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10/28/2015 5:21:58 PM
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Holiday Festival Controversy
I was on the forums today and saw two posts specifically about holiday festivals in the Tower. There were two posts that generated quite a bit of controversy, one that called for a Christmas Festival and one that called for a Ramadan Festival.
After reading these posts I couldn't believe how hypocritical and backwards some people on the forums are. Most accept a Christmas festival but are absolutely offended by the mere thought of a Ramadan Festival.
Have we really fallen so far? Posting inappropriate phrases to bash the Islamic faith and making jokes about terrorism. It really is a shame.
Don't give me the cop out excuses of that Christmas is more commercialized and makes up the majority, those explanations are complete crap, not everyone wants to celebrate a holiday with Christian roots.
I for one don't even think that Destiny has any of the faiths we have presently. They praise the Traveler as their Savior and the Speaker is sort of the Pope to the people in a sense. I don't Christmas exists. I do, however, think that having a seasonal festival of some sort would be great
TL;DR
[i]What justifiable reason can you give me for such a huge difference in opinion?[/i]
PS- for those that agree what do you think would be a good idea for a festival during the holiday season?
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1 Reply[quote]Most accept a Christmas festival but are absolutely offended by the mere thought of a Ramadan Festival.[/quote] The fact is Christmas can be celebrate with zero reference to the Christian religion, excluding the very name which can be easily replaced by Happy Holidays. For a Christmas/Happy Holiday celebration, Bungie could put up blinking lights, put a giant Christmas tree in the tower, dress up the cryptarhk as the grinch, have Cayed dressed up as Santa, and give a quest that gives a couple hundred free silver (Gift from Bungie) etc. All of those things have absolutely nothing to do with the birth of Jesus or the Christian religion. On the other hand Ramadan is 100% religious. Participating in Ramadan is one of the key pillars and an actual religious requirement for the Islamic faith. "It is a time of self examination and increased religious devotion." Anybody can participate in Christmas festivities without acknowledging the Christian themes or history, but the same is not true for Ramadan.
