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Would be awesome if more would start celebrating the winter solstice again instead of Christmas. It would unite us more and based on science and not on some ar

Would be awesome if more would start celebrating the winter solstice again instead of Christmas. It would unite us more and based on science and not on some arbitrary thoughts. So in the spirit of it: happy winter solstice everyone! (I know I'm 2 days late)

mistrial9 3y ago
that was tried in the New Age movement of the 1980s, which got some people going, an American interest in Yoga, some derision but mostly jeers and yawns. You must know that there are holiday ceremonies all around the world at that time, but they are typically considered "old" or "naive" or uneducated. The world-conquering language groups brought with them non-nature based religions, which purposefully offset as people here discuss.
- Dolototo 3y ago
  I'm curious if we as humans would be more deceptive to climate change if we would still have nature based beliefs
piombisallow 3y ago
The world is increasingly united around Christmas, mostly stripped of its religious connotations.
- Dolototo 3y ago
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  - mistrial9 3y ago
    conversion of the German Tribes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxon_Wars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxon_Wars Christianity took hold as an organized system of bishops, serving under Kings, and acknowledged the practices of slavery; on the other hand, universal literacy, arts and science, sexual modesty and monogamous marriage were not always common. Your rude reference to children is a special Catholic problem no? but truth be told, lots of cultures have rude low-class customs involving children, and second many Christians did lift up the standards for hygiene and habits. source: a year with Lutherans in the USA recently
    - Dolototo 3y ago
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s1artibartfast 3y ago
I personally advocate for Thanksgiving to all of my ex-us friends. That said, I think any effort to coerce the global community into some shared holiday would be much more divisive than unifying.
Astraco 3y ago
Celebrate whatever you want and let everyone else enjoy their thing.
- Dolototo 3y ago
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mistrial9 3y ago

that was tried in the New Age movement of the 1980s, which got some people going, an American interest in Yoga, some derision but mostly jeers and yawns. You must know that there are holiday ceremonies all around the world at that time, but they are typically considered "old" or "naive" or uneducated. The world-conquering language groups brought with them non-nature based religions, which purposefully offset as people here discuss.

Dolototo 3y ago
I'm curious if we as humans would be more deceptive to climate change if we would still have nature based beliefs

piombisallow 3y ago

The world is increasingly united around Christmas, mostly stripped of its religious connotations.

Dolototo 3y ago
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- mistrial9 3y ago
  conversion of the German Tribes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxon_Wars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxon_Wars Christianity took hold as an organized system of bishops, serving under Kings, and acknowledged the practices of slavery; on the other hand, universal literacy, arts and science, sexual modesty and monogamous marriage were not always common. Your rude reference to children is a special Catholic problem no? but truth be told, lots of cultures have rude low-class customs involving children, and second many Christians did lift up the standards for hygiene and habits. source: a year with Lutherans in the USA recently
  - Dolototo 3y ago
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s1artibartfast 3y ago

I personally advocate for Thanksgiving to all of my ex-us friends. That said, I think any effort to coerce the global community into some shared holiday would be much more divisive than unifying.

Astraco 3y ago

Celebrate whatever you want and let everyone else enjoy their thing.

Dolototo 3y ago
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