Not really. Christmas is still Christmas. Remember, the only reason why basically everyone does gifts, was because a long time ago, someone give poor (I think) kids toys on Christmas. So, it naturally just became a custom to all.


While me and my family also does it, me and my siblings just about out grew getting presents on Christmas.

*laughs*

But, seriously, no

Oh my gosh, Marvin is punching himself in the face!

Agreed Marvin.


Agreed.

Technically, Christmas shouldn't be about buying people gifts. It should be about celebrating our Lord's birthday.

I agree, I am happy when the only thing on my list is given.

A simple Christmas would be better. Just one gift to each person you are going to give gifts to, and pretty soon all of those people have 3 or 5 gifts a piece. So, you are still getting some more gifts but obviously not 34 or something.

Simple=Easier=Better

Its simple, and a Merry Christmas to you too!!

And a happy new year

That IS pretty honourable. Good for you to stick by your principals.

Good luck in your endevours.

Good for you! I used to run a charity fundraising society, and the number of people who did it to put on their CVs, or to look good, depressed me. Volunteering is it's own reward.

OMG! I love that song! Imagine me and you, i do. I think about you day and night, it's only right, to think about the one you love, and hold her tight. So happy together!!!!
I can't see me lovin' nobody but you, for all my life
When you're with me baby the skys'll turn blue, for all my life!
Anyways sorry about the loss. But there's plenty of fish in the see eh?

"possibly deep down in the unconscious, they want their limits broken?"

That way people can get dared to break a limit, and possiblt have a fall-back that others caused them to break the limit. (blame others for their action.)

I had a lot of those "fire and damnation" feelings when I was younger. Now church doesn't concern me much - but helping fellow mankind does.

In the past there have been a lot of wars and strife cause by religion. Who knows which religion is "the one". But if I help out at the local soup kitchen, it makes the community that I live in a better place - and makes me feel good too.

Enjoyed reading all the comments here too.

Fenric, you took the words right out of my mouth. Since everything is a sin in the eyes of God ("God is watching you poop"), we'll all be shacking up in the downward place. I'm exaggerating, of course, but think about this: it's very easy to ask for forgiveness on your death bed when you have nothing left to lose. It's a lot harder to actually work to better yourself in life while you can still make a difference in the world - which is actually what Jesus did. His entire life was devoted to service and selflessness, to sacrifice and charity. He didn't wait until he was about to die to do good deeds. And in fact, he opened the doors of heaven to everyone in every subculture and nation (Samaritans, Romans, Criminals). How cool is that, we all get to go to heaven?... oh wait, we don't, because we're all sinners to one degree or another and are therefore going to hell.

I don't believe in deathbed confessions; just as I don't believe in asking for forgiveness for something you are going to be doing anyway. For example, it's not a sin to masturbate, and if it is, no one is getting into heaven, period.

And if you want to argue the reason why Jesus died on the cross, you'll have to take it up with my mother and her teachers, because this is the interpretation that is being taught in university studies by Catholic priests themselves. But what do they know, right?

Apologies to odiefrom for hijacking this post thread.

So nobody will go to heaven? Coz nobody is truly perfect.

Interesting, the reason Jesus died on the cross is so we can be forgiven when we ask to be forgiven. Jesus was the sacrificial lamb. He took the place of lambs for us to get and kill to be forgiven. The bible teaches, "The wages of sin is death" So, if someone still has just one little sin when they die, they will be in hell, not heaven.