If you find any of these questions "unanswerable" or difficult, I've got some bad news for you...
http://www.bored.com/crazythoughts/
Should provide entertainment of sorts for bit though.
P.S. I didn't copy and paste because I didn't want to read them again.
Wednesday, 26 December 2012
Christmas - God = Still Christmas
I'm an atheist and if I want to celebrate Christmas I will.
Although the Christmas we all know is rife with Christianity, it originates from Pagan tradition. One of these, and arguably the most important, is the date.
The bible does not state when Jesus was born, however historians believe he was probably born around September (it is unlikely he was born during winter and survived). The feast of the son of Isis was held on this day however; drinking, eating, and gift-giving were done during this festival (so we're not so different from the Pagans after all huh?). Also the winter solstice was celebrated in Rome well before Jesus' birth.
Pope Julius I declared that christmas was this day, most likely to make it easier for pagans to convert to Catholicism.
The tree was a symbol many people used to remind them that their crops would grow again.
Anywho, the modern X-mas we know today (most likely) comes from Germany. The first recorded decoration of a tree in celebration of J.C's birth was in 1521 in Germany.
But if you don't believe me search it on google or whatever you use and get over it. You tell me I'm not supposed to celebrate this holiday because it's celbrating an idea I don't believe in, but when someone doesn't celebrate it they're instantly condemned for being evil or whatever the hell it is you judge people who don't agree with you wholeheartedly as.
Merry Birth of Santa.
(Even though it's the 26th here).
Although the Christmas we all know is rife with Christianity, it originates from Pagan tradition. One of these, and arguably the most important, is the date.
The bible does not state when Jesus was born, however historians believe he was probably born around September (it is unlikely he was born during winter and survived). The feast of the son of Isis was held on this day however; drinking, eating, and gift-giving were done during this festival (so we're not so different from the Pagans after all huh?). Also the winter solstice was celebrated in Rome well before Jesus' birth.
Pope Julius I declared that christmas was this day, most likely to make it easier for pagans to convert to Catholicism.
The tree was a symbol many people used to remind them that their crops would grow again.
Anywho, the modern X-mas we know today (most likely) comes from Germany. The first recorded decoration of a tree in celebration of J.C's birth was in 1521 in Germany.
But if you don't believe me search it on google or whatever you use and get over it. You tell me I'm not supposed to celebrate this holiday because it's celbrating an idea I don't believe in, but when someone doesn't celebrate it they're instantly condemned for being evil or whatever the hell it is you judge people who don't agree with you wholeheartedly as.
Merry Birth of Santa.
(Even though it's the 26th here).
Sunday, 16 December 2012
Evil Visited Today: II
On a related note to the CT shooting, we can not also forget that a man in China stabbed 22 children in a primary school (elementary school for the American readers) over in Henan province, China.
Too many children died yesterday.
Too many children died yesterday.
Saturday, 15 December 2012
Evil Visited Today
Even though I am a New Zealander I feel deeply for the families of those twenty school children in Newtown, Connecticut, U.S.A.
I can not imagine the deep hurt inflicted upon the community. Like many have already stated online and on the news, I cannot fathom such a tragedy. The parents who will never tuck their children in at night again, the one less plate to fill at meal times; the gifts that they will have to return or give away. This season, meant to fill our hearts and minds with joy and familial reunification will perpetually resonate sorrow and heartbreak. That is unimaginable.
We should not, however, dwell upon the broken and shameful individual. Someone that sick does not deserve our attention and hatred; only pity. He was a coward. He was a depraved coward who preyed upon those poor individuals and I pity him for that. It may sound redundant but what about his family? This family will potentially be hated for what this one person has done. He's cursed his family.
You may have the right to bear arms, but you have no right to take lives.
The way I see it, if this event does not force you to take a good hard look at yourselves, you will never change. How many innocent lives must be taken before a change is made?
However, just remember;
"The number of hugs per gunshot is very high... Humanity is good. Some people are terrible and broken, but humanity is good. I believe that." -Hank Green
I can not imagine the deep hurt inflicted upon the community. Like many have already stated online and on the news, I cannot fathom such a tragedy. The parents who will never tuck their children in at night again, the one less plate to fill at meal times; the gifts that they will have to return or give away. This season, meant to fill our hearts and minds with joy and familial reunification will perpetually resonate sorrow and heartbreak. That is unimaginable.
We should not, however, dwell upon the broken and shameful individual. Someone that sick does not deserve our attention and hatred; only pity. He was a coward. He was a depraved coward who preyed upon those poor individuals and I pity him for that. It may sound redundant but what about his family? This family will potentially be hated for what this one person has done. He's cursed his family.
You may have the right to bear arms, but you have no right to take lives.
The way I see it, if this event does not force you to take a good hard look at yourselves, you will never change. How many innocent lives must be taken before a change is made?
However, just remember;
"The number of hugs per gunshot is very high... Humanity is good. Some people are terrible and broken, but humanity is good. I believe that." -Hank Green
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