Spirit Week holds no difference from the Olympics-both are events to celebrate the so called "pride". If one is to appreciate one, there is no point not to appreciate the other. I cheer for both for they hold values that are important to some: honor, perfection, and unity, but not the others. In a society that fits narrowly under the category of "open-mindness", I will say that Spirit weeks are some what important to the Palmer Community. Spirit week is not about making friends-that is too weak a purpose for anything-but rather about unity and smoothing out the rough textures we see daily. It is like Santas breakfast, where atmosphere of friendship can be established between each small communities that share the tiny space under the Palmer roof. It brings the once seperated groups, such as Incentive/Nonincentive, grade levels, racial ethinics, people-in-the-same-class, togather. Ever wondered why the Olympics is brought back from its thousand years of sleep? Why are we wasting such tremendous amount of money on celebrating festivals? We humans need to be reminded that we all share a bond and helping one is similar to helping yourself-regardless of how we are to be subdivided, we are still one.
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I hope that I didnt make another Grrr..ammatic error...
ReplyDeleteNo serious grammatical errors, but didn't you mean Santa's breakfast as opposed to Satan's breakfast?
ReplyDeleteAnd, to be honest, there's nothing to argue with here. Nicely done.
Okay...changed that...
ReplyDeleteSatan and santa are almost the same...Satan placed the star to guide Santa and Santa does the work for Satan...
ReplyDeleteI feel bad that I have not started "an intellectual conversation" with my post...
ReplyDeleteWhere did you get the idea that Satan and Santa are almost the same?
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ReplyDeleteA random book I glanced through in the library...I think it was called The Unholy Bible...
ReplyDeleteYou actually search for explicit blasphemy? I never met an atheist like this before!
ReplyDeleteI don't know if you could say that Jisong searches for explicit blasphemy, Steven, I've read that book, and I'm a Christian. Let's just say that the individual who wrote the book in question was rather unfamiliar with the subject material he based it upon.
ReplyDeleteAnd to be honest, the closest Satan is to being similar to Santa is in the inordinate number of purchases made in the name of "Santa Clause." (Vague allusion here to money being the root of evil.)
Oh, and I'll apologize in advance for my double posting, but I've another match to throw in your haystack, Jisong.
ReplyDeleteDid you realize, that "Santa Clause" is one of the Patron Saints of the Roman Catholic Church. The name "Santa Clause" was granted to Saint Nicholas by the Spanish. (note, Santa means Saint in the Spanish language.)
Saint Nicholas was renowned for being a very giving man. Once, when he heard of two young girls who were about to be sold by their parents to become prostitutes as they had no dowries, he anonymously supplied money so that the girls would not have to be sold. (Of course, word got out that he was the supplier, but that is now a moot point).
To be honest, the man we refer to as "Santa Clause" was a godly man of the Catholic church and in no possible way related to anything Satanic.
It was my understanding that the Santa Clause thingie came from the years of evolution of the 3 wise men and Coco Cola. No offense, but even after the weak connection with saint Nicolas(he happens to be the person who died at my name day in Spanish class), one must remember that Santa Clause is actually a modern creation. He does not have to be a christian himself.
ReplyDeleteIn fact, Santa Clause is one of the main reasons in christmas that forces people to "spent money that they don't have on products that they don't need." However, that is not the main reason for why Santa Claus is believed to be Satanic in that book. I believe the main arguement was based on the possibility that Santa Clause becomes an idol that over-shadows God. Given the fact that the younger generation (little kids) are often given gifts that are labelled "from Santa." They argues that this will make Santa Claus more realistic than God and blah blah blah...
ReplyDeleteI agree that Santa is purely a modern creation, but he is also a western creation. The reason I disagree with the idea that he has become an idol which over-shadows God, is that "Santa Clause" gives gifts almost exclusively in North America. And welcome to post modern society. Heck, Santa Clause seems more realistic than God to most adults.
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ReplyDeleteThis clearly pointless debate among the three of us is not directly about Jisong's idea but his spelling error. I am out of this conundrum of ours. Sorry about hat, I originally left out an "r" in between the word "ours."
ReplyDeleteyeah, if santa is more real than god then....does he not over shadow god?
ReplyDeleteActually with a topic like this one, I don't think that there are a lot of things to argue and comment on. So inevitably it would end up like this.
ReplyDeleteMy sentiments exactly Timothy
ReplyDeleteJeez, you are arguing with the last option for any debater: claim that their opponent's points are not very useful to avoid any major clashes...
ReplyDeleteYes, our arguement was pointless and poorly founded, but I realized that and kept going anyway. I'm very bored.
ReplyDeleteI agree, Sotes (and Steven respectively), this topic is a bit lackluster, but none of us presented a better one when it was requested, did we? So it isn't as though we have the right to complain.
In 1980, a group of archeologist found a tomb that bears the name Jesus son of Joseph on it...
ReplyDeleteOther than that, the correctness of the Bible was never questioned until the 17th century...3900 years later, people finally realized that the first 5 books of the Bible cant be written entirely by Mosses as it described of his burial.
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