Agnostism my friend, agnostism is the way to go.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alexanderofmacedon
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Agnostism my friend, agnostism is the way to go.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alexanderofmacedon
Hinduism and Buddhism aren't such beautiful things to begin with.
I mean, religions are always religions. It doesn't matter if you have an Indian prophet or a Jewish one; or if you sacrifice a goat, a human, or a cow to the Gods, or a God, or whatever...
It's the way the hippies adapted Buddhism into their cult (note the keyword: adapt) that such Oriental religions become cool.
You can see the popularity of Christianity in mass-media Japan taking that way too...pretty funny seeing (apology...) big boobies nuns running around with guns in anime, or may be just an angel or two storming the Earth in anime.
The truth is, Hinduism supports the caste system, the last thing you wish to be under. The social mobility enjoyed, even if theorically, by Western societies (and others) would be removed; something important, by the way. Also, Hinduism has a very, very large amount of sects in it; which many contradict each others' teachings. Not to mention all the superstition within it.
It is a culture, dare I say.
While Buddhism's philosophy certainly suits the taste of some of the more idealistic Westerners, I guarantee you that "philosophy of the Buddha" is not the main thing enjoyed by worshippers nowadays. Dang it, I was a believer once, and since I realized how stupid I was, I became almost Atheist. The modern religion includes the usual superstition and Godly deals. Religions can't do without gods, it seems, and if your prophet professes none, make him one. :san_rolleyes:
This might be considered religion-bashing, but I am speaking what I considers more of facts than of opinions.
Be careful of what you wish for.
The funny thing is, a War on Christmas had long been victorious. Santa is dead. :san_cheesy: Resistance is futile.
we Santaists are still strong...
...and you've been naughty.:san_angry:
One thing's for sure:
I bet mongoose never dreamed his little 'xmas snow on the org' thread-starter would go 5 pages and over 120 responses.
Well its hitting home here now. In the town I grew up in the highschool has an award winning choir that enters competions around the country. They gve a christmas concert last night and then decided to go down the block to Walmart and sing Christmas Carols in the parking lot . Do you know what Walmart did? They called the cops on them and had them removed.
I think it's time to play slap-a-Walmart-manager
Is that the Wal-Mart at
161 Centereach Mall
Centereach, NY 11720-2750
(631) 467-4825?
Let's give 'em a call and find out.
it's not just the blatant lack of Christmassy cheer but the lack of civic pride that sucks with that story. I thought Walmart was meant to be all about the local communities...
P.S. % of Jews I know who have wished my Merry Christmas = 100% (if anybody's interested).
You have to blame it on the system, and a few nutjobs. The system is vulnerable to the most absurd of all lawsuits, and the hungry lawyers are ready to make "Merry Christmas" sounds like saying "I have a bomb!" in front of the White House or something...
The judiciary system (our laws, basically) allows charges of "offensiveness" as a possible attack (funny: that, actually, is a detriment to Freedom of Speech. I think I might file a lawsuit about those laws soon :san_rolleyes: ), and the system as a whole put restriction on the entire network just because of a single attack from a single person at a single "Merry Christmas" sign somewhere he or she doesn't like.
For me? I am not a Christian and has been having fun saying "Merry Christmas/Happy Quansah/Happy Hanukkah to everybody lately, and some of them aren't Christians, blacks, or Jews at all. Nobody ever takes any offense.
Well, if this is the story he's talking about, it sounds like WalMart recognizes that the store manager was acting like an idiot (without admitting such) and is trying to make some ammends.Quote:
Originally Posted by Taffy_is_a_Taff
I don't know the appropriate codes, but I really don't think 30 people would've put a WalMart store over the occupancy limit though.Quote:
Wal-Mart officials released a statement this week saying the choir's appearance was unscheduled and created a fire code violation. "For their safety and the safety of our customers, we asked them to move," the statement read.
Wal-Mart has offered the school an opportunity for the choir to return at a scheduled time. The store also made an undisclosed donation toward the choir's trip next summer to Austria, where they will be one of three student choirs from the United States to perform at a celebration of the 250th anniversary of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's birth.
Well maybe it's a new step on this modern wars against ideologies...First was paganism, then perhaps anti-nationalism, or even porn, then terrorism and now it's Christmas!! This people are a little to nuts to my taste...:san_rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Gawain of Orkeny
Well, it's possible, especially if they were clogging the entrance.Quote:
Originally Posted by Xiahou
Yes thats the store and the story. They were in the parking lot not the store. At least thats what my niece whos in the choir claims.Quote:
Well, it's possible, especially if they were clogging the entrance.
Practically my whole family still lives in that town.
Well, so much for your war then. Walmart has given the 'enemy' a donation and invited them to come sing in their shop. Sounds like a cease-fire to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gawain of Orkeny
I took my kids to centre town Saturday night for a Christmas street party, with actors dressed up as nineteenth century characters, live music, special candy vendors and all sorts of nonsense. We watched two modern bands that had trouble kicking in because of the weather (-1 C, a gale, lots of hail and sleet) and one of them finally gave up. Enter the Salvation Army brass band -- they had no trouble warming up, they were not deterred by the weather at all. No electronics, no bling bling, and they played very well. They got a standing ovation. My kids went to talk to a woman in the band afterwards. As a result of all this my youngest (eight years old) now wants to join the Salvation Army. I dunno, there's just a tiny little snag which is that he, um, he doesn't believe in God... Well, he will make up his own mind by the time he is eighteen.
I hate choir's,
Kocking on my door then singing at me,
Making me stand there leting all the heat out,
Humbug I tell you!
You haft to pay them to get rid of em,
Lil black-mailer's!
"Its a poor excuse to pick a mans pocket every december 25th"
Yeah after the story hit the local paper they needed some kind of damage control. I saw my niece today and they told Walmart keep the money. By the way it was 500 dollars. In other words wooops we foooked up big this time.Quote:
Well, so much for your war then. Walmart has given the 'enemy' a donation and invited them to come sing in their shop. Sounds like a cease-fire to me.
Just goes to show you -- don't mess around with Christmas. Gets people all jumpy.Quote:
Originally Posted by KukriKhan
And when I say "don't mess around," I'm applying it equally to the PC-multiculti let's-never-offend-anyone idiots and the Fox News chickenhawks. They're equally guilty of trying to make something silly out of our pagan/commercial/Christian holy day.
Shambles, you are the man.Quote:
Originally Posted by Just A Girl
i live half a mile from my nearest neighbor (boondocks much?) so if some little religious nuts tried to walk around singing to houses they would all drop dead in the snow drifts after the 3rd or 4th house.
...hmm, now that is an interesting way to lower the population, ok so i'm gonna go see if i can rustle up a couple of emo kids for a choir and send em out into the snow. i'll report of my success later.:san_laugh:
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lets hope it works