I watched a Catholic Christmas service...still an atheist

[brooklynite]

Better luck next year?

[MiHale]

1. I myth nothing about god...

Happy Holidays anyway.

[Merlot]

2. Luck has nothing to do with it, but you knew that!

I just got off the phone with a good friend who started and ended the conversation with a hearty "merry christmas" even though he knows I don't partake. At times he throws religion in my face to get a rise out of me (usually doesn't work, I mostly scoff). He's a former mormon who left the church due to being gay and recognizing the total absurdity of it all. Feels like if I say anything I'm the over-sensitive angry one.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

3. I am not currently a believer.

But I always respond to holiday wishes in kind. Merry Christmas, and I Merry Christmas back. Happy Holidays, and I Happy Holidays back.

Yeah, I realize you are talking about a specific friend who apparently wants to piss you off, which is incredibly rude and totally uncalled for. Some years ago I let a classmate (a college paralegal course) know I wasn't a believer, and whenever I sneezed, which I do rather a lot thanks to allergies, she made a point of saying "God bless you." I'm sure she was hoping to get a rise out of me. As annoying as I found it, I always just thanked her. It seemed to frustrate her no end.

[Deuxcents]

4. I have a time or two..

Been to Christmas mass.. many years ago while I was questioning so many things in my life. The traditional n pageantry is beautiful but meaningless when I considers so many other things about religion. These days I love the season as one w/ no religious guilt but with a happy heart. It’s easy if you try..🎼🎹

[old as dirt]

5. I didn't watch any Christmas Mass this year.

Good thing, too.

It usually makes me want to go out and rustle some cattle.

And that's considered el delito de abigeato by the State.