People don't understand that, as a Taoist, I don't care about Christmas or Thanksgiving, (aside from the eating and drinking with family and friends.)
As an atheist with residual pagan leanings, I totally feel your pain on that one. The major holidays are a social/family event for me, not anything else - I don't care one little bit if we meet the day-of, a week before, after, or whatever. Matters not to me.
And believe me, the whole "enemy of all good" thing? A very familiar feeling. I honestly can't decide if most people would feel better hearing that I'm pagan, or an atheist - either way it freaks them the hell out. Funny thing - most of the non-mainstream religious folks (atheists, agnostics, other) tend to be the most moral people I know. I think it has something to do with having to actually think through it all on your own, rather than just blindly swallowing whatever some establishment tells them.
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Date: 2009-10-26 09:22 pm (UTC)As an atheist with residual pagan leanings, I totally feel your pain on that one. The major holidays are a social/family event for me, not anything else - I don't care one little bit if we meet the day-of, a week before, after, or whatever. Matters not to me.
And believe me, the whole "enemy of all good" thing? A very familiar feeling. I honestly can't decide if most people would feel better hearing that I'm pagan, or an atheist - either way it freaks them the hell out. Funny thing - most of the non-mainstream religious folks (atheists, agnostics, other) tend to be the most moral people I know. I think it has something to do with having to actually think through it all on your own, rather than just blindly swallowing whatever some establishment tells them.