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snooper2
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Wed Nov-25-09 10:40 AM Original message |
Do any athiests/agnostics here put up lights on your house? |
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Call Me Wesley
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Wed Nov-25-09 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
1. I enjoy the lights as well, |
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Orrex
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Wed Nov-25-09 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
2. I skulk around the neighborhood and kick down people's creches |
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TZ
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Wed Nov-25-09 10:47 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. . |
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tigereye
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Wed Nov-25-09 12:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. my brother and his buddies used to steal statues from people's manger |
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Chan790
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Wed Nov-25-09 04:10 PM Response to Reply #18 |
37. I used to steal Jesus every year from the campus crèche. |
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trof
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Wed Nov-25-09 07:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
46. I pee on 'em. Had the same problem with the live creche. |
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DemBones DemBones
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Wed Nov-25-09 09:16 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. Maybe that explains things. |
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Rambis
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Wed Nov-25-09 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
4. I do |
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XemaSab
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Wed Nov-25-09 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
5. I have lights as a permanant fixture on the back porch |
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snooper2
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Wed Nov-25-09 10:59 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Is that something you copied off HGTV |
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XemaSab
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Wed Nov-25-09 07:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
47. It's something I copied off of a Mexican restaurant in Oakhurst |
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Lethe
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Thu Nov-26-09 12:41 AM Response to Reply #5 |
63. thats the way to do it! |
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XemaSab
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Thu Nov-26-09 12:58 AM Response to Reply #63 |
64. We have a couch in the carport |
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Lethe
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Thu Nov-26-09 01:22 AM Response to Reply #64 |
66. yeah, lol, the great thing about furniture is that it rarely gets moved |
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rurallib
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Wed Nov-25-09 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
6. We have a snow people display |
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GoCubsGo
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Wed Nov-25-09 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
8. No, but... |
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Bertha Venation
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Wed Nov-25-09 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
9. I'm agnostic. I like to decorate. |
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Kali
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Wed Nov-25-09 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
10. yep |
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Rabrrrrrr
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Wed Nov-25-09 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
11. No, I only allow people who live with me put stuff on my house. |
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jmm
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Wed Nov-25-09 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
12. I'm planning the holiday party for my dept at work and I'm agnostic. |
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Pool Hall Ace
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Wed Nov-25-09 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
13. Sure, I love it. I don't even know how the lights are tied to Jesus, |
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sarge43
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Wed Nov-25-09 12:13 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Lights in whatever form predate JC by thousands of years. |
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Pool Hall Ace
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Wed Nov-25-09 01:48 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. Ah, yes, like this . . . |
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sarge43
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Wed Nov-25-09 02:07 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. That sums it. Excellent. n/t |
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defendandprotect
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Wed Nov-25-09 05:24 PM Response to Reply #13 |
40. They're not . . .unless you understand the Apostles/Jesus as astrological . . . |
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Pool Hall Ace
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Wed Nov-25-09 06:59 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. Oh, I thought maybe the Christians kept it because |
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defendandprotect
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Wed Nov-25-09 09:54 PM Response to Reply #45 |
59. Yes . . . Christian Church had to take on most of the PAGAN traditions . . . |
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Pool Hall Ace
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Wed Nov-25-09 11:25 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. So the Christians may have had their own war on Christmas? |
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CrownPrinceBandar
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Wed Nov-25-09 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
14. I do.............. |
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sarge43
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Wed Nov-25-09 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
15. No, but this agnostic and her atheist hubby do |
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tigereye
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Wed Nov-25-09 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
17. the lights are secular, too- they hark back to winter festivals that helped |
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snooper2
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Wed Nov-25-09 12:50 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. that's what I thought... |
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MorningGlow
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Wed Nov-25-09 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
19. Lights have nothing to do with Christianity |
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HopeHoops
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Wed Nov-25-09 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
20. 25 years or so ago, a buddy of mine put Kermit on a cross with blinking lights. |
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sarge43
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Wed Nov-25-09 12:30 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. It's not easy being green. n/t |
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old mark
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Wed Nov-25-09 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
22. Wreath and other secular decorations, plus a Menorah for my jewish wife. |
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enigmatic
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Wed Nov-25-09 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
24. I'm a Buddhist and I do |
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FloridaJudy
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Wed Nov-25-09 09:18 PM Response to Reply #24 |
53. I draped necklace of tiny lights on my statue of Kwan Yin |
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conscious evolution
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Wed Nov-25-09 09:32 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. I turned Ho Ti into |
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Throd
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Wed Nov-25-09 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
25. I am an atheist who decorates the house for Christmas |
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Hepburn
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Wed Nov-25-09 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
26. I don't do lights, but I do garland and stockings. |
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Dogtown
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Wed Nov-25-09 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
27. No. |
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Bonn1997
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Wed Nov-25-09 02:27 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. Sounds like you might have the same view as I do (reply #31) |
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Dogtown
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Wed Nov-25-09 03:34 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Seems right, Bonn |
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Lance_Boyle
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Wed Nov-25-09 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
30. Entry, Flood and Accent, yes. N/T |
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Bonn1997
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Wed Nov-25-09 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
31. No, I don't. I'm actually not a "holiday" kind of person. |
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Deep13
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Wed Nov-25-09 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
32. Nope. The sky already has lights in it.... |
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Lucian
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Wed Nov-25-09 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
34. I'm an agnostic and I love putting up Christmas stuff. |
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montanto
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Wed Nov-25-09 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
36. Not on the house, but |
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defendandprotect
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Wed Nov-25-09 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
38. Yes...that's what Winter Solstice is about . . . darkness, nature changing . . . |
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TrogL
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Wed Nov-25-09 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
39. Just put up more motion detector lights and replaced all the bulbs with high-wattage halogen |
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conscious evolution
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Wed Nov-25-09 09:34 PM Response to Reply #39 |
58. LOL! |
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The Velveteen Ocelot
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Wed Nov-25-09 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
41. Yes. I love Christmas decorations. |
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krabigirl
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Wed Nov-25-09 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
42. I'm agnostic and do the tree, etc, but no outside lights...because I'm too lazy :) |
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valerief
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Wed Nov-25-09 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
43. Too much work, energy waste. I'll stick with my Festivus pole. nt |
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JonLP24
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Wed Nov-25-09 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
44. No |
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pink-o
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Wed Nov-25-09 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
48. I've never lived anywhere that would support outdoor Xmas decorations. |
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applegrove
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Wed Nov-25-09 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
49. I'm agnostic and I love xmas. I've even gone to church to sing carols at midnight(okay |
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riderinthestorm
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Wed Nov-25-09 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
50. Absolutely I do! It's to light up the dark season |
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hippywife
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Wed Nov-25-09 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
52. Nope. |
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pitohui
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Wed Nov-25-09 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
54. yes i love lights they are beautiful |
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texanwitch
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Wed Nov-25-09 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
55. Hell yes. |
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conscious evolution
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Wed Nov-25-09 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
56. I'm thinking of putting up |
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Odin2005
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Wed Nov-25-09 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
61. Live in an apartment. I put up a tree and some decorations. |
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Manifestor_of_Light
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Thu Nov-26-09 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
62. Yes of course! |
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Skittles
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Thu Nov-26-09 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
65. no but I do like seeing the light displays |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag
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Thu Nov-26-09 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
67. Nah, I light the tree in the living room, 'sall. |
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