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Christmas Easter
Debate Score:37
Arguments:33
Total Votes:42
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 Christmas (15)
 
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Christmas or Easter?

Whcich is more important? 

Christmas

Side Score: 16
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Easter

Side Score: 21

Christmas. I don't know where those Easter eggs come from and I don't want to know. Seeing people eat those things makes me wanna barf ;)

Side: Christmas
1 point

Take the stories of each holiday from a Christian perspective and you'll see that Christmas must be most important for, were it not for Christmas, Easter would be nevermore.

Side: Christmas

I love the lights, the Christmas tree, and all the presents.

Side: Christmas
1 point

Neither is important. They both don't accomplish anything but making people greedy and fat.

Side: Easter
Micmacmoc(2260) Disputed
2 points

"Neither is important"

They are very important moments in various faiths around the world and to dismiss them so easily and carelessly is an insult to those faiths. In Christmas Jesus came into the world and began his adventures, and because of that I think that Christmas is most important, because Jesus couldn't have done the resurrection (and therefore made Easter important) if he had not been born (something that is celebrated at Christmas).

"They don't accomplish anything but making people greedy and fat"

Having a spiritual side is never a bad thing.

Having a religious side means that you have something to fall back upon, something that you can turn to if there is a problem or a hardship that you may face in life.

Being greedy is something that religions often speak against, however being fat is often seen as being whole, powerful, and well-nourished. That's why Buddha is often seen as fat.

Side: Christmas
Saurbaby(5581) Disputed
1 point

to dismiss them so easily and carelessly is an insult to those faiths.

Some of people's faiths insult others directly, so I don't think it's that big of a deal that I made new direct attack on anyone's faith.

. In Christmas Jesus came into the world and began his adventures, and because of that I think that Christmas is most important, because Jesus couldn't have done the resurrection (and therefore made Easter important) if he had not been born (something that is celebrated at Christmas).

First of all, research the origins of those holidays before making such a claim. And that's what YOU believe.

Having a spiritual side is never a bad thing.

I didn't say it was, but being fat and greedy isn't spiritual, and that's basically what both of these holidays are all about now.

Having a religious side means that you have something to fall back upon, something that you can turn to if there is a problem or a hardship that you may face in life.

Which is one of the reasons I don't believe religions, I think that is one of the reasons they were created.

Side: Easter
1 point

Both are important because Easter signifies that Jesus Christ rose from the grave and that He abolished death and saved us through the Gospel. Christmas signifies that Jesus Christ was born and He came into this world to save it.

Side: Easter
Cynical(1948) Disputed
1 point

But what if your religion really did happen to be false. Those celebrations will mean nothing.

Side: Christmas
Micmacmoc(2260) Disputed
2 points

"Those celebrations will mean nothing"

Why would they mean nothing?

True, they would have little effect on what God cares of the celebrations if he does not exist, but they would still present some meaning to those people who had celebrated them in the past and for those people who still believed. I doubt than unless God ever makes an appearance or some huge scientific discovery is made, that the Is God Real? debate will ever end. Therefore people will be celebrating events of this sort for pretty much eternity, I think - because of the benefits of having a religion to fall back onto in hard times.

The celebrations would mean something to the people who celebrated them, and the people who don't. There are several atheists I know who continue to celebrate Christmas and Easter by doing things like providing one another with Easter Eggs. They will always mean something to those people who have been given Easter Eggs, or those people who have eaten a Christmas Dinner.

Side: Easter
Srom(12206) Disputed
1 point

They aren't false. The resurrection actually happened because the people recorded 504 witnesses that saw Jesus after He rose from the grave in the Bible.

If Jesus didn't rise from the grave all of His teachings would be worthless and we wouldn't be saved and we would still be dead in our sins.

Side: Easter

Well, you see, it depends on whether you like the toys and stocking stuffers you can find in the stores at Christmastime, or the aisles of chocolate that magically appear overnight at Eastertime. Me, well, I really like chocolate, so I have got to go with Easter.

Side: Easter