So this whole deal last month about Christmas being "under attack" by us horrible secularists really got me to thinking about Christian holidays in general, and how ass-backwards these vocal theists have got it.
First of all, what is the most important holiday for Christians? Christmas? Heck, no. Easter. That's the day, after all, when Jesus allegedly rose from the dead. Without the resurrection story, what's so special about Christianity? Yes, I know the whole resurrection thing isn't unique to Christianity, nor even original to it. That's not the point. The point is that Easter is the holiday that Christians should be all serious about. But Christmas is the one that gets all the public attention. Only the candy and greeting card industries make out during Easter. Maybe the egg industry and a few rabbit breeders, too. But at Christmas, all retailers make out like bandits.
Of course, Easter is also stolen from a pagan holiday, but don't try to get they average theist to accept that any of their holy days aren't 100% original. They're great at revisionist history. They get everything ass-backwards, it seems.
Like the day Jesus was allegedly crucified. What do they call that? "Good" Friday! I think Jesus would've admitted he'd had better days.
