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Re:Meta-analysis of 2.2M people: Loneliness increases mortal... by lurking_swe on Monday September 29, 2025 @12:51PM (#45415939)
I’m not the person you replied to. I was raised catholic, but these days I don’t believe in god and think the church is a waste of time.

But i DO still celebrate christmas. Not for ME, but as an excuse to connect with family and friends. In other words, i don’t go to church and subject myself to nodding to 60 minutes of nonsense (to me). Instead I join for christmas lunch / dinner. The socializing part. The good part. If my family was not catholic then i’d just throw a nice new year’s party instead. Again - just to get everyone together.

I have a friend that celebrates Hanukkah and i’ve occasionally joined their family to celebrate as well.

What does belief in a religion have to do with participating in social events that happen to be rooted in religion?

Maybe i don’t “get it”?

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Re:Meta-analysis of 2.2M people: Loneliness increases mortal... by gosub100 on Monday September 29, 2025 @01:50PM (#45416689)
> What does belief in a religion have to do with participating in social events that happen to be rooted in religion?

I'm not making that claim. I'm addressing the reverse: someone who refuses to go to church ("participating in social events ") because he doesn't believe the dogma. And so I brought up that many people have no such reservations about participating in Christmas traditions and activities.

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