Xtians just LOVE feeling ''persecuted for their faith." So, they'll holler like the proverbial ''mashed cats'' at every possible opportunity.
Am I the only one here who takes genuine delight in wishing everyone "Happy Holidays?"
Love, Brenda Bitchy
LucyLoohoo
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Dec 4, 2021
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As I always say, If you’re lookin’ to get offended, then you deserve to be offended.
Don't they, theists and atheists alike, have better things to do in America than getting at each other's throat all the time? Or maybe, they behave this way only in virtual worlds where everything gets blown out of proportion.
Ryo1
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Dec 4, 2021
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American Christians historically enjoyed certain privileges that were not in accord with our Constitutional declaration concerning freedom of religion. Over the last 70 years or so, certain non-religious and minority religious organizations took the matter to court and the courts upheld the separation of church and state as interpreted from the Constitution. Christians saw their privileges erode and took it as discrimination instead. They started a culture war in the attempt to keep their hold onto privileges they never were entitled to in the first place. The persecution complex amoung many American Christians is a result of this campaign. There are other dynamics at play, but the rolling back of Christian privilege is one of the big factors at play to the dynamic you observe.
Ryo1:
@RussRAB Yeah, I get that. But do you therefore hate each other so much, I mean in the real world, at the everyday level? What is it really like in your neighbourfood, among your friends, relatives, etc?
I have a mate who claims that he is an atheist. Every year when Christmas is near, he annouces that he is a hard core atheist and that no one shall send him a Christmas card, so we all send him Christmas cards and say 'Merry Christmas!' when we see him. He finds it hilarious. We all have a good laugh. It's become a tradition among us.
@Ryo1 We actually have TV programs with the title "Christmas Wars". Celebrating the Prince of Peace with this moniker? I mean haven't we had enough of wars? Have our memories become so short that we have forgotten Afghanistan, "the graveyard of nations". We need to clean out own house. The argument is how we choose to do it thru elections as opposed to warfare. Some haven't evolved as yet & they try to force it into us as religious foix gras.
While I realize you are being serious, I had to laugh.
No disrespect intended.
Americans have always been divided over one thing or another.
Always.
Sure, when it has come to some of the really big things, we can be united. For about all of maybe 5 minutes.
Take 9/11, for instance.
We were all fairly united in feeling, "well, THAT was shitty", but it didn't take long at all for people to start dividing over all sorts of things surrounding the event.
The conspiracy theories sprang up almost immediately.
"The Jews knew it was going to happen."
"It was an inside job."
"There were muslims dancing in the streets of Patterson, NJ in celebration."
There are hundreds more.
Twenty years out, and it's still going on.
Most Americans have little to NO idea of this country's actual history. Many have ZERO interest in learning the truth.
So, the answers to both your questions are, no and no.
@Ryo1 - I participated in a Yahoo group "Evolution vs. Creation". It was pretty much war from either side. For the rest of my life of being a nonbeliever, not so much. Everyone, religious or not, has to go to the grocery store to buy food for themselves and their families. We all pretty much need to sleep and use the bathroom in the morning. I have yet to go off on anyone wearing a cross or a hijab, even when they are standing on the street corner waving signs and urging people to honk for Jesus (or trump or whatever). I don't have time for such nonsense in my day to day life. Also, I can't say I hate Christians so much, but I do hate it when they attempt to intrude on my life through politics or knocking on my door.
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