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[–] [deleted] • 2 pts (edited )

Merry Christmas

Jesus Christ was supposedly born on December 25th, but no one really knows for sure from what I've seen myself.

St. Nicholas is the man / story behind Santa Claus from what I understand. St. Nicholas was a bit of a criminal (to the Roman government in his time frame - first link goes into it).

Probably why Santa Claus doesn't ask to come into the home first or get permission first when coming down the chimney (joking obviously). Christmas banter (again joking).

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Nicholas

https://www.whychristmas.com/customs/fatherchristmas.shtml

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HeyAK9uCgEY/Ttzo4KotwkI/AAAAAAAAB1I/daW9eCpYwsg/s1600/z+Saint+Nicholas+early+depiction+orthodox+Nikola_from_1294.jpg

Isaac Newton was born on December 25th, 1642...

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[–] [deleted] • 3 pts (edited )

Thanks for posting

I need better role models...

Jesus Christ was a criminal to a government (at the time).

St. Nicholas was a criminal to a government (at the time).

Isaac Newton was a bit of a heretic or criminal to as well from what I understand (at the time).

joking obviously

https://www.jonathanbrentner.com/https/jonathan-brentner-g8fgsquarespacecom/config/2018/9/24/isaac-newton-groundbreaking-theologian-or-heretic

Santa Claus is a celebration of a criminal basically (bit of fun). I don't trust governments and governments are definitely not always right to as well.

[–] [deleted] • 1 pt

I have not been able to find any evidence of jesus ever existing. There appear to be no records or mentions of him apart from the bible.

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Mate, every religion copies each other. All the way back to the Egyptians and the birth of Horus? And even they probably copied that from somewhere else. There were many people claiming to be prophets, about 20 or so going by the name of Jesus, and even one bloke who walked on water, did the water into wine thing, healed people, was crucified in the same way... but not called Jesus. There's even speculation that modern Christianity was actually heavily influenced by Buddhism.

That's not important. What's important is that Christmas is a big "fuck you" from the western [capitalist] world to every other shit hole out there. The west is so rich that we can have a festival or holiday, with actual presents, ever single fucking year. Other places JUST get food, or cash - which just ends up being given to someone else anyway - but we get all the fucking bells and whistles, and fucking toys! Sure, "Christmas" has been around for a fair while, but modern Christmas - as we see it now - is completely different, and all to do with general prosperity.