tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post2750836021921719906..comments2024-03-05T10:52:24.691+00:00Comments on Mark Wadsworth: Christmas: No Room for SaturnMark Wadsworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-76920974418957728572014-12-04T20:46:43.875+00:002014-12-04T20:46:43.875+00:00Stig. Exactly. This is precisely how religion deve...Stig. Exactly. This is precisely how religion developed in all times and all places.<br /><br />The need for a way to make the transcendent... transparent.<br /><br />Regardless if its materially real, it serves a useful purpose.<br /><br />I have no idea where we are today with it though. Some are fanatical supporters but do not understand its original purpose so wreak havoc with it. Others fanatical objectors but have no decent alternative except to encourage zombification of the world.<br /><br />Its a wonder.Robin Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04648517992918303543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-11926919884392866212014-12-03T12:33:44.893+00:002014-12-03T12:33:44.893+00:00TS, exactly, amen to all that. But we have a Briti...TS, exactly, amen to all that. But we have a British centric view, if I lived nearer the equator where the weather is much the same all year round (barring the odd monsoon), I think that I wouldn't be so Xmassy.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-78045082484065724092014-12-03T09:49:11.512+00:002014-12-03T09:49:11.512+00:00Mark,
""Xmas" is a celebration of ...Mark,<br /><br />""Xmas" is a celebration of itself, looking for an excuse to be held."<br /><br />There's a global need for celebrations at different times of the year. We sense a change in the weather, light levels and seem to have a basic human need to do things: Christmas/Saturnalia/Yule - celebrating the new year (around the Winter solstice), Easter/Passover - new life arriving around March. Midsummer - celebrating the light. Diwali/Guy Fawkes/Halloween - casting out the darkness with light. Tim Almondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13369256383976094670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-43910209518626978952014-12-03T07:47:31.835+00:002014-12-03T07:47:31.835+00:00It doesn't matter as long as you are doing som...It doesn't matter as long as you are doing something. <br /><br />"Xmas" is a celebration of itself, looking for an excuse to be held.<br /><br />Hence the "X", nobody knows what it really stands for.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-22201036088918392412014-12-02T23:31:24.252+00:002014-12-02T23:31:24.252+00:00LOL. Boozing, feasting and throwing up for 12 days...LOL. Boozing, feasting and throwing up for 12 days and nights was compulsory in my day.Ian Hillshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12619977137431223237noreply@blogger.com