[quote=Angelica _ann][quote=aemathenge][quote=AlphDoti]People argue out of ignorance.[/quote]
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Thanks ma-He goat, If we all reasoned the same the world would be a boring place.[/quote]
Even ignorant people reason. Do not mix ignorance with Religious.

Ephesians 4:18 “They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart.”

[quote=AlphDoti][quote=aemathenge][quote=AlphDoti]People argue out of ignorance.[/quote]
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5+4 =9 or 6+3 = 9 is not ignorance. It is knowledge. Ignorance: lack of knowledge or information.[/quote]

Merry Christmas 2019.

That is what the initiator of this thread had in mind.

This thread was going on beautifully, until you choose to portray YOUR ignorance.

Until YOU choose to show your lack of knowledge about what Christmas is to Citizens of This Great Virtual Republic of Wazua.

Wishing someone a Merry Christmas is not about religion.

Assuming that wishing someone a Merry Christmas is all about Christian or Muslim beliefs is the height of ignorance.

[quote]What is Christmas?

It’s a tooth in a gear; it’s the marked beginning and end of a circle such that one marks the passage of time and is provided an opportunity to rest from the rat race.

You can take what you want from it; religious significance; vacation time; alone time; time to eat; time to diet; time to give and get gifts; time to reflect.

Whatever thing appeals to you, Christmas is that notch in the wheel, that tooth in the gear that signifies another year has past.

The days are indistinguishable from each other but that big tooth, rising higher than the rest, lets you know the time is passing, it’s a warning to do whatever you’re going to do soon if you haven’t yet because the days pass slowly but the years pass so fast.

It’s an inexorable gear that never stops turning, even as you put up the wreath once more and reminisce over the smell of evergreen, thinking of this Christmas past or that one 10, 20, 30 years ago.

It’s a time to remember old friends and maybe make a resolution to reconnect.

It’s a time to reflect on old hates and maybe find a way to forgive.

Its a time to make money, lots of it, since 75 percent of retail sales occur during the Christmas season;

it’s a time to cheat on your diet;

it’s a time to slow down to prepare for the next quarterly push when life is going to really bear down;

it’s the time to think of people less fortunate and how you can do something for someone other than yourself.

That’s what Christmas is, @AlphDoti - it’s the opportunity to do something different, be someone different for a little while.[/quote]

Thank you for showing me that you know nothing about me, that you are ignorant of what Christmas means to me.

Christmas is NOT what YOU think it is to ME.

Oh, and by the way, I had a Merry Christmas, thank you.

[quote=aemathenge][quote=AlphDoti][quote=aemathenge][quote=AlphDoti]People argue out of ignorance.[/quote]
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5+4 =9 or 6+3 = 9 is not ignorance. It is knowledge. Ignorance: lack of knowledge or information.[/quote]
Merry Christmas 2019.

That is what the initiator of this thread had in mind.

This thread was going on beautifully, until you choose to portray YOUR ignorance.

Until YOU choose to show your lack of knowledge about what Christmas is to Citizens of This Great Virtual Republic of Wazua.

Wishing someone a Merry Christmas is not about religion.

Assuming that wishing someone a Merry Christmas is all about Christian or Muslim beliefs is the height of ignorance.

[quote]What is Christmas?

It’s a tooth in a gear; it’s the marked beginning and end of a circle such that one marks the passage of time and is provided an opportunity to rest from the rat race.

You can take what you want from it; religious significance; vacation time; alone time; time to eat; time to diet; time to give and get gifts; time to reflect.

Whatever thing appeals to you, Christmas is that notch in the wheel, that tooth in the gear that signifies another year has past.

The days are indistinguishable from each other but that big tooth, rising higher than the rest, lets you know the time is passing, it’s a warning to do whatever you’re going to do soon if you haven’t yet because the days pass slowly but the years pass so fast.

It’s an inexorable gear that never stops turning, even as you put up the wreath once more and reminisce over the smell of evergreen, thinking of this Christmas past or that one 10, 20, 30 years ago.

It’s a time to remember old friends and maybe make a resolution to reconnect.

It’s a time to reflect on old hates and maybe find a way to forgive.

Its a time to make money, lots of it, since 75 percent of retail sales occur during the Christmas season;

it’s a time to cheat on your diet;

it’s a time to slow down to prepare for the next quarterly push when life is going to really bear down;

it’s the time to think of people less fortunate and how you can do something for someone other than yourself.

That’s what Christmas is, @AlphDoti - it’s the opportunity to do something different, be someone different for a little while.[/quote]
Thank you for showing me that you know nothing about me, that you are ignorant of what Christmas means to me.

Christmas is NOT what YOU think it is to ME.

Oh, and by the way, I had a Merry Christmas, thank you.[/quote]
You are the ignorant one. Trying to lie by defining your own meaning of Christmas. You can have your own definition, and I will not bother. I am only referring to the religious meaning of the festival.

[quote]Christmas
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25[a] as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world.[/quote]
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You are the ignorant one.

Trying to lie by defining your own meaning of Christmas.

You can have your own definition, and I will not bother.

I am only referring to the religious meaning of the festival.[/quote]
I beg to disagree.

You are the ignorant one.

The first six people who posted on this thread did not mention anything religious in their wishes that we have a merry Christmas.

You are the one who chose to bring up religious interpretations of the festival.

You chose to ignore their/our intentions and instead opted to give us a religious summon.

However, finally, we can agree on something in as far as this matter features. That I have my own definition and you need not bother. So do the other six Citizens and a whole other silent majority.

By the way, do you have any reservations, religious or otherwise, against the next big festival, Valentine Day?

If any, how about ventilating them now rather than ruining a very special occasion for some of us. [/quote]
If you definition of Christmas is drink and get drunk and party and fornicate, it does not disqualify the official definition of Christmas.
[quote]Dictionary
Christmas /ˈkrɪsməs/ noun
the annual Christian festival celebrating Christ's birth, held on 25 December in the Western Church[/quote]

[quote=AlphDoti][quote=aemathenge]By the way, do you have any reservations, religious or otherwise, against the next big festival, Valentine Day? If any, how about ventilating them now rather than ruining a very special occasion for some of us.[/quote]
As far as Islam is concern, love is everyday. Valentine's Day is a Western concept, which you just ape blindly. They even have mother's day, because they never see their mothers often. But every time is mother's day. In fact, you should speak to her everyday. You should make her special every day.[/quote]

Looks like you have issues with western concepts. The internet is a western conception so why don't you write your comments on papyrus parchment and display at your local market for comments. Acha kutusumbua ati western this, western that.