Apparently I'm Jealous of Christmas

Dec06 Apparently I’m Jealous of Christmas
Category: News, Ramblings

Asshat O’Reilly is at it again. His newest article “Have Yourself a Godless Little Christmas” accuses atheists and humanists of simply being jealous of the joy of the season.

Why spend money at Christmas time to spread dubious will among men? The reason, I believe, is that the atheists are jealous of the Yuletide season. While Christians have Jesus and Jews have the prophets, non-believers have Bill Maher. There are no atheist Christmas carols, no pagan displays of largesse like Santa Claus. In fact, for the non-believer, Christmas is just a day off, a time to consider that Mardi Gras is less than two months away.

What? Christmas day is not simply a day where I sit on my ass waiting for Mardi Gras. I spend it with my family exchanging gifts and generally just enjoying the day. Yes it is called CHRISTmas, but it does not bother me. Obviously the whole religious aspect is something I do not participate in.

Worse, his article says that not only are we taking the Christ out of Christmas, but we are destroying the joyful and happy aspect of it as well. How? By telling people to be good without god.

But there is a serious side to this, and the American “humanists” should listen up. Christmas is a joyous time for children; that’s the big upside of celebrating the birth of Jesus. Why, then, do people who want to “be good” spend money denigrating a beautiful day? Could it be that the humanists are not really interested in good at all? Maybe.

I’m confused as to how we are “denigrating a beautiful day”. Especially since the general message is to be a good person without fear of God. It makes me think of an Einstein quote. “If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.” How is this a message of evil?

The head humanist guy, Roy Speckhardt, says the anti-God signs are worthy because they send a message that atheists shouldn’t be vilified as immoral. Well, old Roy needs to wise up. The signs actually create resentment and hostility toward atheists.

Once again he tries to compare different things. The messages are against the stigma that atheists are immoral. True they will probably provoke some controversy between people, but I don’t see how it would make us seem MORE immoral. The general, blanket descriptions continue.

What many non-believers enjoy doing is mocking those who embrace theology. I guess that makes some atheists feel better, because there is no other reason to run down Christmas. It is a happy day for most human beings.

What? Personally I do NOT get my kicks from putting down theists. Sure, it happens but this is not something I do just for the sake of being evil. It seems like he is trying to bring up that old argument that belief deserves an extreme amount of respect. Christmas IS a happy day for me…

I wouldn’t be surprised if he switches to the other groups who protest Christmas based on how materialistic it is. Never mind, I’m sure they are simply evil atheists. Only an atheist would like to run down Christmas, it is clearly the only real and important holiday tradition. What an asshole.

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Tags: atheist, christmas, FOX, Humanist, O'Reilly

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jamescarmichael
Trying to analyze anything that comes out of O'Reilly's mouth is bit of a waste of time in my opinion. Practically everything he says is dishonest, misinformed, or biased. It's not really worth anyone's time to dissect the sh1t he says. Better dismiss it altogether.

I guess the real reason I try not to make a rebuttal on his comments is that he makes me boil with rage every time he opens his mouth.
Keith
Don't forget we are also jealous of "Yuletide". It was co-opted by the Christians because they were jealous of the pagan winter festivals.
Buffy2q
O'Lielly's "theory" is that because we put up some signs in December we're jealous of Christmas? So what are Christians jealous of considering the fact that they put up signs all year round?
Karin
I love the way this guy contradicts himself. To start off it sounds very much like he is claiming Yule as a christian festival (my pagan friends will be most annoyed at that one) then goes on to say that we non-believers are also waiting for Mardi Gras...correct me if I'm wrong but isn't that Shrove Tuesday?? I love Christmas, it's a time for family and prezzies, eating, drinking and making merry. We have a nice big tree, gaudy decorations and exchange cards expressing goodwill to all. The lack of any hateful religious intrusions makes it all the merrier as far as I'm concerned!!
godlessblogger
Amen buddy. Same thing here. This guy is just a fool, who happens to be a large contributor to FOX's stupidity. Good thing they aren't biased...
londoncalling
If we're taking the Christ out of Christmas, then how does that apply to Natale (Italian), Navidad (Spanish) and Noel (French)? There's no hint of Jesus, God or Christ in any of those words.

What a load of rubbish!