Blessed Solstice, More or Less

Isn't this great? I found it at http://camelsnose.wordpress.com/2009/12/21/winter-solstice-2/, with no attribution.

The solstice crept up on me this year. In fact, I just realized it was tomorrow! No time for pulling together a celebration, and the rest of my fair city seems to be in much the same state, at least according to google. Fortunately, solstice will happen without any effort on my part. I will probably celebrate it with a walk at sunrise, followed by going out to breakfast and eating eggs sunny-side up.

The big news about solstice here this year is that the local atheists’ group has adopted it. They’ve put a solstice sign up in the county courthouse proclaiming:

“At this season of winter solstice, let reason prevail. There are no gods, no angels, no heaven or hell. There is only our natural world. Religion is but myth and superstition that hardens hearts and enslaves minds.”

Not being a card-carrying pagan, I could be all wrong about this, but I was under the impression that people who celebrated solstice were about the least atheistic folks around. Who would bother dancing around fires to celebrate an utterly predictable astronomical event? But then I should talk. I’m going to have eggs.

Here’s the classic “Ring Out, Solstice Bells” from Jethro Tull. Enjoy!

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