Comments on: A $50,000 Christmas Tree http://seantheblogonaut.com/2009/06/a-50000-christmas-tree/ Advocate for Science, Reason and Atheism Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:18:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: SeandBlogonaut http://seantheblogonaut.com/2009/06/a-50000-christmas-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-22982 SeandBlogonaut Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:23:44 +0000 http://seantheblogonaut.com/2009/06/a-50000-christmas-tree/#comment-22982 Note I did say it was a co-opted symbol. I have objections, I don't know that I am offended. Probably more offended at the waste of money considering they hiked up our rates by about 80 bucks per quarter. No skeptics/atheist groups in town as yet Note I did say it was a co-opted symbol.

I have objections, I don't know that I am offended. Probably more offended at the waste of money considering they hiked up our rates by about 80 bucks per quarter.

No skeptics/atheist groups in town as yet

]]> By: murphy http://seantheblogonaut.com/2009/06/a-50000-christmas-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-22975 murphy Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:45:42 +0000 http://seantheblogonaut.com/2009/06/a-50000-christmas-tree/#comment-22975 "Now being an Atheist I have some rather obvious objections to a council wasting public money on a symbol of Christianity" To the best of my knowledge, a "christmas tree" isn't much more of a christian symbol than Frosty the snowman or Santa. More a remanence of the pagan holiday they usurped. Not that i think the council dropping $50k on a tree is a good thing, but as far as generic holiday icons go, i don't know that its anything to get offended over as an atheist. anywho, is there an atheist or skeptics group or anything in town or anything? "Now being an Atheist I have some rather obvious objections to a council wasting public money on a symbol of Christianity"

To the best of my knowledge, a "christmas tree" isn't much more of a christian symbol than Frosty the snowman or Santa. More a remanence of the pagan holiday they usurped.

Not that i think the council dropping $50k on a tree is a good thing, but as far as generic holiday icons go, i don't know that its anything to get offended over as an atheist.

anywho, is there an atheist or skeptics group or anything in town or anything?

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