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    Quote Originally Posted by theskinnyone
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    wrong holiday motherfucker! lol
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    Food for thought: Why do you observe Easter?

    Christians obviously have a reason to. They believe that Christ rose from the dead.
    But what about other religions/atheists? Many go out to lunch/dinner, or observe it as a holiday. Why? What are you recognizing then? Is it a belief that the Easter bunny is real and will bring you eggs (should it be an Easter chicken?)? After all, you can't see the Easter bunny, so that would require father in the unobserved....



    Disclaimer: I am saying this in humor, not to rile anyone up.... :p

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    Quote Originally Posted by David88vert
    Food for thought: Why do you observe Easter?

    Christians obviously have a reason to. They believe that Christ rose from the dead.
    But what about other religions/atheists? Many go out to lunch/dinner, or observe it as a holiday. Why? What are you recognizing then? Is it a belief that the Easter bunny is real and will bring you eggs (should it be an Easter chicken?)? After all, you can't see the Easter bunny, so that would require father in the unobserved....



    Disclaimer: I am saying this in humor, not to rile anyone up.... :p
    well we do live in a christian society, its kinda hard not to observe in some form or fashion... it'd be like me telling my Boss... I'M SORRY I DON'T WANT GOOD FRIDAY OFF I DON'T BELIVE IN ALL OF THIS SHIT Not going to happen.

    When i have children i'm sure we will do the easter bunny thing as well... ya kinda of a weak holiday, but i will never rob my children of their imagination. I know christians who straight up tell there children there is no Easter Bunny/Santa Claus b/c they want them to know the religious aspect of the holidays.... i'm sorry but thats just wrong in my eyes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by admin
    well we do live in a christian society, its kinda hard not to observe in some form or fashion... it'd be like me telling my Boss... I'M SORRY I DON'T WANT GOOD FRIDAY OFF I DON'T BELIVE IN ALL OF THIS SHIT Not going to happen.

    Interesting.... LOL So you don't believe in the holidays but still want the days off.... LOL ... isn't it kind of "weird"?

    It also only seems to happen with Christian Holidays, i.e. I don't see people fighting to take Yom Kippur off, but oh they want their Christmas off !! Why not create a caracter for Yom Kippur too, so that you can have it off too? i.e. the Kippur Chocolate Egg Bunny or something? Or Santa Kippur? lol.


    BTW you know that some companies have the "option" for you to take it off, i.e. they give you the option to take an off day on Good Friday, or you can apply it towards another holiday (Rosh Hashannah, Yom Kippur), or you can use it as an extra vacation day if you are not religious at all.....

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    When i have children i'm sure we will do the easter bunny thing as well... ya kinda of a weak holiday, but i will never rob my children of their imagination. I know christians who straight up tell there children there is no Easter Bunny/Santa Claus b/c they want them to know the religious aspect of the holidays.... i'm sorry but thats just wrong in my eyes.

    funny pic \/

    How is that wrong? It is like telling children that 4th of July is Fireworks and BBQ day instead of explaining the real reason behind the observance of it, Independece Day.
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    Interestingly enough, if any were REALLY observing the resurection of Christ that would require an observation of the actual date instead of a date set by the pope, and just like your birthday it wouldnt fall on sunday every year....but alas, as we discussued in another thread easter isnt about any of that.

    Nevertheless, have a great chocolate egg bunny eatin' day.

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    Quote Originally Posted by metalman
    Interestingly enough, if any were REALLY observing the resurection of Christ that would require an observation of the actual date instead of a date set by the pope, and just like your birthday it wouldnt fall on sunday every year....but alas, as we discussued in another thread easter isnt about any of that.

    Nevertheless, have a great chocolate egg bunny eatin' day.

    True! But a lot of people do not know the actual date, or won't bother to look it up, so it is easier to just pick a date every year and leave it at that... same with Christmas etc.

    In any case, "Happy Observance of Easter, even though it is not the actual date, but it is the thought that count - day"
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    Interesting.... LOL So you don't believe in the holidays but still want the days off.... LOL ... isn't it kind of "weird"?

    It also only seems to happen with Christian Holidays, i.e. I don't see people fighting to take Yom Kippur off, but oh they want their Christmas off !! Why not create a caracter for Yom Kippur too, so that you can have it off too? i.e. the Kippur Chocolate Egg Bunny or something? Or Santa Kippur? lol.

    BTW you know that some companies have the "option" for you to take it off, i.e. they give you the option to take an off day on Good Friday, or you can apply it towards another holiday (Rosh Hashannah, Yom Kippur), or you can use it as an extra vacation day if you are not religious at all.....
    I truely do love how you want to jump on my dick again... its cool though b/c you obviously care enough to

    It doesn't matter the fucking holiday i got MLK off too, do you think i was down town in a parade supporting that either... umm NO. No one is going to complain w/ days off, the point is... we all live in a christian society we can't get around the fact its going to happen whether we like it or not.

    Oh by the way i work for a privately owned company and there is not way i could swap holidays b/c of religious reasons. My boss would tell me to take vacation/personal day.

    How is that wrong? It is like telling children that 4th of July is Fireworks and BBQ day instead of explaining the real reason behind the observance of it, Independece Day.
    I already explained why it was wrong, please read and you would have the answer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by admin
    I truely do love how you want to jump on my dick again... its cool though b/c you obviously care enough to

    It doesn't matter the fucking holiday i got MLK off too, do you think i was down town in a parade supporting that either... umm NO. No one is going to complain w/ days off, the point is... we all live in a christian society we can't get around the fact its going to happen whether we like it or not.

    Oh by the way i work for a privately owned company and there is not way i could swap holidays b/c of religious reasons. My boss would tell me to take vacation/personal day.



    I already explained why it was wrong, please read and you would have the answer.

    LOL jump on yo dick? No, just pointing out the obvious, but your responses have answered a lot of questions, and proven a lot of points. Thanks anyway.
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    Quote Originally Posted by admin
    we all live in a christian society we can't get around the fact its going to happen whether we like it or not.
    Now Paul, you're my boy and all.......but in this thread you recognize that you live in a "christian society" where you have to get used to certain things(and obviously use some of the perks of that to your favor)......yet in the other thread you were all up in arms because someone mentioned prayer to you and your mother at lunch........

    Pick a side of the fence my brotha, can't have it one way today and another tomm on this.

    You are very tolerant in a lot of things, but it does seem like anything that has to do with Christianity you tend to lose your thick skin rather quickly.

    You're still my boy though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jaimecbr900
    you recognize that you live in a "christian society" where you have to get used to certain things, yet in the other thread you were all up in arms because someone mentioned prayer to you and your mother at lunch
    Paul, I think this is the point he's trying to make, not what you think about the holiday.


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    Would you guys stop arguing and just enjoy this CLIP dedicated to our savior.

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    ^ i think i just crap myself that was so funny... that should of been called Jesus Meets Joe Black

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    FUCK EASTER!!!!!

    I had to go to Town Center Mall and run a bunch of errands yesterday afternoon and everything was closed. I dont remember Easter being such a popular holiday to close businesses. Atleast wally world was still open so I got some of my shit there.
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    ^ hold on... please explain to me what me having easter off from work has to do w/ my position on the fence? its not like i asked for it off but if i get it what am i supposed to do...? OH SORRY I'M NOT CHRISTIAN I NEED TO WORK ON FRIDAY. come the fuck on, you guys seriously make some dumb statements.

    Whats next i can't use the american $$$ b/c it says "in god we trust".... you guys need to think sometimes before you post. maybe we should all be Jehova Witnesses and we won't have to worry about holidays

    by the way i have thick skin, you would like to think it bothered me the other day, but if you read what i posted i asked a question of the point... what would be like me walking up to complete strangers and telling them what i had for breakfast.... what is the point?

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    Quote Originally Posted by admin
    ^ hold on... please explain to me what me having easter off from work has to do w/ my position on the fence? its not like i asked for it off but if i get it what am i supposed to do...? OH SORRY I'M NOT CHRISTIAN I NEED TO WORK ON FRIDAY. come the fuck on, you guys seriously make some dumb statements.
    Now Paul, you know me better than that.

    I put what I put in () because I wanted to make a point. My point was that in the other thread you were bothered by the fact that someone mentioned "prayer" to you unsolicited, yet here you readily acknowledge you and I and everyone else live in a "Christian society" and we have "expect certain things"......so my point was......why would you be so upset about the waiter's mention of prayer if you yourself KNOW this is a "Christian society"????

    That's what I meant by riding the fence. You shouldn't acknowledge that you live in a "Christian society" and then complain that someone mentions anything that has to do with Christianity. I wasn't trying to say the waiter was right nor wrong. My issue has nothing to do with him directly, just that you've mentioned many times before that this world is something but then you don't like when they act exactly as they are pre-dispositioned to. Wouldn't that be more like common sense?

    If I said that we lived in a heathenistic world full of miscreants and devils, yet was surprised to see someone did something bad right in front of me.......wouldn't you say I was out of touch with reality or riding the fence?


    Whats next i can't use the american $$$ b/c it says "in god we trust".... you guys need to think sometimes before you post. maybe we should all be Jehova Witnesses and we won't have to worry about holidays
    I don't blame you for taking whatever days off they give you. I just think it's ironic, and it is considering your stance on this. Same as any white supremacists that marched in protest and was beside themselves when MLK day was petioned to become a National Holiday, yet they stay at home just like everyone else now. It's ironic is all. I'm not passing judgement, I'm merely stating something. In all honesty, you know I can take any day I want off so this "holiday" thing doesn't affect me in the least, but if it did I probably would take any "holiday" given to me too. So I understand. But it doesn't change the fact that it's ironic.

    As for the thick skin comment.....you are usually very tolerant of lots of things (except religion it seems). There are many times where you have much thicker skin than I do, by far. You know that. But for some reason, religion (with Christianity being a focal point it seems) gets under yours much faster than anything else. That's why I made the comment I made. Again, not passing judgement, just an observation.

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    Quote Originally Posted by admin
    hold on... please explain to me what me having easter off from work has to do w/ my position on the fence? its not like i asked for it off but if i get it what am i supposed to do...? OH SORRY I'M NOT CHRISTIAN I NEED TO WORK ON FRIDAY.
    And why not? I know of plenty of people who chose to work on Christmas, Memorial Day etc. while making time and a half or even triple pay.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ISAtlanta300
    And why not? I know of plenty of people who chose to work on Christmas, Memorial Day etc. while making time and a half or even triple pay.
    you answered your own question.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hulud
    you answered your own question.
    Not quite, Hulud.

    The point I was trying to make is that either way, hypothetically, he has nothing to lose. If he chose to take the day off, then he gets to stay home and get paid anyway for that day. If he choses to work, I would assume that since it is a "holiday" he would get double or triple pay.

    Why not stand up for what you do not believe in, work the day, and get paid double anyway, especially since it is not a government mandated holiday so to speak. It is not like Thanksgiving or Christmas, where the government shuts down their offices, banks close and mailman don't deliver mail.

    Religion is only convenient when it benefits one, that is the point..
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    Quote Originally Posted by ISAtlanta300
    Not quite, Hulud.
    actually you did, that is why people work on holidays, for the pay

    The point I was trying to make is that either way, hypothetically, he has nothing to lose. If he chose to take the day off, then he gets to stay home and get paid anyway for that day. If he choses to work, I would assume that since it is a "holiday" he would get double or triple pay.

    Why not stand up for what you do not believe in, work the day, and get paid double anyway, especially since it is not a government mandated holiday so to speak. It is not like Thanksgiving or Christmas, where the government shuts down their offices, banks close and mailman don't deliver mail.

    Religion is only convenient when it benefits one, that is the point..
    because you know everyone cares about money so much
    fuck if i was given the choice id be like fuck you work im off for the day
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    Quote Originally Posted by ISAtlanta300
    And why not? I know of plenty of people who chose to work on Christmas, Memorial Day etc. while making time and a half or even triple pay.
    Again sir you are wrong... please let me know how many normal office enviroments work on Christmas? ummm none. Does McDonalds stay open for the non christians on Xmas... ummm no.

    My question is what is the point you are trying to make... really? If your boss came in and said ok i'm closing the business down for a Jewish holiday on friday,,,, um are you now Jewish b/c you have it off? No so just b/c you comply w/ the guy who signs your check doesn't mean you are sitting on the fence. Seriously this is pretty dumb to be discussing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by admin
    Whats next i can't use the american $$$ b/c it says "in god we trust"....
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    ^ i read what he said, you forgot to quote his ( ) thought behind the post

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    If I could get Hanukka (sp?) and all the other holidays off that I don't celebrate, you better believe I'd be at home instead of work.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Romeyo07
    If I could get Hanukka (sp?) and all the other holidays off that I don't celebrate, you better believe I'd be at home instead of work.
    no shit taking time off of work has nothing to do w/ your position/ideas on religion.... but if i could get pay 2x-3x on holidays i would but some of us dont' have that luxury working in office enviroments

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