Christmas is aesthetically catastrophic. The lights are mostly ok, but everything else is garish, mishapen. Trees dying in your apartments, brain dead sing song blaring from every speaker, inane symbolism long unmoored from any spiritual roots. Wake me when it's over.
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Joscha, I am interested in your definition of 'healthy spiritual roots'. What is healthy about about celebrating the birthday of a perceived demigod.
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Ok. In Abramic religion, God is the representation of the superorganism (~state) that emerges over the coordinated interaction of the faithful. God is a harsh monster that does not care if the individual gets squished in its service. Jesus represents the injection of humanism.
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Oftentimes, it’s just more rewarding to celebrate another circuit around the sun, than myths.
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Last year I went to an Irish pub on XMas night with my wife and kids. Crosby was singing while the cook made us steaks that were better under the red and green lights. It is sustainable if human emotional connection comes unexpectedly from the staging and people.
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Except for the spiritual root of consumerism, the foundation of all GDP growth!
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consumerism is a spiritual experience for some people.
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