How does Microsoft deal with rivals? It embraces and extends its rivals’ ideas in non-backwards-compatible ways. For example: HTML, RTF, etc.

How did early Christianity deal with its enemies? It embraced and extended its enemies’ ideas in non-backwards-compatible ways. For example: idea of a messiah, idea of a god, Yule, Eostre, and Saturnalia.

How should we crush Christianity? By embracing and extending what people like about Christianity. By embracing and extending Christmas. By embracing and extending Chocolate Bunny Day. By embracing and extending weekly social clubs.

Cultural sensitivity has clouded our eyes. Just because Christians think Christmas is theirs doesn’t mean they own it. You can’t own ideas. We can steal it whole and none shall be the wiser. The name is a non-issue. So, comrades, I ask this of you—gift, feast, and murder coniferous trees for Atheism. ‘Tis the season. ‘Tis our season.

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