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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:25 AM Original message |
More from the War on Christmas files: |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:26 AM Response to Original message |
1. Nothing like celebrating the birth of baby jesus by raising up the cross he was nailed on. n/t |
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NanceGreggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:29 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Hey ... |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:29 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. .. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 02:07 AM Response to Reply #3 |
19. OK...so I can send out caskets as birthday presents? |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 09:25 AM Response to Reply #19 |
54. Do you worship a vampire as your savior? |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 03:16 PM Response to Reply #54 |
62. You're right! |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 06:24 PM Response to Reply #62 |
74. The youngest child in the family would get to roll away the Twinkie "Stone" |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 06:06 AM Response to Reply #3 |
43. They "thought" this one just a little too hard |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 05:33 PM Response to Reply #43 |
70. I am truly surprised that the christers haven't coopted Halloween... |
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MerryBlooms (940 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 06:19 AM Response to Reply #3 |
49. *snorq, good one. n/t |
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mrcheerful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:31 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Well for years the church my family went to would put up a xmas tree in dec and then in jan they |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:38 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. One Christmas my kids were given nails with ribbon on them to hang on the tree... |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 02:08 AM Response to Reply #10 |
20. Potentially dangerous as well |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 06:06 AM Response to Reply #20 |
44. DUzy! |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 07:05 AM Response to Reply #20 |
50. play time.......... |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 09:54 AM Response to Reply #10 |
55. My fundie inlaws have a plaque with "the nail"... |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 06:26 PM Response to Reply #55 |
75. Do they get out the dvd and fast forward to "the GOOD parts"? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 02:30 AM Response to Reply #6 |
27. For a year or two in my town the Protestants went nuts with carrying and displaying huge KKK type .. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 02:31 AM Original message |
You mean they were having an... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 02:38 AM Response to Original message |
31. You know, I'm not aware of what the Catholics were doing at that time???? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 02:48 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. I grew up in a Catholic Country |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 03:00 AM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Where? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 03:03 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Mexico City |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 03:10 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Come on . . . you're pulling my leg --- |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 03:17 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. No I am not, that has not happened in Mexico |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 07:54 AM Response to Reply #39 |
51. Sadly, this is true: |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 10:04 AM Response to Reply #51 |
56. There's no fanatic like a religious fanatic . . . |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Kind of like celebrating Lincoln's birthday with a cake shaped like a revolver? nt |
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Mad_Dem_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 10:28 AM Response to Reply #9 |
59. ! |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
71. I guess they should hang whips and spittle on the tree also |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 07:12 PM Response to Reply #71 |
77. How happy a scene you paint! |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 10:52 PM Response to Reply #71 |
79. And serve vinegar instead of punch at the Christmas parties. |
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fishnfla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:28 AM Response to Original message |
2. let the children cast die down there |
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Chipper Chat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:30 AM Response to Original message |
5. But Martha dear, you're HURTING WALMART |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:33 AM Response to Original message |
7. Next I know the cross will be burned |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:40 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. not to mention saturnalia |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:46 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Very correct, but then again there is this guy |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 02:10 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. MIthra-wasn't he the one who fought it out with Godzilla? |
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Guilded Lilly (960 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 02:31 AM Response to Reply #21 |
28. OK... |
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TlalocW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 02:36 AM Response to Reply #21 |
30. I thought Mithra.... |
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surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 10:10 AM Response to Reply #30 |
58. If only Mothra had been wearing Mithril ... |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 06:26 PM Response to Reply #58 |
76. Frodo would've taken Godzilla in the consolation bracket, though |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 02:11 AM Response to Reply #16 |
22. I love pointing out mithras to them--it is so amusing to watch them trying to twist it around. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 02:19 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Well I try to avoid the damn thing |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 02:43 AM Response to Reply #24 |
32. Not really true. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 02:50 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. And you just made my point exactly |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 02:54 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Yes, but it came earlier than 50 years ago. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 02:58 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. It started as a side effect of the depression |
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roger_pearse (8 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 04:22 PM Response to Reply #22 |
83. I love the way that atheists love to talk about Mithras=Jesus... |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 06:10 AM Response to Reply #16 |
46. Joseph Campbell is one of my patron Saints |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 03:25 PM Response to Reply #46 |
64. Oh the great FSM is mine |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 05:30 PM Response to Reply #64 |
69. Yeah |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 06:10 AM Response to Reply #7 |
45. I have fun explaining that |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 03:28 PM Response to Reply #45 |
66. Well been reading a bunch into ancient myths |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:33 AM Response to Original message |
8. Do you think they realize they've... |
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Guilded Lilly (960 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:51 AM Response to Reply #8 |
18. ... |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 06:12 AM Response to Reply #8 |
47. I've never seen a pictoral representation of the jumping of the shark |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 09:16 AM Response to Reply #8 |
52. "Do you think they realize they've..." |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 11:12 AM Response to Reply #52 |
61. It's,,, |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 03:20 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. Ah. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-11-09 10:12 PM Response to Reply #63 |
82. I watched Happy Days religiously in the early days, but I didn't know about the shark thingie |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 10:54 PM Response to Reply #52 |
80. That was the moment Fonzie jumped over a shark on waterskies |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-11-09 12:54 AM Response to Reply #80 |
81. Thanks. |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:39 AM Response to Original message |
11. dear martha, hate to break it to you, cupcake, but you guys STOLE every so-called "holy day" |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:45 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. God just put Mithras there to test their faith in Christ. |
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Mad_Dem_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 10:29 AM Response to Reply #11 |
60. +1 |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:41 AM Response to Original message |
13. rec'd--because we all need a laugh |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:42 AM Response to Original message |
14. Sorry for them and their neglection to FACTS and HISTORY... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:50 AM Response to Original message |
17. K and R |
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Guilded Lilly (960 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 02:15 AM Response to Original message |
23. Their intensity comes from |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 02:32 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Agree . . . PLUS some one revved up this effort to convert a while back . . . |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 06:14 AM Response to Reply #23 |
48. Yep, and all the religions of the world borrowed and stole |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 05:37 PM Response to Reply #23 |
72. +1,000, 000 (THAT is the reason for all of their zealotry) |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 02:19 AM Response to Original message |
25. Yeah we stole the tree, as well as the entire holiday, from the Pagans |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 02:28 AM Response to Original message |
26. Martha Boggs is making a statement with the cross: And I say "RUN!!" . . . |
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snot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 04:00 AM Response to Original message |
41. So I'm hoping this attn, time & energy might ultimately be directed toward |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 06:03 AM Response to Original message |
42. When Jesus comes back, |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
53. some christians obviously need to hoist themselves up on a cross of their own making |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
57. lololol |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
65. I always figures trees were the substitute sacrifice |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 05:10 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. Heck, just get a great big crucifix and wrap it in festive lights. |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 07:24 PM Response to Reply #68 |
78. Don't think they haven't thought of that already! |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
67. This takes the war on Christmas to unmeaurable levels of insanity. |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
73. "the tradition of decorating a tree for Jesus at Christmas" |
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