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[–] reader@lemmy.zip 5 points 21 hours ago (1 children)
[–] thevoidzero@lemmy.world 10 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Nepal is a secular country. It was a hindu nation, and still is hindu majority. But most new generation are secular-hindu, as in hindu culture but not religious. Similar to how someone might celebrate Christmas but not do religious things associated with it

[–] Seppo@sopuli.xyz -4 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Christmas isn't Christan though. It's a bunch of older celebrations that the cult put their own label on. Those sick fucks love retroactively shoving their god into places he does not belong, like in Arthurian legend for example.

[–] thevoidzero@lemmy.world 11 points 19 hours ago

I'm not debating the origin. If you're buying a bunch of gifts, wrapping it in, putting them under a tree, you're technically celebrating Christmas.

If you have some other celebrations or gatherings on the same day, then yeah it's not Christmas

[–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 6 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

Ok. But in the context of what is being discussed is what you’re saying helpful or did you just want to show the class how smart you are?

[–] Seppo@sopuli.xyz 0 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

I just think it's important to not let insane cultists rewrite history. These are dangerous and awful people who need deprogramming.

[–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

So, to be clear, you celebrate the winter solstice and the birthday of Sol Invictus?

[–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 3 points 15 hours ago

Which other religions currently practice Christmas?

Better yet which culture isn’t borrowing heavily from the ones who came before them?

Which religions great flood was the real one, which version of saturnalia or Yule is the right one?