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Your perennial reminder that Keven Sorbo is an idiot. (lemmy.world)

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[-] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 5 points 11 months ago

The so called "three Wise Men" or whatever. Yep.

IMO that's a bit of a flimsy argument. Jesus' family got gifts on his birthday, so everyone should participate in unrestricted consumerism because Jesus.

..... Almost everyone celebrates their birthday with gift giving. Why then, in this case, does it constitute that everyone should give stuff to their friends/family/etc? "It's someone else's birthday, so I got you a gift!" What? Why?

The logic is insane.

[-] oce@jlai.lu 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Why do you expect perfect logic from religious practice and other rituals (ex: national celebrations)? They are just made to strengthen the ties between people. It makes people happy to receive gifts because it makes them feel valued. Consumerism is a phenomenon that adds to this but it's not specific to religious rituals, it is everywhere. Kids used to just receive simple stuff like oranges.

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