Spoilers THE ORVILLE S1, E12: "MAD IDOLATRY" - SEASON FINALE
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Of course, but when one sets up a tree in one's home, one is engaging in a form of religious practice, regardless of whether or not that person has recontextualize the meaning of the practice.
Cultural Appropriation! Outrage!
No. There is already such a degree of secularism surrounding Christmas that a tree does NOT need to be consciously “recontextualized” in order to avoid a religious connotation. It’s only a “religious practice” if there is religious intent.
I'm an Atheist. Here's my Pagan Christmas tree:
I also have a Dream Catcher hanging on my wall and a statue of the Egyptian god of wisdom on my TV.
I love Cultural Appropriation. We used to call it "the Melting Pot" in more liberal times.Cultural Appropriation! Outrage!
Your understanding is incorrect, I'm afraid.
I'm an Atheist. Here's my Pagan Christmas tree:
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
^^ Same to you.
Whatever makes you feel better. Happy Holidays!
Actually, Good Yule!
Actually, it is Christmas. And I wish you a happy Christmas, too.
And if I don't celebrate Christmas (see previous posts).
You are free to not celebrate Christmas. It's still Christmas time in all Western countries and the Christian world. As an atheist I look forward to celebrating Christmas with my family.
Apparently you didn't look back, because you would know how inappropriate it would be to greet me so.
It is inappropriate to wish someone a Merry Christmas during Christmas time?
It is if you know they don't celebrate that holiday due to their own religious practices.
He could have looked. He could type in my username to see what I have posted in this thread. He would know what I do. His responses rests somewhere between indifference to willful insult.
Merry Christmahannakwanza to all! (Or whatever you're in to) 
A bit rude to simply tell someone they're wrong without providing an explanation.
Indifference is not a mortal sin. Even amongst us atheists. 
Now I'm confusing different posters at times. I could have sworn that the assertion that a decorated tree is necessarily a religious symbol was made by the same poster who's asserting that it's Christmas season now whether one observes it or not. Very porous boundaries between some apparently opposed notions.
Now I'm confusing different posters at times. I could have sworn that the assertion that a decorated tree is necessarily a religious symbol was made by the same poster who's asserting that it's Christmas season now whether one observes it or not. Very porous boundaries between some apparently opposed notions.