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That's not Christmas winning, that's just commercialism winning.

Ironically, I think the war on Christmas is the one co-opting Christmas.

The moneyed are winning. The city-sized trash piles are winning.

If Christmas was taken back from Wall Street, we'd be singing and bringing food to our neighbors and making peace with our rivals. Quarterly earnings would be gleefully, beautifully, "disappointing."

If there's a war on Christmas, ~~it's~~ Christmas is fucking winning.

FTFY

Hey hey hey, careful with all that decency.

I'm an atheist, I say merry christmas because I really don't care

That's how I see it. I'm a Christian, and people have blessed me in their own cultural traditions before, and I really appreciate it. I think it's incredibly sweet even if we may not agree on all the specifics.

It's like saying "bless you" when someone sneezes

No honey, we have Ned Stark at home.

Right? Wtf?

Its “Sean Bean” from 8 out of 10 cats does countdown pretty sure

Of course it isn't. Neds dead baby.

Looks like Pedro Pascal.

After decades in the US, I’m yet to meet a real Christian.

Nice to meet you! Haha. U.S Christian anarchist here. I'm absolutely not perfect obviously, but I understand exactly where you're coming from. It hurts my heart every day.

I am trying to figure out how to speak out against this "Amerikristian" cult in some kind of effective way. I think a lot of people simply don't know any better because the propaganda has been so thorough. The churches preaching " Supply-Side Jesus " get funding from wealthy benefactors, guilt people into tax-free volunteer labor, and lure desperate followers.

My church that, also wasn't perfect, but was tiny and doing its best to spread the Gospel, closed up and got swallowed by the megachurch next door when the landlord raised their rent exponentially. Many others are the same.

There's no profit in actually helping your neighbor. (After all, many would argue that the ideal of profit maximizing, is in fact, theft.)

Churches used to be incredibly pro-human. They were considered annoyingly leftist by the moneyed interests of the gilded age, hence why they were warped into the monsters we know now.

(Highly recommend Behind the Bastards: "How the Rich Ate Christianity")

Christians are still here. Gently rebuking misinformation and trying to free hearts and souls from this wretched machine. It's hard to tell whom to trust. Like in the days of the "Early Christians" of old.

A leftist Christian is often a target of persecution, both from American cultists, and others with kneejerk hatred for Christians perpetuated by those cultusts.

We aren't as loud. We're drowned out. We're not wearing stupid red caps or hating on people, we're trying so hard to love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us. We're trying to save God's planet and people from greed and destruction.

We're trying to explain why swearing oaths to an idol of stars and stripes is at odds with Jesus. Why the State is inherently an instrument of evil, especially when it wields and prints bibles it's too wicked to understand.

Why a God of incomprehensible love weeps when we call for blood and justify killing, displaying the ludicrous arrogance of pretending we have no sins ourselves and "they deserve it."

"Narrow is the path." (Matthew 7:14) But we're still here. Don't lose heart. Love is the greatest act of defiance against "The principalities, and powers, and rulers of this dark world." (Ephesians 6:12)

We believe in a God that is greater than oppressive states, borders, violence, markets, or politics, or greed.

That said, I sincerely wish you and anyone reading this a Merry Christmas with all the love in my heart.

The real Christians I know don't go to church.

I had a boss that said without a hint of irony, "Christians are the most persecuted people on the planet."

That's the day where your true love gives you two birds of some sort, right?

I love solstice because the days start getting longer. This darkness drains my soul.

I think all those things used to be legitimate before the marketing departments seized it and took it over. Seriously! I mentioned elsewhere the Christmas Truce of 1914. SOMEWHERE that spirit of good will was there. (Before "goodwill" was yet another retailer brand.)

You're right to call shenanigans. If we weren't so lured by shiny baubles, everyone besides food and ERs would be closing up shop for like a week every year because nobody bought anything.

There are marked occasions where we are encouraged to hit the brakes, hug our people, remember what's important. It's all drowned out by "SALE SALE SALE SALE".

I think those songs and everything are so depressive because we KNOW it's fake. It's all plastic. It's all illusion. It's a forced song and dance trying to weaponize our nostalgia and our hearts and sentiment for profit (What in the Disney Channel indeed). And we see the disgusting, vapid gestures for what they are.

I sincerely hope you do have a happy holiday. Buying nothing, hugging your cat, fixing something for a neighbor, helping the unhoused, calling your folks, whatever.

Rebellion begins with us.

Fun fact, you're still celebrating the sun's rebirth.

Yes, faux christian outrage should be left on reddit.