• yeahiknow3@lemmings.world
    54·
    22 hours ago

    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.

  • TheAlbatross
    82·
    1 day ago

    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.

    • ditty@lemm.eeEnglish
      11·
      23 hours ago

      If there’s a war on Christmas, it’s Christmas is fucking winning.

      FTFY

        • okr765@lemmy.okr765.comEnglish
          4·
          21 hours ago

          Gramatically correct but I was definitely confused at first as to what the “it” referred to (the “war on Christmas” or Christmas itself)

  • CMDR_Horn@lemmy.world
    72·
    24 hours ago

    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.

  • Thorry84@feddit.nl
    7·
    23 hours ago

    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.

  • gnomesaiyan@lemmy.world
    5·
    23 hours ago

    The closest I get is the Winter Solstice, because I’d rather celebrate the planet’s cycle around the Sun, you know, a fact of nature.

    I don’t subscribe to blatant consumerism in the guise of “holiday spirit”. You know, when the retailers go from the red into the black (loss to profit), and the consumers from the black into the red. Then you hope your tax returns fill the gap so you can survive. Positive feedback loop. I’m calling shenanigans.

    And the depressive-nostalgic music. The decorations. The hypocritical “cheer” people spread that they can’t be bothered with the rest of the year, like they needed a reason to be nice. What in the Disney Channel fuck. It’s like saying you can only tell someone you love them on Valentine’s Day. Y’all motherfuckers are crazy.

    Okay, rant over. Feel free to downvote, I’ll gladly eat it. Happy Fucking Holidays!

    • TriflingToad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      5·
      20 hours ago

      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.

      • MutilationWave@lemmy.world
        2·
        19 hours ago

        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.

  • OpenStars@piefed.socialEnglish
    2·
    23 hours ago

    Isn’t that only when a Democrat is in the WH? I didn’t pay attention to the last time Trump was in charge though, and conservatives do like to whine… I just finished they’d try to declare “victory” like “we can finally say it now that our guy is in charge!”, ignoring how they also could say it just as loudly before.