Christian billboards take credit for the holidays

onebigbadwulf

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Fri Dec-12-03 07:49 PM
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Christian billboards take credit for the holidays

Anyone else find this offensive and ignorant?

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SOteric

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Fri Dec-12-03 07:51 PM
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1. I'm not sure exactly what I'm supposed to find offensive...

Do you have a link or a specific quote you can provide?

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bleedingheart

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Fri Dec-12-03 07:52 PM
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2. haven't seen one...what do they say?

Now if it said...

Christmas...brought to you by Jerry Falwell...I would be offended...

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asjr

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Fri Dec-12-03 08:17 PM
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3. It is

a Christian observance. I don't know what kind of billboards you are seeing though.

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trotsky

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Fri Dec-12-03 08:27 PM
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6. It's a Christian theft

All the Xmas traditions have Pagan roots. Early Christians stole them all to help convert people. Humans were celebrating the Winter Solstice centuries before Jesus was supposedly born, and the Romans celebrated the birth of one of their gods on Dec. 25th loooong before the New Testament was written.

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Breezy du Nord

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Fri Dec-12-03 08:30 PM
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8. Wow, i actually knew that

From "The Da Vinci Code", which is a really good book.

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Breezy du Nord

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Fri Dec-12-03 08:20 PM
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4. I guess if they were taking the credit for Hannukah

Edited on Fri Dec-12-03 08:32 PM by breezygirl

or Ramadan or Tet or Kwanzaa or... it that all the winter holidays?

So why would you be offended by it? I mean, regardless of how stupid, racist and homophobic these people are, getting offended by that is probably low on the list of things to get offended by.

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LeftCoast

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Fri Dec-12-03 08:26 PM
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5. Most of Christmas is actually Pagan in origin

Corporate america has bastardized the winter holidays so badly that I don't mind Christians taking credit for it. :)

As for me, I'll celebrate Yule with the crown of the Holy King on my door and a feast with friends as we look to the rebirth of the God and the coming of spring.

Blessed Be!

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Nomad559

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Fri Dec-12-03 08:30 PM
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7. The Christmas Quiz

http://www.hedning.no/hedning/arkiv/flash/xmas.html

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Breezy du Nord

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Fri Dec-12-03 08:36 PM
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9. I got them all right

"The Da Vinci Code" again.

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Nomad559

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Fri Dec-12-03 08:44 PM
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10. Heathens’ Society

Edited on Fri Dec-12-03 08:45 PM by Nomad559

The Norwegian Heathens’ Society :)

http://www.hedning.no/hedning/e-index.html

Christmas Quiz
http://www.hedning.no/hedning/arkiv/flash/xmas.html

The Jesus Test
http://www.hedning.no/hedning/arkiv/flash/jesus.html

Full screen version

http://www.hedning.no/hedning/arkiv/flash/xmasfinal.swf

http://www.hedning.no/hedning/arkiv/flash/jesusfinal.swf

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