The Antichristian Phenomenon

To say that, maybe the second most important (after Easter?) Christian holiday has a pagan symbolism is beyond thinkable for most “holy” people. Of course, I always regard Christmas as another Christian scheme- turning the pagan solstice celebration into the birth of Christ. By the way, what evidence is there ? As of the rest of Christianity’s claims: NONE !!!!

Anyway, this article tries to reconcile some views and give a different perspective on generally accepted things.

I have been reading throughout this week a lot of discussions, arguments and articles regarding Christmas and what attitude should those “godless bastards” have towards this holiday. I even started a thread in the ACP group on last.fm on this, asking how people view it.

After these readings I have come to a conclusion. A sad one I might say. Some of us godless, unholy beings, are kind of striving not to have a good time on Christmas, to be “Grinches”, to pretend we are totally uninterested in this Christian bullshit, just because it supposedly it really is a Christian  bullshit. I have read a great deal of pages describing hints and advice on “how to survive Christmas as an atheist/non-christian”. Some of them even went as far as suggesting that, even if you don’t like it, you should go to work to prove to everybody (including yourself, I might add) that Christmas means nothing to you and neither does their Christ.

WHAT ???

Yes, what ??? I will now abandon all sorts of politeness.

For me, to take extreme measures- even measures that will make you do things you hate- in order to prove something to others, but infinitely more grave, to yourself,is a major sign of weakness, lack of  self-confidence, self-respect, in general the result of a closed and narrow mind (in this case, at least). Yes, to go to work on Christmas, or to do something JUST FOR THE SAKE OF SHOWING OFF YOUR ATHEISM/ANTI-CHRISTIANITY is NOT a sign of free-thinking, but a sign of intolerance and of a mind enslaved in dogmas, simillar to a Christian mind. It is also extremely childish. A person with an open mind is always true to itself .No exceptions ! So tell me: would you rather spend some time with your family, with your kids, with your loved ones, or go to work, disappoint everybody just for the sake of showing off your “independence” from false doctrines ?

Let us understand each-other. If you have no choice but go to work, because your job is of this nature, if it will benefit everybody if you do work on Christmas, if (for any possible reason) you MUST go on this day to work. Well, this is something else.

But to do this just to show-off or to confirm to YOURSELF the fact that you are free from Christian indoctrination (how free are you really if you need some confirmation for it ? ) is similar to the act of fasting, confessing and various other Christian bullshit I described in a previous article. It is also hypocrisy because, admit it, you would rather take some time off than work.

The same goes to all other fake and forced attempts to look indifferent, bored or really pissed off by the Christmas celebrations…It is more than childish, but is a frequent mistake some of us do at some point in our lives. And we should extirpate this mistake and widen our field of wisdom in this case too.

A small explanation and overlook

At this point you’re probably wandering what the title of the article has to do with anything. Well, you will find out by the end of it.

Now, I am not going to explain this here, but hey, if you can read this, than it means that you have access to something called “the Internet”. So you can always look it up. But I think I won’t meet any opposing views when I say that the figure of Santa Claus is a pagan symbol, a pagan tradition, that was later “Christianised”, turned into a “saint” by the sad examples of spiritual conquerors. At its origins it is a pagan symbol, that was celebrated long before the “virgin result” corrupted the minds.

Here I must admit that this former pagan symbol has turned into something more than a saint, over the centuries. It is now a sadder example and a grotesque cliche of our over-globalized world, a mesmerizer of consumerist minds. Santa has now become the employee of various multinationals that disgust us with their aggressive and bad taste campaigns that have arrived close to the point of forcing their way into a domicile and pointing a gun towards the owner’s head to BUY their products at any cost.

Anyway, I best leave this to the market analysts.

My point is that Santa is pagan and has nothing to do with Christ or his birthday.

Looking back, when I was a child, I loved Christmas more than anything, it was my favorite time of year. Looking even closer, I come to the conclusion that I associated Christmas with some elements. The most important were the Christmas tree, ‘Santa’ bringing presents to me- toys among which I would then play with for countless hours, playing some tapes with Christmas songs, being surrounded by family. As you can see, Christ was not among them. The first time I ever started hearing stories about god and his son were when I entered school. We had compulsory religion classes- I can remember the threats with hell, eternal damnation and all that scum.

But for me, during those days, Christmas meant singing songs automatically, for which I would receive candy. I didn’t know what they were all about, for me they were just joyous songs . Many of them were actually about Santa and winter fun in general. They were the most joyous. I didn’t know anything about any Christ, god, church, religion (and I wish I never knew). For me Christmas meant fun and presents.

And of course, Santa. During those years (early ’90s)- only a few years after communism had fallen (as you can see I live in a country that was hit by another grave and destructive plague in the past) you wouldn’t see “Santas” all around, in every store. Those days it was something sacred about it. You could really think of Santa as something personal which only belonged to you. And he was certainly a central figure for me. I wouldn’t have imagined Christmas without that surprise on the evening of the 24th of December. Anticipation, thinking about what he would bring me, the joy of seeing his presents. There was something heavenly in that childish naivety. And that was what Christmas was all about.

And, of course, that’s how every kid views Christmas. That’s what brings happiness in a child’s heart. It is more than ironic that a pagan symbol stands at the heart of a “Christian” celebration. That a pagan symbol is actually the boosting engine that keeps this holiday going. After all, many families do this for their children, as well as for tradition. Tree, songs, dressing some uncle as Santa just to impress your child. This is where all the happiness comes from.

Another fist in Yahwe’s face. How sweet !

Attempt to “ban” Santa

I have once took part at a Christian-protestant conference. Out of curiosity and at the invitation of a friend. It was a deeply religious conference. At a point, the speaker told about the concept of Santa. He said it was a dangerous concept. A concept that should never have access to a child’s mind. For him, Santa was a vile lie and telling a child such a lie was not only imoral but also dangerous for his development, as when the child would discover the truth he will lose all trust in his parents and will forever leave him frustrated. It is more than funny, if not revolting, that a figure who spreads the most hideous lie of all, the worst poison for one’s mind, should point to something and say “LIE” . He went on by saying that a child’s mind, as well as everybody else’s should be concentrated on the “real” reason, that is the birth of Christ. Later, not much later, I discovered that all present were in agreement, and, even more, every “true” and extreme Christian has the same opinion. Ban Santa, hail Christ !

Isn’t this very obvious ?

Let’s try a comparison

As kid, I always loved Christmas, but regarded Easter with indifference, and even a sense of uneasiness. (Easter, however you put it, has nothing pagan in it- it is a 100% Christian holiday).

Why ? Well, for once, as I have already stated, Christmas was all about lively colors, happiness, joyous faces, presents etc. But Easter was associated with suffering, pain, death, judgement, hell, dead man walking, corpses rising.(more of a horror movie than a holiday, eh?) Obviously,in those days I didn’t fully understand what Easter was about, anyway, it had no gifts, just a nice thing with eggs, which are one of my favorite food, but not much. The songs were sad ones, you would not go door to door, singing for candy.

And now, when I fully understand the Easter holiday and I analyse it, what do I see ? “The passion of the Christ”. That tear seeking movie. People crying their eyes out in cinemas. Shocked faces. Hearts broken in pity for the sufferings of Christ. Mass hysteria. People kneeling in fear before the idol. Faces frozen with terror.

Yes, this is the truth. The only thing that kept Christianity alive all these centuries is fear and shock. Impressive images, tales of terror. Weaklings spreading these elements hoping they can make for the lack of logic and rationality behind it all. But not for us ! Not any more !

So, as you can see, it is plain and obvious why the extreme Christians would want to eliminate Santa forever. It has nothing to do with their religion. It comes from “The pagan vastlands”  (Hail Behemoth !!!! ). But it brings joy and happiness. As opposed to the tears and terror that the crucified one(s) (Hail Vader !!!) bring(s).

We can all imagine how the Christian leaders would want us all during Christmas. Kneeling, with a serious expression on our faces, our minds set on “the birth of the savior”. Excessive joy comes from the Devil, therefor is wicked, celebrations should not be done in bright colors and family dinner, gifts and in general a joyful time. But in dark colors and by praying, by meditating about the grace of god, or whatever.Christ calls for abstinence, what’s in that head of yours, you ungodly fool ?!?!

Santa brings the smile, Christ brings the tears. Simple…and obvious.

So stop with the foolish acting

In conclusion, what we call Christmas has far deeper roots than “anno domini”. It used to be a holiday of joy and happiness. And it has remained to this day unchanged. Remove anything Christian in it(hell, call it by another name if you like), crush the ridiculous consumerism and multinational imbecility and you will be living one the best times of the year. Today I feel the same as I felt so many years before. I don’t know about any Christianity. I only know about a nice day, full of joy and happiness, gifts, happy music. There is nothing wrong in this, is it ?

So, my friends, stop worrying about how you should act on this day. What attitude you should have. What it means to you. What others think about how you act. Stop forcing yourself to have that angry look and stop destroying other people’s fun as well. Spend some time with your loved ones and be happy that you have them among you. Sure, you could say that you don’t need any special occasion for that, but looking at how everyone’s life has become in the “era of speed” (more like era of shit), you really don’t get many chances anymore to gather everyone in one place. So why not take this opportunity !

Christ is dead ! The pagan tradition lives on ! So let’s raise our glasses high and drink to that !

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