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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 12:35 PM Original message |
If we must put "Christ" back in Christmas |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
1. yes, and more than that |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 01:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
27. Yes "Mass" implies the Liturgy and Eucharist |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 03:11 PM Response to Reply #27 |
63. But what is point of hanging an Xmas tree upside down-I am getting too old |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 06:26 PM Response to Reply #63 |
72. more room for presents |
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distantearlywarning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
2. And no more Santa. |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 12:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. And no more presents and bye-bye Rudolph and Frosty. |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 01:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
25. Screw Rudy and Frosty |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
3. So what happened to the 12 days of Xmas and the big gift on Jan 6? |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 12:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Oh, God, no |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 12:43 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. :-) |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 01:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
40. The 12 days of Christmas are a pre-Protestant tradition. |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:10 PM Response to Reply #40 |
52. Actually, it is pre-Christian. |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 03:00 PM Response to Reply #52 |
58. interesting - but the Jan 6 date pre-dates Christian worries about yule |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
4. I, personally, think we should put the "Pagen" back in "Christmas" |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 12:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Keep the Sol in Solstice |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 01:12 PM Response to Reply #4 |
29. First, we have to figure out |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
6. I say we should also put the Eostre back in Easter |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 01:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
30. No way |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 01:21 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. I didn't say we had to put it back in Grannie, just in Easter |
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BIG Sean (259 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 12:41 PM Original message |
The hate for Christians on this forum is sad. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
10. I don't think this is Xn bashing but calling the Pharisees out |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
14. It must be hard being a Christian in today's society |
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BIG Sean (259 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 01:30 PM Response to Reply #14 |
39. LOL...You can quote the Daily Show!...Wow, I'm impressed! |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 01:45 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. T.S. Eliot wrote some of our best poem |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
15. How exactly does calling certain people on their hypocrisy amount to |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
17. I agree "leeroysphits" was leaning in that direction-but the crowd is just |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
51. Thanks for speaking for me but.... |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:13 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Happy Holidays - may the war on Xmas end soon! :-) |
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marbuc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
19. Why must fundies openly condemn those that do not practice their |
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asjr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 01:22 PM Response to Reply #19 |
35. Correct! "Fundamentalist Christian" is an oxymoron. |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
31. Oh, believe me this is tame |
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nemo137 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 03:25 PM Response to Reply #31 |
64. This is definitely at about the level of your little brother mocking you |
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onager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
32. You call this hate? |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
36. Hate hate hate!!! Why don't you look into the mirror. |
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BIG Sean (259 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 01:29 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Yup...I am a Boxing/MMA coach.....and that is not hate... |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 01:43 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. I was pointing out anyone can make generalisations, like the one you made |
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BIG Sean (259 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 01:46 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Is somebody came on here and openly made fun of Islam or |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 01:54 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. OK, I understand better what you mean. |
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BIG Sean (259 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 01:55 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Thanks...and sorry if I offended anyone |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
42. We're just responding to the idiotic campaign by the Religious Right. |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
66. Well, maybe if the "Christians" would act more Christ like, |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
7. My feeling is, hey, let'em have their Christmas --as long as it's on |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 12:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. OK - you can work on Christmas. |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
13. Don't forget to keep the "Chan" in Chanukah |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 12:46 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. LMAO |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 12:56 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Yeah, my friend showed me that shirt the other day |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
18. Why not put |
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Kazak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
20. Put the Christ back in Christianity! |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
21. Fundies should celebrate Christmas the old fashioned way |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 03:02 PM Response to Reply #21 |
59. Yeah! Less Leviticus, MORE Mathew... n/t |
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Coastie for Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
23. I can tell you where I will be - and I am NOT a Christian |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
24. the right needs to go after texas state govt and texas public schools |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 01:35 PM Response to Reply #24 |
41. By all that is holy, |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
26. I'll be in church at midnight |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 03:03 PM Response to Reply #26 |
60. Also my plan! :-) |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
28. And let's get rid of this Saturday night services BS. |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 01:19 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Yeah. Screw the hangovers! |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:25 PM Response to Reply #33 |
54. Sure, Xmas is different. |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
37. Why dont we take the holiday ads out of the papers? |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 01:41 PM Response to Reply #37 |
43. Put the "Holiday Ads" back in the Holiday Special Newspaper Inserts! |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:04 PM Response to Reply #43 |
50. Why do you hate America? |
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MellowOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
49. Don't judge all Christians by the reckless acts of a few |
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marbuc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:45 PM Response to Reply #49 |
55. Hollywood may or may not portray Christians as loonybirds |
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MellowOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 09:06 PM Response to Reply #55 |
67. They are not the spokeperson for me! |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 03:09 PM Response to Reply #49 |
62. When only the loonies of a group speak out... |
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MellowOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 09:16 PM Response to Reply #62 |
68. I agree |
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marbuc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 12:27 PM Response to Reply #68 |
71. Obviously techbear articulated my point better, and more concisely |
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AuntPatsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
56. This latest stunt by the Gop is so rediculous. |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
57. Oh, I know! Me! Me! |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
61. Better yet. let's put the grapes and nuts back into Grapenuts. |
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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
65. Christ, you know it ain't easy. |
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The Whiskey Priest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
69. I don't think we can put Christ back in Christmas |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
70. Peace on earth to all Mankind. |
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