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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a practicing Hindu. I put up a tree, stockings, lights every year. I exchange gifts with my friends and family. When I was younger, I went caroling. When I was a kid, I believed in Santa and my mom would put presents under our tree after we had gone to bed on Dec 24. She'd even take a bite out of the cookies we would leave for Santa.

This year, my DD is 20 months. I told her it is a special day because we celebrate the birthday of a divine person. We'll sing happy birthday to Jesus. My beliefs don't exclude being able recognizing God in all forms and religions. I want DD to grow up being able to accept Godly people whether we call him/her by the name Krishna, Jesus, Buddha or Mohammed.

Oh and I have a degree in religion so I kinda know my stuff. [/quote]

I actually completely agree with you, PP.  But many religious people who believe their beliefs are better than everyone cannot truly respect other 'godly' people, because they only think there is one.

To my knowledge, Hinduism is actually pantheistic and not really polytheistic as many people believe.  In any case, it acknowledges the fact that no one can truly know God's form, so there is a respect for other people's ideas on that form.  It's not as easy of a jump to make for people who strictly follow some religions.  If someone believes that you must believe in X to go to heaven, then any other beliefs are automatically held in lower regard.

In any case, your (very good) points don't even matter here, because OP is just a jerk. And unless the only way she celebrates Christmas is by going to church and thinking about God (no presents, no tree, etc.), I don't really care to hear from her.  And those people who [i]do[/i] celebrate Christmas in a strictly religious sense don't have the time to get into all this nonsense.  Stay above the pettiness, "religious" OP. [/quote]

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