Should Atheists Be Allowed to Celebrate Good Friday, Easter and Other Christian Holidays
Unbeknownst to many, the word holiday itself is a product of Christian culture. “Holy Days”, or holydays, are special days of the Judeo-Christian Julian calendar meant to denote special ceremony or tradition that are dear to humanity. Through the times of old, these traditions have been unchallenged and enjoyed by all people, but there is a growing problem in America and lesser socialist nations like Russia and China. In these places, there is a new institution called ‘atheism’ that is ruining not only ruining and exploiting Christian holidays, but also destroying the core foundation of civilized humanity itself.
In the year 2000, atheists declared an all out war on the words "Holidays", trying to litigate the word write out of American vernacular with childish phrases like Seasons Greetings or Merry Xmas. Fortunately, President George W. Bush saw to it and not only dismantled their plan to destroy holidays, but also killed the notion that Christmas is about Santa Claus by allowed all American schools learn the nativity.
Atheists are greedy. Many places of work have a strong Catholic and proper Christian tradition, meaning they will adjust work and allow religious participants to have Good Friday and Easter off from work.
Atheists — who devote their life to torturing Christians — have the audacity to celebrate our holidays. At my place of business, an atheist man bragged that he was taking advantage of our ‘Good Friday Rule’ because if he did not get the day off, he would use it as grounds for discrimination lawsuit.
And it goes beyond that. Every year, Pastor Jack Gould receives countless hurtful, mean-spirited zombie Jesus jokes from atheists. Why would people who claim to be friendly and nice do such things?
Atheists definitely have to grounds to celebrate Christmas, the day that commemorates the birth of our Lord and Savior. Yet, every year, we see them proudly taking to the stores and trying to loudmouth that Santa is the reason for the season, when we Christians know that Santa is just a juxtaposed anagram of Satan.
The true reason for the season and all holidays is The Lord. Even Halloween, which used to be a Christian holiday, was stolen by atheists and turned into a night of atheist strangers plying candy with LSD and Quaaludes, luring trick-or-treaters into homes full of mind-bending noises, Satanic screeches and illegal dark room touches. They call these ‘Haunted Houses’ places of fun, but they are nothing but dens of atheist Sodom and Gomorrah musks coalescing into a poignant reminder of why us Christians cannot let atheists corrupt our holidays.
Just imagine what atheists would do if they took over Christmas, like they did Halloween.
Friends, we must not allow atheists to keep ruining our days. If they want to spend all the other days of the years being hurtful and detrimental to the progress of morality in this world, then they do not get to take place in our special days.
Atheists should get no holiday off work. If they want part in nothing holy, then let them shoulder the burden of a world without holy days or principles.
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Author: Karen Gray
Karen Gray is a student of journalism at LMU and international events columnist for the CW.
3:31 pm
What is “Good Friday”?
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3:38 pm
well, considering that the christian holidays were polytheist until the early church decided “Lets just take their holidays, and put OURS in their time periods”.
Christmas=Yule, the winter festival
Easter=Eostor
Valentines day=Lupercina
So as you can see, the “important” christian holidays are just holidays borrowed from the pagans, as is the bible, along with many other christian-related things around the world.
So, by your (hypocritical) logic, “christmas” and “easter” and “valentines day” are unholy
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4:00 pm
According to your people, humans come from little microbes who one day magically transformed into poo slinging chimps. So, by your (hypocritical) logic, ‘typing’ and ‘your words’ and ‘whatever else you say’ are as relevant as bacteria-laced crap being thrown onto the internet by a chimp.
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4:03 pm
According to your people, some omnipotent being that was always in existence got bored 6,000 years ago and made the universe.
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4:04 pm
That is partially correct.
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4:08 pm
How partially?
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4:41 pm
ok, that made no sense WHATSOEVER and is soooo far removed from the big bang theory that it is just unbelievable.
your theory is that some random being just pooped into existence, said “let there be light”, and how did he even know what light was”. its sooooo stupid.
And then some chick ate a fruit from a tree cause a talking snake told her to, and trillions of her descendants were sentenced to a life of disease, pain, suffering and the many other unspeakable horrors of this earth. Makes a ton of sense
Dont forget that since god knows everything that has and will ever happen, he has the power to stop the constant crap in this world, for a happy and better one. But NO. because some chick ate a fruit of a tree, he lets her, again, trillions of descendants face unspeakable horrors (again, copied from yet ANOTHER pagan myth, pandora’s jar, but lets not get into that discussion.)
THE CREATIONIST ARGUMENT IS INVALID!!!!!!!! CHRISTIANS ARE BRAINWASHED FROM BIRTH TO BELIEVE IN BULLSHIT!!!!!!!!!! GET SOME COMMON SENSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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6:28 pm
TheAgnosticOne is actually right about what he said.
Cristianity was taken out of paganism. You might watch Zeitgeist, it’s explained quite well there.
And what Herbert said does really sound stupid (it’s not even logical).
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6:58 pm
Big words coming from a coward who’s too afraid to admit if there’s a god or not. (Which there is by the way)
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11:51 pm
Why do you believe this, simply because a several thousand year old book said so, a book which also describes many other supernatural things several of which have been proven completely impossible.
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12:39 am
Why do you believe that billions of people will one day voluntarily vote themselves communist and hand over all their possessions to be redistributed by communist party apparatchiks?
The Adam and Eve story is easier to believe than that little daydream of yours.
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1:16 am
Adam and Eve is about Eve eating an apple because a snake told her to, and then “God” allowed every single one of her descendants have to deal with every horrible thing on this Earth. All because a woman ate an apple. Most of the world is a Semitic religion, so why can’t most of the world, or even our one country be communist?
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1:24 am
You are making my point.
Clearly, it is easier to believe the Adam and Eve story — as hundreds of millions or even billions do — than to believe that the world will vote itself communist.
No country has ever voted itself communist. I think it unlikely in the extreme that any country ever will.
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12:47 pm
exbrony clearly doN,t know that democracy and communism can go hand in hand while in USA ( and I cite some republican said ) USA IS NOT A DEMOCRACY ITS A REPUBLIC
it’s seems some american are not in favor or what you call “freedom”
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8:32 am
How can communism and democracy go “hand in hand”? Communism requires FORCED collectivisation.
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2:06 am
ever heard of the word Democratic communism ?
I guess no actually real communism never required FORCED militarism that would be of didactorship (or despotism) you should have know that yous eeem being a “little” much more intelligent then them
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2:09 am
Therefore You ( or many christwire “fellowship” wnat USA to turn into a christian theocracy ( which actually will destroy the constitution and the freedom that Most american and immigrant ( legal or illegal doesn’t matter in this comment ) cherish on this day and age
Yet you wnat to ask me what would be worst than communism which never existed
would be a christian theocracy mostly in USA causing much more harm in the american society than anything else
Saudia arabia will be nothing compared to the christian theocracy in USA if ever it’s exist and we all know it
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3:42 pm
So what you’re saying is, you’re for the discrimination of atheists by somehow imposing the idea of no holidays for them, when the holidays in question weren’t original Christian in any sense of the word (barring a very small handful). Tell me, how would you enforce these rules that atheists can’t celebrate ‘Christian’ holidays? For one thing, you’d need to know the religion of each person alive, which would require asking questions that are illegal. There’s also the fact that many times you have people of varying religions inside the family. You can have atheists who come from Christian homes, Christians that come from atheist homes, Jews from Christian homes, Christians from Jewish homes, and every other combination of every religious group whatsoever, so what then?
If they’re national holidays, then everyone has the right to celebrate them if they so choose. Thanks to so much time passing, the holidays can mean more than just giving and getting treats.
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3:59 pm
Atheists have the right to make their own holidays and try to get them implemented. But if they are going to be so mean, I don’t want them being part of our holidays, especially considering how they try to get them wiped out all the time as is.
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7:03 pm
You’re labeling all atheists as if they’re Christian-hating bastards. If you don’t want all Christians being labeled as hateful bastards, don’t label atheists the same way. There’s also the fact that many of your holidays aren’t even Christian in origin, just other holidays that were basically wiped off the face of the Earth when Christianity became the major thing.
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11:06 pm
Like L.N said how will you recognzie if someone is atheist or christians how will you Ban them for enjoying these holiday How will enforce them ?
the answer is “impossible”
Other than making a genocide of all atheist in USA ( jews muslim buddhism whatsover )
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12:42 am
Atheists should all get free whisky and cigars on Christopher Hitchens Day.
Agnostics can go without. They don’t deserve a holiday.
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12:50 pm
See you didn’t answer the point how can you Ban holiday to agnostic or atheist whatsover
And you hate more agnostic than atheist while you have a better chance to “convert” agnostic to christianity
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6:01 pm
What makes you think I want to convert anyone to Christianity? You know nothing about me at all, Frenchie.
Agnostics are intellectually bankrupt cowards who want to have things both ways while feeling superior to atheists and religious people alike.
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2:35 pm
@Karen: Being an abrasive socially retarded fool that you are, you should seek help. You know nothing of christianity.
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3:56 pm
Karen. This is the first time I’ve see you on this site, and I’ve got to say, not a very good first impression.
“Just imagine what atheists would do if they took over Christmas, like they did Halloween.”
Christians stole Christmas from the pagan holiday “Saturnalia” where people could do whatever they wanted for a week.
Halloween was a pagan harvest festival. If we are ACTUALLY stealing “your” holIdays (I not Y because not all holidays are “holy days) than we would be following in your footsteps.
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4:02 pm
Herbert, see my comment for TheAgnostic up above and feel free to apply it to yourself.
When you are done doing that, if you see why that leap of logic is irrelevant and want to discuss the modern application of why atheists cannot complain about holidays they also exploit for getting days off work, then you can feel free to discuss that since that’s what this journalistic piece is about.
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4:06 pm
That logic was relevant since you stated that atheists are taking your holidays, but you took the pagan’s holidays first. It’s relevant because it is about your topic of discussion and your hypocritical “journalistic piece”
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4:10 pm
We’re talking about the here and now, child. If you cannot deal with that, feel free to take your asinine comments elsewhere. <3
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4:12 pm
Just because we’re talking about the here and now doesn’t mean I can’t bring up a flaw from your past. If you don’t want atheists to take your holidays, why did you do it in the first place?
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2:22 pm
Still waiting on that reply Karen.
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3:08 pm
Karen…..You have sweet lips….Spit or Swallow??
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6:28 pm
Herbert, I could not have said it better myself!
way to bring some logic, not atheism (there IS a difference) into the discussion!
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6:56 pm
How many times must I say?
Just because some old pagan holiday shares dates with important christian holidays doesn’t mean that they’re related…
I mean we don’t go around saying that Afro-Saxons stole Kwanzaa from the Jewish Hanukkah.
Besides I love how the name for the allegedly pagan holidays where Christmas and Easter come from changes its name from person to person.
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11:10 pm
I hope you know saxons doesnt mean “english”
since the saxons were actually a Barbaric tribe in europe
but everyone know it christmas easter and valentine’s day ( the last one actually was created by card company the chinese valentine day is actually the true one ) are all Pagan Holiday ( or any holiday for the matter)
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11:49 pm
Its not just the date its the traditions.
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1:10 am
Ex-Atheist, they don’t share the date. The pagans were around long before christianity and the core beliefs of each pagan holiday are the same of each christian holiday. The pagans were here first, so the holidays were started by the pagans, and stole by the christians.
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4:50 pm
Then by all means go to the NAACP for their Kwanzaa celebrations and feel free to tell them that they’re ripping Jews off.
And besides just because some pagans used to hunt for eggs doesn’t mean that it correlates to Easter tradition. That’s like saying Inception wasn’t original or groundbreaking just because some jap porn called Paprika did dream drama before…
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3:14 pm
Actually that’s exactly what it means.
The pagan traditions that surrounded Easter and Christmas both have huge carry over into the Christian traditions.
What on earth does hiding festive colorful eggs have to do with Jesus being resurrected?
Or what does a large evergreen tree have to do with the birth of Christ(which was most definitely not in December anyway?)
They have absolutely nothing to do with either, but they became absorbed by Christian culture, and now mainstream culture is further morphing these religions into times of general happiness and celebration and togetherness for families and friends.
It’s really a win-win for everyone.
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1:11 am
“I not Y because not all holidays are “holy days”
Etymology isn’t your strong suit, is it. Herve?
Come to think of it, do you have a strong suit?
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4:39 am
Religion it’s funny unlike this site.
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4:41 am
The internet doesn’t charge for punctuation marks, you know.
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12:52 pm
maybe but you are not worth the effort for that neither since you don’t actually have any good argument to counter quite a shame is all christian the same having no argument to counter to the truth they are faced
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8:34 am
Don’t they have punctuation in Quebec either, Frenchie? Do you seal-eating separatists consider it “too English” or something?
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6:21 pm
Religion is ridiculous, just like this site!!
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1:51 am
“Atheists are greedy.”
Really? Who’s the one who have alot of money and want’s more of it? Oh.. it’s the Vatican and his churches all over the world, with there bilions of cash…. So much with talking about the greed….
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12:54 pm
they even ask for donation to heat up the churches
I never saw jews or muslim going door to door for that
oh also Vatican is one of the wealthiest ( almost debt free ) country in the world
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2:04 pm
true story bro
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4:37 am
They just remove them then everyone can be happy.
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12:11 pm
Why would only atheists not be allowed to have the day off? What about teachers who are Christian who work in a normal school alongside Atheists? Would only the Atheist teachers and students be there? That doesn’t make sense. I’ll be celebrating Passover with my cousins when I go down there and the older two are Atheists but their mum is a Christian and everyone in the family is fine with celebrating
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12:56 pm
anyway christmas and easter are family holiday so who care if you are christian or not Only those christian freak here who just wnat to ban everything from everyone else who are not them, and yet they call for freedom ?
freedom of what banning everything On sight ?
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5:42 pm
im atheist, and im fine with christmas. today, it’s more about giving and spending time with family anyway. clues show that jesus was probably born in the summer. but, yea im fine with christmas the way it is.
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1:52 am
What “clues”? There is no evidence that Jesus ever existed.
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7:14 am
It’s been documented that Jesus was real. Pontius Pilate, a real man, spoke with Jesus himself and recorded it. Jesus was a real man. Wether or not he was the son of God is up to faith
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8:16 am
Not true. There are no contemporary Roman or Jewish records of Jesus having existed.
If Pontius Pilate “recorded it”, where can we see it?
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7:37 pm
i celebrate “easter” with my daughter and im athiests married to a cathloic man
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10:44 am
You shouldn’t.
Instead you should allow it to be father daughter bonding time while you stay at home contemplating why you deny god in the first place, and why you’re almost a nudest.
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12:37 am
i still spend time with my daughter and bestie’s son
<this is them
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2:57 pm
Ex-athiest, let me put this in simple basic terms that you can understand: You are a judgmental asshole of unequaled proportions.
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10:59 pm
they don’t get it
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12:58 am
I love these kind of debates, tit for tat … get a life people, believe what you want to believe and leave others alone to enjoy their personal beliefs, both sides of the debate are not exactly covering themselves in glory. I tell you what if you are part of the global business community you may already be aware that many countries do not have a HolyDay for Christmas or Easter so people work anyway. The days have no significance to me but I have no issue with others stopping work and taking time to do whatever they feel they need to do. Tolerance is not just a Christian trait….
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1:53 am
What absolute twaddle.
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6:11 am
Just like everything in the bile I’m glad you agree.
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6:21 am
I guess you think you’re being real clever, huh?
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1:56 pm
Bitch Please. we atheists only in it for the chocolate
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3:38 am
I’m in it for the ham!!
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1:59 pm
Hell yes!
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1:59 pm
Diabetics shouldn’t
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2:00 pm
Howzabout we rally a’gin it like the God Fearin’ do for Hallowe’en?
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2:04 pm
The atheists should all have to work that day so the good god fearing people may rejoice in Jesus’s circumcision day!
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2:12 pm
FUCK NO!!! Why should those over grown Wizard and warlock DnD hippys get to enjoy our day.
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2:14 pm
Jesus died for everyone…even for atheist…
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2:14 pm
Celebrate?
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2:25 pm
2 out of the 3 started as something other than Christianity(not sure if Good Friday has other roots,) and now they’ve become something else as well.
They’re still seen as primarily Christian holidays, but they have definitely taken on meaning as just basic social holidays that all people can celebrate regardless of religion.
If you’re religious, celebrate it as such. If you aren’t, celebrate it as the socially accepted happy family gathering time that it has slowly morphed into, and then everyone is happy.
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2:26 pm
when Jesus comes back the neighborhood watch will shoot him this time ..
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2:34 pm
Celebrate? I would burn your church to the ground. It’s best for you I passover on Easter. Get it??!!
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2:59 pm
idk… was Jesus gay?
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3:01 pm
Who cares of they do. Who’s gonna stop them? Plus what REAL atheist is gonna celebrate those holidays?
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3:17 pm
No, they can go to Hell…
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3:21 pm
You know Jesus knew tha world was round and thats why they killed him
poor guy; was only trying to teach people.
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5:24 pm
The real question is, Should christians be allowed to celebrate ANY of the holidays they STOLE from others?
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5:24 pm
The real question is, Should christians be allowed to celebrate ANY of the holidays they STOLE from others?
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6:32 pm
Easter is a celebration of the Spring Equinox…….jebus should piss off and find his own things to celebrate….. slavery would be a good start then the downtreading of women….then bigotry etc
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6:32 pm
Easter is a celebration of the Spring Equinox…….jebus should piss off and find his own things to celebrate….. slavery would be a good start then the downtreading of women….then bigotry etc
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6:32 pm
Easter is a celebration of the Spring Equinox…….jebus should piss off and find his own things to celebrate….. slavery would be a good start then the downtreading of women….then bigotry etc
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7:15 pm
God created this spring equinox so his boy would have a cool day to come back and show you negative pansies what’s up!
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12:36 pm
How can you ban people from holidays? It’s impossible and possibly illegal in the USA cuz you know we have freedom.
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