tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33112888.post7737962397565153928..comments2011-02-04T22:07:05.967ZBillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14239989492128801120noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33112888.post-76078256398821604502009-12-15T00:00:56.933Z2009-12-15T00:00:56.933ZPlease buy Tim&#39;s single and get an atheist song into the Christmas charts. It&#39;s available to download on iTunes, play.com, amazon, HMV and Tesco. It&#39;s currently no. 29 in the UK real-time download chart!DragonMagenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33112888.post-43074959610718257522009-12-14T15:39:17.736Z2009-12-14T15:39:17.736ZWell said! Happy solstice!Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05199235836494201103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33112888.post-79774813930397919922009-12-14T05:45:30.441Z2009-12-14T05:45:30.441ZThis comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Navab Farhanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06610822475054380306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33112888.post-31373378737834141582009-12-14T02:00:04.987Z2009-12-14T02:00:04.987ZI don&#39;t think people celebrated the solstice because they needed cheering up on the day of the longest night of the year; rather, they were celebrating the end of lengthening night and the beginning of lengthening day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33112888.post-41145367795304526202009-12-13T23:20:24.043Z2009-12-13T23:20:24.043ZI&#39;m a big fan of Christmas because I like trees in the house, excuses for drinking all the time, wrapping presents, pretzels, stockings, stuffing, snow (even though it doesn&#39;t), spotting gift clothes on people the next day, Muppet&#39;s Christmas Carol, and bread sauce. <br /><br />I also like Christmas carols, Salvation Army brass bands and having a time of the year where you should think of other people, these all can (and I believe do) exist without god.Naomi Mchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06033949035632165385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33112888.post-67980772447582876432009-12-13T23:10:44.247Z2009-12-13T23:10:44.247ZGood post, good points. Even better if you&#39;d learn to spell merely correctly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33112888.post-74220251478876314432009-12-13T21:38:20.685Z2009-12-13T21:38:20.685ZThe early Christian Church fairly clearly co-opted the Winter Solstice as Jesus&#39; Birthday, as they similarly co-opted other pre-Christian seasonal celebrations (like Easter) for other bits of the Christian Year. <br /><br />Much easier to get the local pagans onside for conversion if they didn&#39;t have to re-jig the seasonal festivities to get with the new religion.Dr Austhttp://draust.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33112888.post-89885102207043728492009-12-13T21:04:22.639Z2009-12-13T21:04:22.639ZGlad to have you back! And I couldnt agree more.I like the co-opting xmas for your own beliefs, this I want to steal for when people ask me why I still like celebrating it. Ha.Lokihttp://upskeptoscope.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com