F*cking Fundy Sister And Her Xmas Cards!

[matcom]

:grr:

signed: "Your friends in Christ" then the kids names

:grr:

she does this shit on purpose cause she knows i don't "believe"

should i tell her Jebus was a LIBERAL?

:argh:

[Ramsey]

1. That's not very holly jolly

But, yes, in fact I think you send her a "Christ Was a Liberal" T-shirt for Christmas!

Edit: :loveya:

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

2. Tell her not only was he a LIBERAL

And that he has nothing to do with Christmas . In fact he was probably not born on December 25 at all .

[skylarmae]

7. isn't it born in the fall and crucified and reborn in the spring?

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

14. I have no idea ...

They lost me after the " Mary was a virgin " part :shrug:

[StrongbadTehAwesome]

16. I always heard it was he was born in the spring

because the shepherds wouldn't have been out at night with their flocks except in spring when lambs were being born. No clue how true that is though.

[Sydnie]

21. JESUS' REAL BIRTHDAY

Most biblical scholars and preachers readily admit that they know Christ was not born on December 25th. However, they claim that this day is as good as any other to celebrate the birth of Jesus, despite the fact that it was originally a pagan celebration called Saturnalia which commemorated the birth of the sun god.

<snip>

Since John was born on Passover, the 15th day of Nisan (the 1st Jewish month), Jesus would have been born six months later on the 15th day of Tishri (the 7th Jewish month). The 15th day of the 7th month begins the Feast of Tabernacles (Lev. 23:34-35), also known as Sukkot. Jesus was born on the 1st day of the Feast of Tabernacles! In the year 5 B.C.E., this fell in the month of September.


<more> http://users.aristotle.net/~bhuie/birthday.htm

It was moved to December because sales were slow at that time of the year. There was little motivation for anyone to drag the horse out of the barn and head down to the local town center. Their stocks were full since they had just completed the harvest and only dry goods would have been needed through the winter. So, move a major religious holiday around to get the folks out to the stores during the slow period.

I say send her these passages highlighted in a bible and see if she figures it out on her own.

[Rabrrrrrr]

38. You're right on the first point; utter bullshit on the second

Jesus' birthdate was established 1600 or so years ago (plus or minus a century).

The idea of buying shit for Christmas to give people didn't start until the 1800s. So buying stuff had nothing to do with setting Jesus' birthday. What it had to do with was the Christians wanted to convert people, and part of the method was to take pagan holidays and Christianize them (like Saturnalia to Christmas; or that celtic holiday (Samhain? Damn, can't remember) to Halloween; and many of the saints, and on and on and on).

But don't be passing around bogus stuff that it was about holiday shopping.

[Sydnie]

43. Perhaps I should have said

the continued reason for the season. That is, MHO.

speaking of dec 25, the romans had their big hedonistic feast to worship saturn during this time as well. Saturnalia ran from dec 17-24. all the roman ppl would get together for big festive meals and exchange good-luck presents. there were even parades in the streets. but at the end of that week, on dec 25 (winter solstice) was the BIG day, "Sol Invicticus" or "the birthday of the sun," which celebrated the rebirth of the sun into a new year.

<much more>

http://www.linusmoke.com/journal/19991218.html

[chelaque liberal]

22. Did you use "it" on purpose?

I'm not a Christian but even I wouldn't go that far.

[politicat]

48. I think it in #7 refers to the concept the poster was referring to, not

to Jesus or Yeshua ben Yosef or who ever.

Common speaking pattern, not common writing pattern.

Pcat

[zanana]

53. That's a "passive-aggressive" behavior...

When you have to ask if someone knew they were insulting you, it's a pretty safe bet that yeah, they did.

[Flaxbee]

51. and that he was probably the first communist...

share and share alike, make sure no one lacks food, shelter, clothing... all that lovey dovey good stuff.

[Az_lefty]

3. Jesus was a liberal is the right discussion to have with a fundie.

It's fun to watch them get all confused and start quoting Pat Robertson.

[dolo amber]

9. Yes...because the thing to do when discussing Christ

is not to take the "son of God" at his word, but to listen to what the *experts* say he meant...:eyes:

[Scrooge]

4. disgusting!

Tell her to take you off her Christmas list already!

[paula777]

5. I wrote "bush is the anti-christ" on all my Christmas Cards

[hiley]

11. that made me laugh

so hard, can I borrow that for my relatives ?

[Semi_subversive]

19. That's the perfect thing for my fundie Sis.

[paula777]

34. Oh yes, write it on cards, dollars, etc

[Az_lefty]

37. Ah ah ah ah ......good one

[mondo joe]

6. Getting anything for the kids for Christmas?

Like a nice donation to Interfaith Alliance or ACLU in their name?

[matcom]

8. i'm thinking drum set

:D

[chelaque liberal]

27. I love it----a donation to the ACLU in their name!

That's what ALL of my Bush loving relatives are going to get.

[mondo joe]

41. Better yet, in the sister's name. Let the kids get the drums.

No reason to get back at them for her actions.

[RC]

10. Sure.

And remind her Christ was a Jew and not a Christian.
Maybe you might want to ask how is bu$h like this hippie liberal who likes to help the least amoung us?
How would Jesus wage war?

[JimmyJazz]

12. No - Jebus was a socialist - that'll really put her over the edge!

[GOPisEvil]

13. Right you are!

On both counts! :hi:

[JimmyJazz]

15. Hi, sweetie

:hi:

[Dzimbowicz]

24. Or maybe...

the first proletarian revolutionary...

[Cattledog]

Here's a solution

Post her address and we'll all send her our versions of Xmas cards.

[redqueen]

17. Hell yes you should tell her.

Every time you see her.

In fact, just make t-shirts and have everyone wear them at family get-togethers.

[flamingyouth]

18. This reminds me of a funny story

We had these kids up the street who were younger than me. The middle girl grew up to be a fundy and would send Xmas cards to my parents. Well, her handwriting was never all that great, so one year, as usual, she signed, "In Christ," before their names.

My dad, a big goofy Swedish guy, takes one look at the card, and says, "'I'M THIRSTY???' Why the hell did she sign the card like that?" :D

I still giggle when I think of it.

[da_chimperor]

35. LOL, it would have been nice to see her face when he said that n/t

[finecraft]

20. Send her this one in return

it's my card from last year. I was hoping not to have to use it again this year.

[Sydnie]

25. That's GREAT! Where ever did you get it?

I don't ususally do the christmas card thing, but I would send that puppy out in a heart beat!

[finecraft]

52. I made it myself with Photoshop

If you right-click and save the picture on your hard drive, you can then print it on card stock and make as many cards as you like. All my friends loved them last year. :)

[China_cat]

26. This one makes more of an impact.

[alexisfree]

33. hahahhahah

good one!!!!

[RUDUing2]

57. WONDERFUL..you should sell these.

[David__77]

23. Send her a "Happy Hannukah" card!

Mazel Tov!

[ChicanoPwr]

28. The Jesus was a liberal, I hate to break to you....

I think the RW bible thumpers already put a spin to that. I was watching Good Morning America and the question was asked how can the church exclude people when Jesus never did. Well the RW Southern Baptist bible thumper minister replied: Yes, Jesus did accept everybody, but only if you are willing to release your sins. If you didn't then Jesus has no problem casting you out of his flock. He used some biblical reference I never heard as proof of Jesus rejecting a person because the person did not want to release their sin.

In short, I guess we are all going to hell. See you there soon my friend.

[progressoid]

39. Yeah, that 'God's Love' blather always slays me

He's pretty fickle that god.

"Either love me or suffer eternal torment. See, I love you so much I created a human version of myself and then had myself crucified to absolve you of your sins (provided of course you vow to love me forever). Oh, and one more thing, stop with the bestiality"

So I'm plagiarizing this for my card this year...

http://modernhumorist.com/mh/0012/cards/1.cfm

[ChicanoPwr]

46. LMAO

that is great card. I am still laughing. I guess I will be seeing you in hell too my friend. :toast:

[progressoid]

47. I've got my bags packed and I'm ready to go.

[Ladyhawk]

50. I prefer warm climates, so it's all good. :) n/t

[sandnsea]

40. Exactly, Jesus decided

Not his followers. So nobody on earth has any way of knowing the condition of anybody's soul, since sin and salvation is between the individual and Jesus.

If one is inclined to believe in Jesus at all.

[tjdee]

45. SO not true.

The fundies really bother me.
When Jesus healed the lepers, he didn't say "You better all be perfect now and never do anything wrong again!"
All Jesus asked was that people had faith (in him/God), if I recall correctly. While he did tell one person to "go and sin no more", he didn't require this when healing/accepting/loving someone.


The fundies would really hate him if he came back today I think. Hanging out with thieves, prostitutes, and tax collectors...oh no.

[rooboy]

29. Send her a respectful note saying you don't celebrate the birth of Christ.

And explain to her that the constant bringing up of Jebus' birthday is a slap in the face to Joseph, who had to live with the SHAME of knowing that he didn't father the child.

[Squeech]

30. Could be worse

My sister became a Jehovah's Witness. We sent her a Christmas card, and we got back a long and impolite rant about how we should have known that JWs don't do cards, with a couple gratuitous digs on the topic of how someone as apostate as myself had no business dealing with religious symbolism anyway.

Tried it again, with the most blandly non-denominational card we could find, and got a rant about how the eggs and flowers were evil pagan symbols. Eating a good breakfast imperils your immortal soul?

Your friends in Jeebus-- uh, Yahweh-- er, Mithras-- oops, how about Eno?

[Kipepeo]

31. Send her this Baby Jesus card!

http://www.cafepress.com/irregulargoods.8610670



I also like this one:

http://www.whatididinthewar.com/cards.html

[Kipepeo]

32. hahaha, I just found this one for Blue Staters

with Bush relatives in red states:

http://www.cafepress.com/irregulargoods.14562463

[MikeG]

36. Send her a card with a butt-crack smiley face.

[Tweed]

42. Better yet, just wear a 'Jesus was a liberal' t-shirt

Be sure to wear it for Christmas!

[Midlodemocrat]

44. Jesus was a liberal and there is a website to prove it.

...www.liberalslikeChrist.com, send her that. Also, maybe she is trying to 'convert' you because she loves you. Sometimes family does things that others see as wrong, but they have good intentions.

[cheezus]

49. xmas is about santa claus, trees, pie, and presents

you can rub that in HER face with a properly themed card

[curse10]

54. I'm gonna sign my xmas cards that way now!

and I'll be sure to add you and mrs. matcom to the card list! :P

[underpants]

55. How about a LIBERAL CHRISTMAS CARD?

Front (Micah 6:8): What does the Lord require of you but to love kindness, do justice and walk humbly with God? Inside: Merry Christmas

http://www.cafepress.com/shop/christmas/browse/Ne-1160_pv-goodhearts.14687396_p-2_N-3978+1269_bt-2


Written on the inside of these cards, as the old song goes, I'll have a blue Christmas without you. Only, in this case, they're the blue states that voted for John Kerry. A unique twist on an old idea

http://www.cafepress.com/shop/christmas/browse/Ne-1160_pv-irregulargoods.14562463_N-3978+1269_bt-2

[RUDUing2]

56. you could just send her this christmas card

http://www.cafepress.com/landoverbaptist.8412883

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