How To Wash After A Brazilian Merry Christmas

I find it very difficult

send emails to people whose relationship with the religion I know of wanting something as innocent as "Merry Christmas." I want to, because I've always done and it seems a fairly harmless and it takes quite some detail to a friendly and pleasant in communication and, hopefully, pass on good feelings to your correspondent, a touch warmth and humanity that does not cost anything and the other certainly appreciated. But I get.

The problem is that I do not believe in Christmas. I do not think that Jesus was the son of God or to come here to save anyone, and although he could give me a number of formerwedges and rationalizations (eg there is nothing wrong in celebrating the birth of a moral reformer more of Jesus, I also make a toast every Dec. 20 to remind Carl Sagan, for example ) I feel very uncomfortable doing it. As I see it wish Merry Christmas, with the period t cariñoy goodwill in the world, is a vehicle of transmission of a memetic virus that promotes: (i) Christianity ( ii) the persistence of Christianity in our society, and (iii) your way to the next generation something to think negative. Not Christianity itself: I've always said that if you are a believer at least believes in algor worthwhile, like Christianity, and preferably in something that really deserves the ore and be serious and consistent, like Roman Catholicism. My problem is with religion itself, whatever it is, and the dualism and supernaturalism.

Ya, I know that today no one believes things as miracles. But in fact, an absurd amount of people believe them, what happens is that the worst "are Moors" or at least outside Europe and forget about them, but U.S. third of the population believes the Bible is literally some ⁽¹⁾ , and that people choose who has his finger sobre the button. Using except atheists and agnostics serious ^{(2) in the West} everyone makes an exception for Jesus. Even I, who sorprendíaa rustythoughts for my miracle-opposition front, the did as a believer. Jesus was God, God himself, and being God was conceivable that literally had performed some miracles. I was always skeptical of Tomasino, compared to all other events "magic" ^{(3) that tells the Bible} But Jesus gave him the benefit of the doubt. And that was because he started from the base, not questioned me because I could not think it , that Jesus was God, which is itself a miracle, a supernatural act as spectacular (or more) as the resurrection of Lazarus or the parting of the Red Sea.

Ya, I know I think too much, but I can not help it, I am well and has long closed the door to the possibility of changing my way of thinking and being less to be happier.

congratulate Christmas is recognized, implicitly, not only the existence of Dios but the birth of Jesus as savior, the advent of, at least, the Messiah and, at best, of God himself, in flesh to atone for her sins of all mankind ^{( 4)} and guidance on how and where we live our lives within His plan. As much as we talk about the comercializacióny the secularization of Christmas is the fact that we are not talking about a pagan holiday, lost in the mists of time and that no one will believe as Yule or Sol Invictus, or the night Walpurgis, whose rites can recreate by pure tradition. We are not talking about doing a queimada. We're talking about a party rooted, imbricate ma, S well, the world's largest religion. The supernatural component of Christmas is alive and well and, although there is in people in varying degrees, the fact is that it does in the vast majority of cases.

congratulate Christmas is, even today, to share the joy of the Saviour is born. When one does that reinforces the meme structure also associated feelings of love, happiness and generosity to a particular religious belief, and through it, co No religion in general. Oh, I have no problem in fact love me, to congratulate someone like Christmas Albus I or myrm zylgrin , grown men, sensible, religious knowing, he knows what he's talking and has enough sense of self-criticism for religion not to do DAMAGE , o. It is not just a sign of respect and love for that person to congratulate you on such an important event for their faith, also I've been there and I know how comforting and warm to have someone who knows which speaks share this joy with you, the feeling of brotherhood that it generates. But out of people like them I can not congratulate Christmas. I do not like it because for the vast majority of peopleand religion is not really such, is not a belief system associated with divinity, is a set of basically cheap and harmful superstitions which are summarized in the question "what do I have to do to survive my own death? "and in the overwhelming majority of cases, believe what you say first ⁽⁵⁾ .

And grind me to be part of the perpetuation of superstition, I refuse to collaborate in the XXI century, in a country so rich, and worship as Spain there are still people like Icarus . The idea of the existence of a personal God who intervenes directly inreality (albeit punctual) seems negative, harmful and detrimental (and also absurd, but that's another matter.) And Christianity (like all supernatural belief systems able to compete) is a religion that teaches that faith is, believing for believing blindly, even against the evidence, is good and a virtue (the first of the theological, indeed!). hagiography is replete with examples of how the more blind faith and it is harder to maintain, the greater the methods rite who gets it. And that is bad leads to people not to criticize, question not, whatand believe what you say for no reason and that is no way to live according to my beliefs. Believe in the virtue of faith has nothing good.

To all this I've told you have to add that there are people from non-Christian religions to which they may feel bad that they compliment the Christmas (well, without thinking too much, who are still waiting for the Messiah ; as ⁽⁶⁾ ) and to me personally, it hurts when I congratulate Christmas because it reminds me again and again I paid the price for being me and I'm sure there are more like me out there, that not everyone Gloria Sweeney.

But Carape! How I would like to congratulate Christmas! Damn! That importáis me and I love and I wish you the best! At Christmas and throughout the year! Damn Now Buf

that I have stayed at home. Hala, time to go back to my emails ...

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(1) As Flanders would say, Even Those bits That Contradict Other bits . If that is not faith (it is actually ignorance), which lower the FSM and see it. Did you know that the Bible says that pi is exactly three? ( I Kings 7, 23 )
(2) In opposition & amp; oacute; na atheists and agnostics, by default, which are almost as many in proportion as Catholics "non-practicing" among Catholics.
(3) never thank enough my father to tell me the difference between magic and religion, between magic and miracles.
(4) My turn their backs on the Church has taken me, curiously, the appreciation of the importance of the dogma of vicarious sacrifice, I never thought too when I was Catholic and that, seen from outside adds yet another layer of consistency and seriousness to the Catholic belief system. I have wanted to write aboutvicacrio sacrifice one of these.
(5) is, what your parents tell you or, at most, what you say your grandmothers. Because obviously,
Lord, I ascribe it to thy grace, And Not
to chance as Others do,
That I Was Born of Christian race,
And not a Heathen or a Jew.
(6) Comfortably seated, I hope ...