ROB HALFORD Reminds Us To Remember the True Meaning of Christmas

[MetalDrummer888]

Originally Posted by Allan

Rob speaking out about the "true meaning of Xmas" being peace, love, and remembering Jsus. When I think of Xmas and this particular religion, Rob Halford isn't exactly the spokeman who comes to mind.

i try to get my family members to remember that stuff and im an athiest

you really shouldn't be that suprised

[Yoda]

Originally Posted by hot_turkey_ed

The message is a good one, regardless the specific messenger. Is it really that bad?

Bad wasn't my point, just strange coming from this source.

[DethMaiden]

I think it's quite lovely. Perhaps he isn't a Christian, but I agree with him in every point he made.

[Div]

I think, in America mostly, theres two types of Christmases. One if the religious holiday, and the other is more like a second birthday.


And is Halford trying to say he's a Christian, or is he just talking about the holiday in general?

[DethMaiden]

Originally Posted by Div

I think, in America mostly, theres two types of Christmases. One if the religious holiday, and the other is more like a second birthday.


And is Halford trying to say he's a Christian, or is he just talking about the holiday in general?

I think there are three types, the two you named, and the one which Halford is referring to: basically a time of brotherhood, love, and people generally getting along. See: Old City Bar by Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

[ChildrenofSodom]

Originally Posted by DethMaiden

I think there are three types, the two you named, and the one which Halford is referring to: basically a time of brotherhood, love, and people generally getting along in celebration of Christ's Birth. .

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[MetalDrummer888]

Originally Posted by ChildrenofSodom

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wow . . . that post-change pretty much outlines everything i hate about serious christians . . . thankyou

[MetalDrummer888]

Originally Posted by DethMaiden

a time of brotherhood, love, and people generally getting along

that is christmas


and ChildrenofSodom: Christmas is not christ's birthday . . . last i heard histrians put it around april . . . Christmas is celebrated at the time it is because early christians wanted to make the new religion more accessable to the pagans that inhabited most of germanic europe during that time period. December 25th was a pagan winter feast and only later became that celebration of christ's birth that we know today

so, christmas is number one "a time of brotherhood, love, and people generally getting along" as DethMaiden put it, second a celebration of the birth/life of Jesus Christ, and third a commercialized mess that wrecks any real gains in spiritual well-being made by the first two

[hot_turkey_ed]

Originally Posted by MetalDrummer888

wow . . . that post-change pretty much outlines everything i hate about serious christians . . . thankyou

As an athiest, why do you have anything to do wtih CHRISTmas? Unless you're watching Bud ads or Hallmark commercials and that's what you choose to base your holidays on, the Christ part of Christmas is extremely relevant.

[MetalDrummer888]

Originally Posted by hot_turkey_ed

As an athiest, why do you have anything to do wtih CHRISTmas? Unless you're watching Bud ads or Hallmark commercials and that's what you choose to base your holidays on, the Christ part of Christmas is extremely relevant.

maybe thats how it started, but that really doesnt matter any more.

whatever . . . im not getting in another one of these religious debates . . . i dont want you arguing your point and then banning me before i can say anything