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MarianJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 01:36 PM
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I'm a Roman Catholic Christian, and...
...just to piss off "people" like falwell, robertson & dobson, I am going to say nothing by way of a seasonal greeting other than "HAPPY HOLIDAYS"!

Those humps are about as Christian as I look like Brad Pitt. And I DON"T look like Brad Pitt! And Christianity IS NOT under attack!

BTW, DU Gays & Lesbians, I'm changing my very pro GLBT sig line until January 7. This is because 1/6 is 3 Kings Day. In Puerto Rico, ChicaAzul's native home, 3 Kings is as big or bigger than Christmas! On 1/7 I'll change it back.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL HERE ON DU!
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Dark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 01:38 PM
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1. You're Christian?
:popcorn:

This oughta be interesting. . .

Anywhoo,

Happy Holidays to you, too. Hope Santa's extra generous!
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MarianJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 01:39 PM
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2. I've Never Made That a Secret!
Many here are!

We just avoid the religious flame wars. I do at least!
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Dark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 01:56 PM
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8. That's for the best.
I generally try to be tolerant of religion, even if it isn't tolerant of me.

Not trying to say you're a bad person or anything, but your religion. . . no, I don't want to start a flame war.

Season's Greetings.
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MarianJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 09:54 PM
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43. You're Not Trying To Say I'm a Bad Person
WOW! Now that I have that my life is complete.
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mandyky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 02:16 PM
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16. Fundies do not consider Catholics Christians, oddly enough,
unless they do the whole personal Savior/Salvation thing the Fundies do.... just saying, no flame intended.
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MarianJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 02:34 PM
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19. I Know!
They consider us to be a cult.

Dipshit fundies!
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marbuc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 01:43 PM
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3. I'm Protestant, and I use the "happy holidays" greeting
because I feel foolish if I wish a non-christian a "Merry Christmas." Do fundies not feel this embarrassment?

My policy is this: if I know someone celebrates Christmas, I will wish them a happy one. If I know they don't, or am not sure, I use the generic greeting. It's simple courtesy and respect.
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MarianJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 01:53 PM
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5. A Courtesy and Respect...
...that fundies don't believe they have to feel.

This morning, during GMA's daily administration water carrying, don wildmon said "So what? This is a mostly Christian nation".

I usually do what you do. This year though, i WANT to piss fundies off!
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TheFarseer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 01:57 PM
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9. fundies believe if you're not a Christian
you should be.

I personally don't see the big deal about this. It's just repubs trying to bait us into saying something stupid.
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 01:48 PM
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4. The Three Wise Men shopped at Wal*Mart ... didncha know?
:eyes: It's not about religious inclusion; it's about religious exclusion and commercial profiteering.

I have no problem with any store that wants to say "Merry Christmas" on December 25th! Do Falwell, Robertson, and Dobson want them to stay open and say that? Fine, then. (Insane bastards.)
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MarianJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 01:55 PM
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7. The 3 Wise Men & the Not So Wise Man!
"Gold! Frankensense! Mhyer!
All I Brought Was a Fuckin' CHIA PET!"

One of my favorite gag "Holiday" Cards!
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eallen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 01:54 PM
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6. We're somewhat alike. I'm an atheist, & I wish one & all Merry Christmas!
Of course, I don't consider Christmas particularly Christian, what with the pagan tree, mistletoe, feasting, and revelry. People get confused, because of the name. I don't know why. A name is just a name. Who gets bothered by Wednesday, just because the name derives from Wodin?
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MarianJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 01:57 PM
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10. Jesus Was Supposedly Born Around March!
Christmas was a stolen Pagan Holiday!
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Monkey see Monkey Do Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 02:27 PM
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17. Actually, you may be suprised to learn that
Jesus's Birthday isn't December 25 but Chuck Norris once sent him a birthday card for that day, Jesus was too scared to tell Chuck the truth. Thats why we celebrate Christmas.

http://4q.cc/chuck/index.php
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MarianJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 02:35 PM
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21. Golly!
Chuck Norris can sign his own name? I didn't know that!
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johnnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 02:34 PM
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20. Stole a holiday
Heh, that's funny. Can you really steal something like a holiday?
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MarianJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 02:36 PM
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22. That had the record...
...until the rethugs stole 2 elections!
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WiseButAngrySara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 03:06 PM
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26. So was Easter, wasn't it? Pagan May Day or something? ....n/t
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MarianJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 09:57 PM
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44. Haven't Heard That One,...
...but I remember when I was in 5th grade we had a religion test. One of the questions was "What is the most sacred day on the Christian Calandar?"

I was the only one in the class that got it right. I was NOT one of the fair haired children. I think that the nun was as pissed off that I was the one who got it right as she was at the number who got it wrong!
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Solomon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 02:01 PM
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12. Great point. Thursday is Thor's Day .
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Arkansas Granny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 01:59 PM
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11. I've used Happy Holidays as a greeting for years. It covers the
whole season that way and not just Christmas Day.
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MarianJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 02:12 PM
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13. That's Part Of the Reason For Happy Holiday!
But fundies are too stupid. Their "leaders" know that they'll be soft headed enough to believe that "Christianity is under attack!"
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Arkansas Granny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 02:31 PM
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18. Unfortunately, most of the fundies I know aren't able to think for
themselves and have to rely on their leaders to tell them how they are supposed to feel and react to the situations that most of us take in stride and move along. This does not apply to all Christians or all religions, but there is that group that will follow anything that their supposed leaders say with an almost cult-like devotion.
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MarianJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 02:38 PM
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23. Either Aren't able to think for themselves...
...or don't want to.

It amazes me how so many CHOOSE stupidity!
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mandyky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 02:14 PM
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14. 1-6 is also Orthodox Christmas, the 12th day of Christmas, and
best of all my youngest son's birthday!!
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MarianJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 02:39 PM
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24. Happy Birthday to your son!
How old will he be?
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mandyky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 03:33 PM
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28. Nine
Quite a little man - mildly autistic, but a great kid. :)
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sinkingfeeling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 02:15 PM
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15. And Season Greetings to you as well!
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MarianJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 02:45 PM
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25. To You, Too!
BTW, Great sig line!
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mzteris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 03:15 PM
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27. Whatever happened to
Edited on Wed Nov-30-05 03:16 PM by mzteris
SEASONS GREETINGS?????

When I was a kid, that was the standard "generic" version.

Edit - I see someone else just wrote that. (great minds and all that.)
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MarianJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 06:21 PM
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33. Great Minds!
Of Course, You're here, not over in freeperville!
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Mayberry Machiavelli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 03:37 PM
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29. Honestly, I'm never aware that there's any real controversy about this,
except in the last year or so when I start reading here on DU that wingnut radio and TV are going crazy about it.

Clearly an artificial issue created to pimp fundie votes.
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MarianJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 06:23 PM
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34. The Second Annual...
..."Christmas is under attack" fundie circle jerk!
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wellst0nev0ter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 04:09 PM
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30. Happy Solstice
I too am a *ahem* practicing Catholic who is sick to death of the politicization of Christmas. If they are free to worship pine trees, then they should leave everyone else alone.
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MarianJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 06:24 PM
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36. Happy Solstice,...
...and a Happy New Equinox!
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CreekDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 04:16 PM
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31. Like Wishing a Norwegian to have a "Happy Bastille Day"
Wishing Merry Christmas to someone who doesn't celebrate Christmas is like wishing a Norwegian, "Happy Bastille Day".

What is the good of that?!

So the Christmastophiles need to give it a rest.

I'm a Lutheran who uses Happy Holidays (or the more generic "Peace") when I don't know whether or not the greetee celebrates Christmas or not.
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CreekDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 04:18 PM
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32. Wish the Fundies a "Happy Advent"
Just to confuse them.
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MarianJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 06:27 PM
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39. Usually I Confuse Fundies...
...by asking them to follow 2 step directions!
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MarianJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 06:26 PM
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38. Peace,...
...and good will to man. That'd REALLY piss off a fundie!
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DanCa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 06:24 PM
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35. Father Jim told us in his sermon to wish people a nice day or peace
He said saying god bless you to someone whose faith you dont know is rude and crass. Happy Holidays to you too..
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MarianJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 06:25 PM
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37. Common Sense
Bravo!
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PassingFair Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 06:27 PM
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40. See! We CAN all ...
get along!

I'm an atheist, and I'm saying : Merry Christmas!

Then I'm gonna say "Happy New Year"

And I throw in a "Reason's Greetings" every chance I get...
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DanCa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 09:15 PM
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42. Reason's Greetings :D Can I put that on my festivus card
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MarianJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 09:58 PM
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45. Very Nice!
I like the "Reason's Greetings" part!
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La Coliniere Donating Member (581 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 06:52 PM
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41. This Catholic is saying
Edited on Wed Nov-30-05 06:54 PM by La Coliniere
"Seasons Bleatings" to all my fundie sheeple acquaintances. Makes'em think of a manger scene. It's Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays to everyone else.
I too am disgusted by this fake war against Christmas the fundies have embarked upon. These folks certainly love their wars.
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MarianJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 10:02 PM
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46. To a Fundie I'm Just Saying "Happy Holidays"!
It's what will piss them off the most, and I love doing that to those on the other side!

Most righties and fundies won't debate me. The righties because I don't fall for any of their "You have to admit that..." bullshit, the fundies because this liberal Democrat Catholic knows the Bible better than they do!
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