Comment on Japan appears to be confused about Christmas

daddy32@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• Eidolon_Alpha@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I mean, it’s all based on he said she said nonsense the further back you dig anyways. The only difference today is that corporations hijacked the public consciousness to perpetuate consumerism, instead of it being cave dwelling Jews or delusional Roman oracles with an affinity for pharmacological ‘substances’.

  Jesus wasn’t even born in December lol. Early Christians stole the winter solstice festivities from Pagans, because that’s how cults work - they leach off of other cultures, then either twist or outright re-write those traditions, allegorical stories, and legends to benefit their narratives.

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• Duamerthrax@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  meh. Christianity hijacked Pagan Winter Solstice traditions and some historians even think Jesus was actually born around September. The bible flat out forbids Christmas trees(Jeremiah 10:1-4).

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  • roguetrick@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Jeremiah 10

    That’s about idols. When he’s saying do not fear them because all they are is wood a man cut out of the forest and dressed with silver and gold, he’s saying the idols are mundane. They’re powerless creations made by man that cannot walk around without a man walking them around.

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• ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Eh, anyway, as a frugal agnostic, I don’t care either way.

  I read furry agnostic and for a moment thought, “Oh shit furries don’t like Christmas? TIL TIL.”

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  • transMexicanCRTcowfart@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    No no, it means the belief that nothing is known or can be known of the existence or nature of Furries.

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• kadup@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Even though the myth is quite prevalent, the red and white color scheme for Santa is not related to Coca-Cola.

  A massive amount of this world’s plastic waste is related to Coca-Cola, though.

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