This made me smile. Nice call. In this case, yes. But not always. Historically, religion has often been an academic and spiritual pursuit. But when it comes to complaining about the 'tone' of an article not following some kind of predetermined expectation on a fairly pagan holiday, I'd suggest the reader look for 'happy happy joy joy' Ch…
This made me smile. Nice call. In this case, yes. But not always. Historically, religion has often been an academic and spiritual pursuit. But when it comes to complaining about the 'tone' of an article not following some kind of predetermined expectation on a fairly pagan holiday, I'd suggest the reader look for 'happy happy joy joy' Christmas'y spirit where they are more likely to find it.
But yes- much presumption on my end based on the comment appearing to find offense in an article that didn't pander to a set idea of Christmas. Then again, there are probably brilliantly academic articles on the spirit of generosity or the neurological benefits of gift-giving ceremonies that could have been posted instead.
However, it's my suspicion that the kind of complaint I responded to was based on a religiously conservative idea of Christmas being spoiled by this article not being 'on topic' enough for an observant Christian.
This made me smile. Nice call. In this case, yes. But not always. Historically, religion has often been an academic and spiritual pursuit. But when it comes to complaining about the 'tone' of an article not following some kind of predetermined expectation on a fairly pagan holiday, I'd suggest the reader look for 'happy happy joy joy' Christmas'y spirit where they are more likely to find it.
But yes- much presumption on my end based on the comment appearing to find offense in an article that didn't pander to a set idea of Christmas. Then again, there are probably brilliantly academic articles on the spirit of generosity or the neurological benefits of gift-giving ceremonies that could have been posted instead.
However, it's my suspicion that the kind of complaint I responded to was based on a religiously conservative idea of Christmas being spoiled by this article not being 'on topic' enough for an observant Christian.