Good Friday could be better.
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Anyone else think we should temporarily do away with this separation of church and state nonsense here in the US so that we can make Good Friday a national holiday, like it is in many other countries around the world? :) Alvaro
The bible was written when people were even more stupid than they are today. Can you imagine that? - David Cross
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Or "Bad Friday" because Christians are bad. Or maybe "Good Riddance Friday".
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Christmas is a holiday.
Exactly, so why stop there?
The bible was written when people were even more stupid than they are today. Can you imagine that? - David Cross
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Exactly, so why stop there?
The bible was written when people were even more stupid than they are today. Can you imagine that? - David Cross
Don't you get Confederate Memorial Day next week?
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Anyone else think we should temporarily do away with this separation of church and state nonsense here in the US so that we can make Good Friday a national holiday, like it is in many other countries around the world? :) Alvaro
The bible was written when people were even more stupid than they are today. Can you imagine that? - David Cross
Alvaro Mendez wrote:
Anyone else think we should temporarily do away with this separation of church and state nonsense here in the US so that we can make Good Friday a national holiday...
Wouldn't this piss off the Jews and therefore shutdown Hollywood? Not sure, but from memory Jews don't believe in Jesus and therefore Easter. They have passover which is supposedly the real christian holiday, not the bastardised pagan Easter thingy we have now. If I wrong then my statement above is way off. Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004
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Alvaro Mendez wrote:
Anyone else think we should temporarily do away with this separation of church and state nonsense here in the US so that we can make Good Friday a national holiday...
Wouldn't this piss off the Jews and therefore shutdown Hollywood? Not sure, but from memory Jews don't believe in Jesus and therefore Easter. They have passover which is supposedly the real christian holiday, not the bastardised pagan Easter thingy we have now. If I wrong then my statement above is way off. Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004
Michael Martin wrote:
not the bastardised pagan Easter thingy we have now. If I wrong then my statement above is way off.
It is. Easter is the most important Christian holiday.
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Michael Martin wrote:
not the bastardised pagan Easter thingy we have now. If I wrong then my statement above is way off.
It is. Easter is the most important Christian holiday.
HollyHooo wrote:
It is. Easter is the most important Christian holiday.
Wrong. Passover is Christian, Easter is Pagan and blended into Christianity by the Romans when they embraced (got brainwashed into) Christianity. I'll wait for Isaac, Judah or one of the other CP Jews to waltz on by and correct me, failing that I'll wait for Christian (the Tasmanian) cause he knows all this Christian bullshit sideways. Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004
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HollyHooo wrote:
It is. Easter is the most important Christian holiday.
Wrong. Passover is Christian, Easter is Pagan and blended into Christianity by the Romans when they embraced (got brainwashed into) Christianity. I'll wait for Isaac, Judah or one of the other CP Jews to waltz on by and correct me, failing that I'll wait for Christian (the Tasmanian) cause he knows all this Christian bullshit sideways. Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004
Michael Martin wrote:
Wrong. Passover is Christian, Easter is Pagan and blended into Christianity by the Romans when they embraced (got brainwashed into) Christianity.
Passover is Jewish, but was celebrated by Christ (who was a Jew). Good Friday is the mourning of His death and Easter is the celebration of his resurrection. I think you're confusing the dates with the pagan nature of Roman holidays (an intentional confusion frequently done by militant atheists). The dates were chosen because they were not already known and previous pagan holidays already occurred on those dates. The commemoration has nothing to do with paganism.
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HollyHooo wrote:
It is. Easter is the most important Christian holiday.
Wrong. Passover is Christian, Easter is Pagan and blended into Christianity by the Romans when they embraced (got brainwashed into) Christianity. I'll wait for Isaac, Judah or one of the other CP Jews to waltz on by and correct me, failing that I'll wait for Christian (the Tasmanian) cause he knows all this Christian bullshit sideways. Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004
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HollyHooo wrote:
It is. Easter is the most important Christian holiday.
Wrong. Passover is Christian, Easter is Pagan and blended into Christianity by the Romans when they embraced (got brainwashed into) Christianity. I'll wait for Isaac, Judah or one of the other CP Jews to waltz on by and correct me, failing that I'll wait for Christian (the Tasmanian) cause he knows all this Christian bullshit sideways. Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004
You're wrong . You probably won't care because I don't know if the author is Jewish or called Christian the Tasmanian, but you can look here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/religion/christianity/easter.shtml[^] Jesus was Jewish, his death and resurection occured during the Jewish holiday. What Christians celebrate today on Easter Sunday is his resurection, and wether you like it or not, it IS the most important day of the year for them.
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Michael Martin wrote:
Wrong. Passover is Christian, Easter is Pagan and blended into Christianity by the Romans when they embraced (got brainwashed into) Christianity.
Passover is Jewish, but was celebrated by Christ (who was a Jew). Good Friday is the mourning of His death and Easter is the celebration of his resurrection. I think you're confusing the dates with the pagan nature of Roman holidays (an intentional confusion frequently done by militant atheists). The dates were chosen because they were not already known and previous pagan holidays already occurred on those dates. The commemoration has nothing to do with paganism.
espeir wrote:
I think you're confusing the dates with the pagan nature of Roman holidays (an intentional confusion frequently done by militant atheists).
Militant atheists with time machines!! :rolleyes: Dude, why do you seem to think there's some secret cabal ... let's call them the Illuminatheists ... that is out to get Christianity?
espeir wrote:
The dates were chosen because they were not already known and previous pagan holidays already occurred on those dates.
They wanted to co-op the pagan holidays. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagan_beliefs_surrounding_Christmas#
Why_do_people_celebrate_Jesus.27_birth_on_December_25.3F "In 350, Pope Julius I declared that Christ's birth would be celebrated on December 25. There is wide acceptance of the belief that Pope Julius I was trying to make it as painless as possible for pagan Romans, who remained a majority at that time, to convert to Christianity. The new religion went down a bit easier, knowing that their feasts would not be taken away from them."I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours. ~Stephen Roberts
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Ummmm... when does the bunny part come in? "If the world should blow itself up, the last audible voice would be that of an expert saying it can't be done." - Peter Ustinov
Mike Mullikin wrote:
Ummmm... when does the bunny part come in?
Not sure if he's allowed too, he's real unlike this jesus twat. I always get eggs from the Easter Bunny, this fictitious Jesus wanker never did nothing for me. Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004
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espeir wrote:
I think you're confusing the dates with the pagan nature of Roman holidays (an intentional confusion frequently done by militant atheists).
Militant atheists with time machines!! :rolleyes: Dude, why do you seem to think there's some secret cabal ... let's call them the Illuminatheists ... that is out to get Christianity?
espeir wrote:
The dates were chosen because they were not already known and previous pagan holidays already occurred on those dates.
They wanted to co-op the pagan holidays. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagan_beliefs_surrounding_Christmas#
Why_do_people_celebrate_Jesus.27_birth_on_December_25.3F "In 350, Pope Julius I declared that Christ's birth would be celebrated on December 25. There is wide acceptance of the belief that Pope Julius I was trying to make it as painless as possible for pagan Romans, who remained a majority at that time, to convert to Christianity. The new religion went down a bit easier, knowing that their feasts would not be taken away from them."I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours. ~Stephen Roberts
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Daniel R Ferguson wrote:
Dude, why do you seem to think there's some secret cabal ... let's call them the Illuminatheists ... that is out to get Christianity?
It's not secret. As you can see, you guys are very open about it.
Daniel R Ferguson wrote:
They wanted to co-op the pagan holidays.
No, they were simply adopting Christianity. Christ's date of birth was not known, so they made December 25th the day of the celebration because it was easier that way. You militant atheists like to make it sound like Christianity is really just paganism...or whatever the weird theory of the month is.
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Mike Mullikin wrote:
Ummmm... when does the bunny part come in?
Not sure if he's allowed too, he's real unlike this jesus twat. I always get eggs from the Easter Bunny, this fictitious Jesus wanker never did nothing for me. Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004
Michael Martin wrote:
he's real unlike this jesus twat
Yes...My concept of the "militant atheist" is clearly unfounded. :rolleyes:
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Daniel R Ferguson wrote:
Dude, why do you seem to think there's some secret cabal ... let's call them the Illuminatheists ... that is out to get Christianity?
It's not secret. As you can see, you guys are very open about it.
Daniel R Ferguson wrote:
They wanted to co-op the pagan holidays.
No, they were simply adopting Christianity. Christ's date of birth was not known, so they made December 25th the day of the celebration because it was easier that way. You militant atheists like to make it sound like Christianity is really just paganism...or whatever the weird theory of the month is.
espeir wrote:
Christ's date of birth was not known, so they made December 25th the day of the celebration because it was easier that way.
It was easier because people were already celebrating on that day, so the christian holiady was made to be the same day to co-opt the existing pagan holiday. This also explains why there is still confusion today. What does santa have to do with jesus' birthday and what does the easter bunny have to do with christ's ressurection?
espeir wrote:
You militant atheists like to make it sound like Christianity is really just paganism...or whatever the weird theory of the month is.
What are you smoking now? First, I'm not a militant atheist. I don't believe in god, but I have no problem with christians as long as they don't try to tell me what to believe. Second, atheists don't think that christians are pagans. Atheists don't have a charter or talking points or a common set of beliefs, so I can't tell you what they believe, but it's my personal opinion that christians are just people who feel overwhelmed by the "why am I here" question and can't live without some kind of answer (even if they know deep down that answer is contrived) and/or they just like to belong to a group.
I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours. ~Stephen Roberts
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Daniel R Ferguson wrote:
Dude, why do you seem to think there's some secret cabal ... let's call them the Illuminatheists ... that is out to get Christianity?
It's not secret. As you can see, you guys are very open about it.
Daniel R Ferguson wrote:
They wanted to co-op the pagan holidays.
No, they were simply adopting Christianity. Christ's date of birth was not known, so they made December 25th the day of the celebration because it was easier that way. You militant atheists like to make it sound like Christianity is really just paganism...or whatever the weird theory of the month is.
espeir wrote:
No, they were simply adopting Christianity. Christ's date of birth was not known, so they made December 25th the day of the celebration because it was easier that way. You militant atheists like to make it sound like Christianity is really just paganism...or whatever the weird theory of the month is.
So couldn't the Pope just fucking ask Jesus? Or better still couldn't the Disciples and other assorted fucks who wrote the bible just ask Jesus or Mary directly? How come Christianity is all factual and 100% correct and believable but it's about 99.35% unknown and just filled in by any wanker who wants to control some huge amount of mental midgets? Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004
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Michael Martin wrote:
Wrong. Passover is Christian, Easter is Pagan and blended into Christianity by the Romans when they embraced (got brainwashed into) Christianity.
Passover is Jewish, but was celebrated by Christ (who was a Jew). Good Friday is the mourning of His death and Easter is the celebration of his resurrection. I think you're confusing the dates with the pagan nature of Roman holidays (an intentional confusion frequently done by militant atheists). The dates were chosen because they were not already known and previous pagan holidays already occurred on those dates. The commemoration has nothing to do with paganism.
espeir wrote:
Passover is Jewish, but was celebrated by Christ (who was a Jew). Good Friday is the mourning of His death and Easter is the celebration of his resurrection. I think you're confusing the dates with the pagan nature of Roman holidays (an intentional confusion frequently done by militant atheists). The dates were chosen because they were not already known and previous pagan holidays already occurred on those dates. The commemoration has nothing to do with paganism.
Easter was chosen from pagan dates. Christ celebrated the passover (yes, he was a Jew) and instituted something new for Christians, the Memorial of Christ's Death. I don't know what you mean the dates were not already known. Jesus died on Nissan 14 of the Jewish calendar, the day of the passover. Nissan 14 corresponds to the first full moon after the Spring equinox which, on our calendar this year, was April 12th. Easter does come from pagan religions. The bunny was a symbol of fertility (don't remember from what religion right now). The eggs are also not Christian, etc. Is it really right to celebrate something that is tainted by pagan beliefs? I'll leave the answer to that to the reader. Danny The stupidity of others amazes me!
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espeir wrote:
Christ's date of birth was not known, so they made December 25th the day of the celebration because it was easier that way.
It was easier because people were already celebrating on that day, so the christian holiady was made to be the same day to co-opt the existing pagan holiday. This also explains why there is still confusion today. What does santa have to do with jesus' birthday and what does the easter bunny have to do with christ's ressurection?
espeir wrote:
You militant atheists like to make it sound like Christianity is really just paganism...or whatever the weird theory of the month is.
What are you smoking now? First, I'm not a militant atheist. I don't believe in god, but I have no problem with christians as long as they don't try to tell me what to believe. Second, atheists don't think that christians are pagans. Atheists don't have a charter or talking points or a common set of beliefs, so I can't tell you what they believe, but it's my personal opinion that christians are just people who feel overwhelmed by the "why am I here" question and can't live without some kind of answer (even if they know deep down that answer is contrived) and/or they just like to belong to a group.
I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours. ~Stephen Roberts
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Daniel R Ferguson wrote:
It was easier because people were already celebrating on that day, so the christian holiady was made to be the same day to co-opt the existing pagan holiday. This also explains why there is still confusion today. What does santa have to do with jesus' birthday and what does the easter bunny have to do with christ's ressurection?
Santa and the easter bunny are more recent inventions. Other than helping to secularize the religious holidays to appease militant atheists, they really have no bearing...Other than Santa Claus is derived from a saint, the Christmas tree represents the holy trinity and perhaps the eggs from the easter bunny represent new life per the resurrection, but I have no idea.
Daniel R Ferguson wrote:
What are you smoking now? First, I'm not a militant atheist. I don't believe in god, but I have no problem with christians as long as they don't try to tell me what to believe. Second, atheists don't think that christians are pagans. Atheists don't have a charter or talking points or a common set of beliefs, so I can't tell you what they believe, but it's my personal opinion that christians are just people who feel overwhelmed by the "why am I here" question and can't live without some kind of answer (even if they know deep down that answer is contrived) and/or they just like to belong to a group.
You claim not to be a militant atheist, yet here you are attacking Christianity to spread your creed. I've heard and read numerous times (from atheists) that Christianity is only based on Roman paganism because they chose to supplant their pagan holiday with a Christian one. you might not be trying to make that claim right now, but it's certainly not a new one. Your suggestion that Christians are emotionally/intellectually inferior is another claim commonly made by militant atheists. If it looks like a duck and walks like a duck...It's probably a duck.
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Alvaro Mendez wrote:
Anyone else think we should temporarily do away with this separation of church and state nonsense here in the US so that we can make Good Friday a national holiday...
Wouldn't this piss off the Jews and therefore shutdown Hollywood? Not sure, but from memory Jews don't believe in Jesus and therefore Easter. They have passover which is supposedly the real christian holiday, not the bastardised pagan Easter thingy we have now. If I wrong then my statement above is way off. Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004
Michael Martin wrote:
Jews don't believe in Jesus...
Sure they do. They just don't believe he is the Messiah?
"Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed." - Mark Twain
"There is no death, only a change of worlds." - Native American Proverb
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espeir wrote:
Passover is Jewish, but was celebrated by Christ (who was a Jew). Good Friday is the mourning of His death and Easter is the celebration of his resurrection. I think you're confusing the dates with the pagan nature of Roman holidays (an intentional confusion frequently done by militant atheists). The dates were chosen because they were not already known and previous pagan holidays already occurred on those dates. The commemoration has nothing to do with paganism.
Easter was chosen from pagan dates. Christ celebrated the passover (yes, he was a Jew) and instituted something new for Christians, the Memorial of Christ's Death. I don't know what you mean the dates were not already known. Jesus died on Nissan 14 of the Jewish calendar, the day of the passover. Nissan 14 corresponds to the first full moon after the Spring equinox which, on our calendar this year, was April 12th. Easter does come from pagan religions. The bunny was a symbol of fertility (don't remember from what religion right now). The eggs are also not Christian, etc. Is it really right to celebrate something that is tainted by pagan beliefs? I'll leave the answer to that to the reader. Danny The stupidity of others amazes me!
bugDanny wrote:
Easter does come from pagan religions. The bunny was a symbol of fertility (don't remember from what religion right now). The eggs are also not Christian, etc. Is it really right to celebrate something that is tainted by pagan beliefs? I'll leave the answer to that to the reader.
Actually, as I stated, the Easter bunny is a recent invention: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_bunny[^] "Recently, a neopagan legend has sprung up concerning the Easter Bunny. Though it is usually circulated as a Pagan tradition, it does not appear before 1990; it is presented by a fictitious character, Mrs. Sharp, created by an author of inspirational aphorisms. (Sarah Ban Breathnach, 'Nostalgic Suggestions for Re-Creating the Family Celebrations and Seasonal Pastimes of the Victorian Home'). It reached a far wider audience when in 2002 a version of the story, The Coming of Eostre, was published in Cricket magazine. According to the story, Eostre found a wounded bird in the snow. To help the little bird survive the winter, she transformed it into a rabbit, but the transformation was incomplete and the rabbit retained the ability to lay eggs. In thanks for its life being saved, the rabbit took the eggs and decorated them and left them as gifts for Eostre.[2] This story is deemed fakelore by critics, who point out that it has never appeared in any historical account of pagan celebrations, nor in any attempt to reconstruct the same by folklorists such as Grimm. There is also no historical evidence linking Ostara to the hare or rabbit." Christianity is not tainted by pagan beliefs. That's just another angle of attack taken up by militant atheists bent on destroying the concept of any religion but their own.