Total Knob wrote:
Lets look at the evidence; Poor LetsRun wrote:
[quote]Holiday comes from the word Holly, which is Latin for the word Holy...
Atheists who believe this is better than Merry Christmas are.....
To which Sagarin replied:
And only a fraction of those would take offense to someone wishing them a Merry Christmas. The post about Holiday being derived from Holy is an interesting one. I'm surprised there hasn't been an Occupy or Obstruct Christmas movement, but for the fact that it would be 1% against the other 99%.
Nice work taking things out of context Total Knob. The post I responded to wasn't the one about the derivation of Holly as you've presented it but rekrunner's:
"This genuinely surprised me. I don't know why but I thought it was more popular than that (like 5-10%). I found this link which says (among adults) 1.7% Jewish, 0.7% Buddhist, 0.6% Muslim, 0.4% Hindu, 1.6% Atheist, and 2.4% Agnostic:
http://religions.pewforum.org/reports."
I merely said the post about Holiday being derived from the word Holy was an interesting one. I suppose I should've included, "if true," but I took him at his word and, in any event, didn't really find it terribly germaine to the point I was making in that very, VERY few people would be offended by someone wishing them a Merry Christmas in this country, even if from a different or non-religious background. In fact, only one atheist has come on here and said he would take offense. He constitutes the "other 1%" in this country.
Merry Christmas.