Merry Christmas

[yubba]

Yes, I said it, hope I offended someone. I was watchin the morning news today it seemed that there's an all out assult on Chirstmas OOPs said it again , take down that Chirstmas tree {said it again} take down them lights, no baby Jesus in front of the court house. Well F u, all you Chirstmas haters and no good scumbags, crawl back into the shadows until the hoidays are over, because you are offending me, with all your bitching about how Chirstmas offends you. Merry Chirstmas too the rest of you, Yubba, only so many shopping days till Chirstmas.:rock:thanks krauter for the spellin lesson. Ho ho ho got to go.

[nikimcbee]

allah akhbar:O:

[Krauter]

It's spelled offend, offender, offended.

Say it with me now, Ohhhhhhhhh, he lives in a pineapple under the sea.

SPONGE BOB SQUARE.. oh.. wait..

O-ffend

O-ffended

O-ffender.

Cheers,

Krauter

P.S: More spam for christmas please!

[mookiemookie]

Happy Saturnalia!

[AVGWarhawk]

Yes, a mosque should be just fine at ground zero. Tolerance my friend.
Christmas? Oh most certainly not! Enjoy your 'Holiday Tree' :doh:

[AVGWarhawk]

Say it with me now, Ohhhhhhhhh, he lives in a pineapple under the sea.

SPONGE BOB SQUARE..


Truth be told the lyrics for this song are quite good. So is the program. I watch two episodes everyday with my daughter. :yeah:

[Krauter]

Haha oh I understand completely.

I learned while babysitting kids that the best way to make them quiet down, or get them to behave is to offer sponge-bob :har:

[nikimcbee]

http://cache1.asset-cache.net/xc/93525831.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=77BFBA49EF878921CC759DF4EBAC47D05690C8C704BD980A 286BEAAD31DE9854ECE569FA7850E05EE30A760B0D811297

[nikimcbee]

Truth be told the lyrics for this song are quite good. So is the program. I watch two episodes everyday with my daughter. :yeah:
Now I thought that statement was backwards?

What AVG really means:
You were watching and your daughter joins you.:haha::O:

[SteamWake]

Ah geeze already? :oops:

[frau kaleun]

Personally I don't know who this 'Chirst' fellow is, but as long as I get a hoiday out of it, I really don't care. :O:

So....

Happy Ahoi Day Everbody! :arrgh!:

[Sailor Steve]

Yes, I said it, hope I affended someone.

Well F u,

no good scumbags,


Why would someone with such an un-Christ-like attitude even claim to believe in Christmas? "By their fruits shall ye know them". The fruit you bear seems to indicate the exact opposite of what you claim.

[AVGWarhawk]

You were watching and your daughter joins you


Guilty as charge. I also like the Sponge Bob movie. I have watched it several times and it does keep my attention right to the end. Good stuff! :up:

[frau kaleun]

Guilty as charge. I also like the Sponge Bob movie. I have watched it several times and it does keep my attention right to the end. Good stuff! :up:

My sister and I went to see it in the theater.

We were both adults at the time (chronologically speaking). I'm pretty sure we were the only adults in the theater without children in attendance.

We both laughed our butts off. :yeah:

[nikimcbee]

Guilty as charge. I also like the Sponge Bob movie. I have watched it several times and it does keep my attention right to the end. Good stuff! :up:

So that's the reason you couldn't play fantasy football this year.;)

[AVGWarhawk]

Oh hell ya Frau. I went with my two daughters! Really, the spot were Sponge Bob plays the electric guitar was great. The entire story was engrossing enough.

"We're on a baby hunt and don't think we don't know how to weeeeeeeed'em out!"

Awesome!

[razark]

Merry Chirstmas
And a happy holiday season to you.

Yes, I said it, hope I affended someone.
The fact that you said it offends me not at all. The fact that you said it with the intent of offending people annoys me.

I was watchin the morning news today it seemed that there's an all out assult on Chirstmas
Yup. Every year... :roll:

OOPs said it again , take down that Chirstmas tree {said it again} take down them lights,
Decorate however you want, I don't care. If you want to decorate for Christmas, go right ahead. If you want to decorate for any other holiday that falls around this time of year, go ahead.

no baby Jesus in front of the court house.
But you don't get to push your religion and only your religion in the public square. If you want a nativity scene on public land, fine. Does someone else, and everyone else, get equal access to put up their holiday display? If so, fine. Otherwise, go decorate your house, your church, your business, your car, or anything else that is your property.

Well F u, all you Chirstmas haters and no good scumbags, go back into the shadows until the hoidays are over, because you are affending me, with all your bitching about how Chirstmas affends you. Merry Chirstmas too the rest of you, Yubba, only so many shopping days till Chirstmas.
December is a month, and it does not belong exclusively to any one group. Different people celebrate different things for different reasons. You celebrate how you want to celebrate. I'll celebrate how I want to celebrate. You don't get to tell me how to celebrate.

[AVGWarhawk]

So that's the reason you couldn't play fantasy football this year


Damn it. Got me again.


Hey, Toy Story 3. Tell me you lugs did not cry at the end. Come on....what a good movie. :up:

[AVGWarhawk]

December is a month, and it does not belong exclusively to any one group. Different people celebrate different things for different reasons. You celebrate how you want to celebrate. I'll celebrate how I want to celebrate. You don't get to tell me how to celebrate.

Thats the point!!!!! People are telling him how to celebrate!

[frau kaleun]

Hey, Toy Story 3. Tell me you lugs did not cry at the end. Come on....what a good movie. :up:

I have not seen this one yet. :oops:




But I just got it from Netflix this week so I will prolly watch it this weekend.

I was going to go ahead and buy it but decided to wait and see if they come out with a 1-2-3 set on Blu-Ray.

I did cry at the first two though.

[AVGWarhawk]

I have not seen this one yet. :oops:


But I just got it from Netflix this week so I will prolly watch it this weekend.

I was going to go ahead and buy it but decided to wait and see if they come out with a 1-2-3 set on Blu-Ray.


You will not be disappointed!

[razark]

Thats the point!!!!! People are telling him how to celebrate!
Nope. No one is telling him how he must celebrate. Only that he cannot tell other people how to celebrate, and that he cannot use public land unless everyone is granted equal access.

[AVGWarhawk]

Nope. No one is telling him how he must celebrate. Only that he cannot tell other people how to celebrate, and that he cannot use public land unless everyone is granted equal access.

Not so easy razark. In Philadelphia a open market was asked by the city to change the name of the open market that is erected every year for Christmas. It was called Christmas Village. They changed it to Holiday Village. A few days later the market told the mayor they are changing it back to Christmas Village. There was enough upset to warrant that. It is not as cut and dry as you like to think. Every year it is the same attack. Same song and dance.

[Rockstar]

Christ is the Jewish Messiah, The Word made flesh known as The Living Torah. Unfortunately nothing in the bible indicates any commandment from God to worship a birthday on the 25th of December. This date as with most of it's practices are a mixture of pagan and so called christian traditions. Most who study surmise He was most likely born around the time or on Yom Teruah. During the fall season but I wouldn't think much later as I can't imagine that even Ceasar would cause people to travel for the census in the dead of winter.

This tradition is on a Sabbath. People will follow their traditions rather than how God would have them keep Sabbath.

[Platapus]

Happy festivus for the rest of us!

[razark]

Not so easy razark. In Philadelphia a open market was asked by the city to change the name of the open market that is erected every year for Christmas. It was called Christmas Village. They changed it to Holiday Village. A few days later the market told the mayor they are changing it back to Christmas Village. There was enough upset to warrant that. It is not as cut and dry as you like to think. Every year it is the same attack. Same song and dance.
Is it run by the city or by private citizens?

[AVGWarhawk]

Is it run by the city or by private citizens?

Run by private citizens but next to the city hall. The market sells crap from all walks of life.

[nikimcbee]

A McBee Christmas:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdJB1oHMQLY&feature=related

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s145/NIcolay5/CNovimGodom_Colin.jpg

[razark]

Run by private citizens but next to the city hall. The market sells crap from all walks of life.
Then they are free to call it whatever they want. The city should have no reason to interfere in the naming of it. If they want to call it Christmas Village, and the city shuts it down for that name, then the city is in the wrong.

[AVGWarhawk]

Then they are free to call it whatever they want. The city should have no reason to interfere in the naming of it. If they want to call it Christmas Village, and the city shuts it down for that name, then the city is in the wrong.

From what I understand the city pressured them into it. The citizen pressured them back. Oh well. I try to ignore all the stuff. Simply put, you do your thing and I do my thing. We all live happy. :salute:

[razark]

From what I understand the city pressured them into it. The citizen pressured them back.
And in this case, the city was out of line.

Simply put, you do your thing and I do my thing. We all live happy.
Exactly.

[Krauter]

Really..we're arguing over Christmas.. :nope:

I need a drink.

[Platapus]

It happens every christmas. A small subsection of christianity gets diaper rash because they can't party the way they want to.

Most people just ignore them. They will go away Dec 26.

I have a big problem with nativity scenes. Not because of the pushing of religion, but because they are mostly inaccurate according to their own book. Can't really take it seriously if the nativity people can't even read the directions. :D

[Growler]

I did cry at the first two though.

You are done for on the third, then. Invest in Kleenex now. :cry:

[nikimcbee]

Personally I don't know who this 'Chirst' fellow is,

I'll answer that question.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNeq2Utm0nU

[frau kaleun]

Happy festivus for the rest of us!

And I see the airing of grievances is already under way... :O:

[frau kaleun]

Really..we're arguing over Christmas.. :nope:


Yeah, I know. I understand there are valid issues when it comes to using public space to uphold one religious tradition to the exclusion of others... but as far as what people say to each other this time of year in terms of season's greetings... eh, I can't see the point in being upset.

My rule of thumb is, if I don't know a person well enough to know what they celebrate, I say "Happy Holidays." It covers everything, and even if they don't celebrate anything of a religious nature, it's very unlikely that they are not getting a "holiday" of some kind because they're going to be out of school or have a couple extra days off work. If someone wants to get peeved at me for not saying "Merry Christmas" that's their problem.

As for what people say to me, I don't care. Happy this, merry that, they are wishing me well in whatever way they can according to their own understanding of what the "season" is all about. I'm not going to be offended because someone told me to have a happy version of the wrong freakin' thing. :D

[Krauter]

Exactly, it's all about wishing your neighbours well :D





(^AND PRESENTS.. DON'T FORGET PRESENTS:haha:)

[Takeda Shingen]

Really..we're arguing over Christmas.. :nope:

This. What happened to the whole 'peace on Earth, goodwill toward men' thing? Sheesh.

I need a drink.

You're too young to drink, so I'll have two: One for each of us.

[Krauter]

My apologies, I didn't think it would be offensive. (I'm catholic and I kind of find it funny)

In Quebec it's 18 :yeah: So I'll match you two and raise you 1 more. :03:

[Reece]

Yes, I said it, hope I offended someone. I was watchin the morning news today it seemed that there's an all out assult on Chirstmas OOPs said it again , take down that Chirstmas tree {said it again} take down them lights, no baby Jesus in front of the court house. Well F u, all you Chirstmas haters and no good scumbags, crawl back into the shadows until the hoidays are over, because you are offending me, with all your bitching about how Chirstmas offends you. Merry Chirstmas too the rest of you, Yubba, only so many shopping days till Chirstmas.:rock:thanks krauter for the spellin lesson. Ho ho ho got to go.
Happy Christmas to you yubba!:yeah:

[krashkart]

Yes, I said it, hope I offended someone. I was watchin the morning news today it seemed that there's an all out assult on Chirstmas OOPs said it again , take down that Chirstmas tree {said it again} take down them lights, no baby Jesus in front of the court house. Well F u, all you Chirstmas haters and no good scumbags, crawl back into the shadows until the hoidays are over, because you are offending me, with all your bitching about how Chirstmas offends you. Merry Chirstmas too the rest of you, Yubba, only so many shopping days till Chirstmas.:rock:thanks krauter for the spellin lesson. Ho ho ho got to go.

University of Iowa was forced to take their tree down last week. What happened to our country, man? It's just a tree with some lights on it. :nope:

So...

Merry Christmas, yubba. :woot::salute:
Merry Christmas, Subsim. :woot:



AND...

Merry Christmas, to the Christmas-Haters!! http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=258&pictureid=2561

[Krauter]

At least he's open minded, he corrected the spelling errors.
:rotfl2:

[Takeda Shingen]

Oh man, I didn't even catch that. :haha:

Hilarious!

[DarkFish]

Christ is the Jewish Messiah, The Word made flesh known as The Living Torah. Unfortunately nothing in the bible indicates any commandment from God to worship a birthday on the 25th of December. This date as with most of it's practices are a mixture of pagan and so called christian traditions. Most who study surmise He was most likely born around the time or on Yom Teruah. During the fall season but I wouldn't think much later as I can't imagine that even Ceasar would cause people to travel for the census in the dead of winter.

This tradition is on a Sabbath. People will follow their traditions rather than how God would have them keep Sabbath.And that's what I find so amusing about christmas. People think they are celebrating a christian holiday, while in fact it's largely Pagan:DL

Merry Yule and Midwinter to everyone!:()1:

[antikristuseke]

Not this war on christmass bull**** again.

[Takeda Shingen]

And that's what I find so amusing about christmas. People think they are celebrating a christian holiday, while in fact it's largely Pagan:DL

Merry Yule and Midwinter to everyone!:()1:

I am celebrating Christmas. I will continue to celebrate Christmas. I will continue to call it Christmas, regardless of what was celebrated by people in a different part of the world, worshiping a religion that does not in any way correlate to my own. It does not matter to me one bit if you recognize it, or if you belittle it. My personal self-worth and spiritual beliefs do not hinge upon your whims or condemnation.

Merry Christmas, DarkFish.

[Platapus]

Not this war on christmass bull**** again.


tis the season.

[DarkFish]

I am celebrating Christmas. I will continue to celebrate Christmas. I will continue to call it Christmas, regardless of what was celebrated by people in a different part of the world, worshiping a religion that does not in any way correlate to my own. It does not matter to me one bit if you recognize it, or if you belittle it. My personal self-worth and spiritual beliefs do not hinge upon your whims or condemnation.

Merry Christmas, DarkFish.It seems you get me all wrong. My intention was definitely not to belittle or condemn it, and how is it even possible not to recognize a festivity? Best I could do is not recognize the reason for it.
I'm not against christmas, you can have all holidays you want the way you want them. Besides, "christmas" is a holiday in my religion as well.

I didn't mean anything with my post, except what it says: that I find it amusing that christmas historically is a largely Pagan holiday, while most christians believe they are in fact celebrating some christian holiday. This is a purely cultural/historical/religious thing, as I'm quite sure that all christians pay homage to the christian god on christmas and not to any of the Pagan gods, so on a personal level it's still a christian holiday.

Please know there was absolutely no ill meaning to my post. If I offended you in any way, I apologize.

[Takeda Shingen]

It seems you get me all wrong. My intention was definitely not to belittle or condemn it, and how is it even possible not to recognize a festivity? Best I could do is not recognize the reason for it.
I'm not against christmas, you can have all holidays you want the way you want them. Besides, "christmas" is a holiday in my religion as well.

I didn't mean anything with my post, except what it says: that I find it amusing that christmas is a largely Pagan holiday, while most christians believe they are in fact celebrating some christian holiday. This is a purely cultural/religious thing, as I'm quite sure that all christians pay homage to the christian god on christmas and not to any of the Pagan gods, so on a personal level it's still a christian holiday.

Please know there was absolutely no ill meaning to my post. If I offended you in any way, I apologize.

No, it is me that should apologize. I was being overly-sensitive. I know that the modern celebration of the Mass of Christ [Christmas, litterally] and the hoopla that goes with it was scheduled during the Yule observance of the Winter Solstice in an attempt to 'stamp out' the Pagan faith. I never belittle the religions of others, and have stuck up for the practicioners of different faiths and atheists alike for nearly 11 years on SubSim, and I felt like that respect was not being returned. After I posted, I almost immediately thought that this is not what you were doing, and I regretted posting. You didn't try to wrong me, and I over-reacted. I am sorry.

[antikristuseke]

Political correctness gone mad:roll::D

[mookiemookie]

War is hell...


http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_z3q4iEadtQU/TO0J_cxyilI/AAAAAAAACtA/IqdPhM_b2po/s1600/War_on_Christmas.JPG

[krashkart]

From the Good Book of Made-up Nonsense:

Christmas [kurst-mas] -

Twenty-four days of commercial celebration, followed by the first sane day of December (Christmas Day).

:O:

[Krauter]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2oPio60mK4

[frau kaleun]

You will not be disappointed!

You are done for on the third, then. Invest in Kleenex now. :cry:

Oh hey let's go off-topic again! But there is some Christmas in my "toy story," I promise. :D

Well I just watched it (Toy Story 3) and I was NOT disappointed.

But you know I got all the way (I thought) through it, past
.
.
.
.
*WARNING--SPOILERS!!--DANGER WILL ROBINSON!*
.
.
.
.

the dumpster and the landfill and the shredder and the inferno and all the toys were safe and home again and in the proper boxes and although I had gotten a little misty-eyed in a couple places I had yet to shed a proper tear. I THOUGHT IT WAS OVER.

But NOOOOOOOOO.

So, yeah: :wah: :wah: :wah: :wah: :D

And now to throw a little Christmas into the mix - after the first and second movies had come out on DVD, my best friend told me she'd never seen either of them. The first one, for some reason, didn't pique her interest. But she saw a trailer or whatever for the second one, I guess on another DVD, and decided she'd like to see it, only she wanted to see the first one before that so she knew the whole story.

By this time I had both movies, so we got together and watched them and she enjoyed them both immensely and we both had a couple of good cries and a lot of laughs. At some point I confessed that I had a bit of a crush on Buzz Lightyear (er... there may have been alcohol involved), the thing was I really liked Buzz best when he first came out of the box and didn't know he was a toy and thought he was a real space ranger. I'd been worried that we wouldn't get that in the second movie but, whaddya know, they managed to work in the dim-bulb Buzz "right out of the box" for me. This led to a short period of her teasing me about having a crush on what was not only a toy, but an imaginary toy in a kids' movie.

Anyway a few months go by and it's coming on to Christmas and one day my friend walks into the office where we both work, looks at me, and cracks up laughing. So I say, "what?" and she says, "oh nothing, I went out Christmas shopping yesterday." She doesn't say another word about it.

So come Christmas I stop by her place for a bit to visit and exchange gifts. The gifts are duly exchanged and opened and mine are very nice and to my taste but nothing out of the ordinary, certainly nothing that would make someone crack up laughing just thinking about it. So I figure, whatever, she was just having a goofy day that day.

After a while I get up to go and we're saying our goodbyes and I'm almost out the door when suddenly she says, "Oh wait I forgot one of your gifts!" and reaches behind something and pulls out this box all wrapped up. So now I'm thinking "aha" and I open it and we both crack up laughing because it's a 12" high, talking Buzz Lightyear doll with expandable wings and blinking lasers and sound effects and everything. He stands guard over my living room from the top of a bookshelf to this very day and, as you can imagine, is also one reason why the person who gave it to me is my best friend.

Anyway... once again I went into this movie wondering if it would be nothing but the "I know I'm a toy" Buzz Lightyear who is fine but not as endearing. And once again, Pixar throws me for a loop and gives me...

BUZZ LIGHTYEAR IN SPANISH MODE! Ay, caramba!

Totally awesome for that reason and many others and this is probably my favorite Toy Story of them all. Definitely gonna add it to my collection. :yeah:

[antikristuseke]

Obligatory
http://www.komabude.com/bilder/fun/sex/toystory.jpg

[Krauter]

:o...

[nikimcbee]

Obligatory
http://www.komabude.com/bilder/fun/sex/toystory.jpg

Why is buzz smiling?:o

[frau kaleun]

Why is buzz smiling?:o

Cuz he's no longer the only toy in the house that buzzes.

[Jimbuna]

Why is buzz smiling?:o

Cuz he's no longer the only toy in the house that buzzes.

LOL :DL

[DarkFish]

No, it is me that should apologize. I was being overly-sensitive. I know that the modern celebration of the Mass of Christ [Christmas, litterally] and the hoopla that goes with it was scheduled during the Yule observance of the Winter Solstice in an attempt to 'stamp out' the Pagan faith. I never belittle the religions of others, and have stuck up for the practicioners of different faiths and atheists alike for nearly 11 years on SubSim, and I felt like that respect was not being returned. After I posted, I almost immediately thought that this is not what you were doing, and I regretted posting. You didn't try to wrong me, and I over-reacted. I am sorry.lol no worries, mate. It's all too easy to misunderstand someone. Glad it's all cleared up now:DL

[kiwi_2005]

Christmas is actually a pagan celebration. Christ was not born on the 25th Dec the Christians used the pagan celebration to celebrate the birth of Christ but they know its not the correct date - just like Easter has nothing to do with the death of Christ they borrowed the pagan celebration of Easter the God of fertility and the symbol of the rabbit ( rabbit = fertility) to mark the death of Christ. No one knows the correct date when Christ was born or when he died, except maybe the rabbis have the dates kept in some secret scrolls but they ain't saying anything cause they don't worship Christ - mas :haha:

So anyways Merry Christmas - I always celebrate Christmas and New Years time to cook the pig on a spit and drink some beers. :rock:

[Garion]

Blessed Be this Yule.

Have great time celebrating this holiday by whatever name yoo call it and by whatever means your beliefs allow.

Just don't get arrested :woot:

Garion
aka Jevhaddah

[krashkart]

Just don't get arrested :woot:

That's the tricky part... there's usually a standoff after all the dishes, pots and pans have been thrown. :arrgh!:

Merry Christmas. :DL

[TarJak]

Merry Christmas. :DLWrong thread. This is the Merry CHIRSTmas thread

Go create your own thread if you want to talk about the celebration of the birth of a Jewish carpenter and fisherman.

[Madox58]

This is the Merry CHIRSTmas thread


I was wondering who would catch that.
:har:

[TarJak]

I was wondering who would catch that.
:har:
I think it go caught around post 3 or 4 but nobody else seemed to notice.:D

Anyway the other bloke was an aussie (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=177911) so who else would notice?

[krashkart]

Wrong thread. This is the Merry CHIRSTmas thread

Go create your own thread if you want to talk about the celebration of the birth of a Jewish carpenter and fisherman.

:haha:
At post #53 I show the proper pronunciation:

From the Good Book of Made-up Nonsense:

Christmas [kurst-mas] -

Twenty-four days of commercial celebration, followed by the first sane day of December (Christmas Day).

:O:


Speling is not as importint as pernunciatin'. :smug:

[Sailor Steve]

Speling is not as importint as pernunciatin'. :smug:
You hifalutin' edumacated show-off! It took me eight looks in three different books to figger out y'all meant ta say that writin' it right ain't the same as sayin' it right.

Consarned dagflabconfabulatin' know-it-alls! :nope:

[Castout]

Christmas is actually a pagan celebration. Christ was not born on the 25th Dec the Christians used the pagan celebration to celebrate the birth of Christ but they know its not the correct date - just like Easter has nothing to do with the death of Christ they borrowed the pagan celebration of Easter the God of fertility and the symbol of the rabbit ( rabbit = fertility) to mark the death of Christ. No one knows the correct date when Christ was born or when he died, except maybe the rabbis have the dates kept in some secret scrolls but they ain't saying anything cause they don't worship Christ - mas :haha:

So anyways Merry Christmas - I always celebrate Christmas and New Years time to cook the pig on a spit and drink some beers. :rock:

There are many kind of Christians.

Ones who jump the bandwagon because they think it's the trend and cool and subject being fooled and misled(If many people believe it it must be true! or is it?!)
. . .
Ones who believe Jesus is the Messiah because he's easy to believe anything and subject being fooled and misled
. . .
Ones who wish for miracles and figured Jesus is the only way to worldly abundance and excesses!
. . .
Ones who started being a naive believer but went on to build a real relationship with God and know God personally however little. These are the people who would endure anything because they simply know what they believe in. These are the witnesses and much are expected of them. Among the rarest and few.
. . .
Ones who believe because they are using their common sense(sensibility) after gaining much knowledge and weighing many known factors. These are the wisest people but unfortunately the rarest.
. . .
Those who believe Christ is their savior for being stupid and insist on believing it without seeing anything or experiencing anything substantial to substantiate their belief but endure everything and keep believing until the end of their lives even when they struggle with doubts all their life especially when life is pressing on them. These are the gold, truly blessed people.


God may not be for everyone but Christmas is certainly is!
Merry Christmas and happy holiday to you all! Enjoy the blessings of life regardless of your belief this holiday season!

[Platapus]

You forgot one

ones who are Christians because when they were children they were educated/welcomed/indoctrinated/brainwashed into the religion.

[krashkart]

You hifalutin' edumacated show-off! It took me eight looks in three different books to figger out y'all meant ta say that writin' it right ain't the same as sayin' it right.

Consarned dagflabconfabulatin' know-it-alls! :nope:

Well I'll be dipped in molasses and fed to fire ants... I didn't know you had so many books! :har:


*BA DUM yoink!*

<hauled off stage>






Look, I was only kidding about the fire ants.... aaaaaggghh!

[kiwi_2005]

There are many kind of Christians.

Ones who jump the bandwagon because they think it's the trend and cool and subject being fooled and misled(If many people believe it it must be true! or is it?!)
. . .
Ones who believe Jesus is the Messiah because he's easy to believe anything and subject being fooled and misled
. . .
Ones who wish for miracles and figured Jesus is the only way to worldly abundance and excesses!
. . .
Ones who started being a naive believer but went on to build a real relationship with God and know God personally however little. These are the people who would endure anything because they simply know what they believe in. These are the witnesses and much are expected of them. Among the rarest and few.
. . .
Ones who believe because they are using their common sense(sensibility) after gaining much knowledge and weighing many known factors. These are the wisest people but unfortunately the rarest.
. . .
Those who believe Christ is their savior for being stupid and insist on believing it without seeing anything or experiencing anything substantial to substantiate their belief but endure everything and keep believing until the end of their lives even when they struggle with doubts all their life especially when life is pressing on them. These are the gold, truly blessed people.


God may not be for everyone but Christmas is certainly is!
Merry Christmas and happy holiday to you all! Enjoy the blessings of life regardless of your belief this holiday season!

The Parable of the Sower.

The seed = the kingdom.

The hard ground:
Someone who hears but does not understand the Word. Making it hard for them to believe.

The Stony ground:
pictures a man who professes delight with the Word; however, his heart is not changed, and when trouble arises, his so-called faith quickly disappears.

The thorny ground
depicts one who seems to receive the Word, but whose heart is full of riches, pleasures, and lusts; the things of this world take his time and attention away from the Word, and he ends up having no time for it.

The good ground
portrays the one who hears, understands, and receives the Word—and then allows the Word to accomplish its result in his life. The man represented by the “good ground” is the only one of the four who is truly saved, because salvation’s proof is fruit

[Castout]

You forgot one

ones who are Christians because when they were children they were educated/welcomed/indoctrinated/brainwashed into the religion.

Well they are somewhere there could be among any one of the above mentioned or they would stop believing. Kids these days you can't tell them what to believe and what not :DL


The Parable of the Sower.

The seed = the kingdom.


Yep I know that parable Frank.

December always airs something relaxing and fun and happy about it. It's the one month I'd happily choose over any other. I mean if we could do just with a single month in a year, you see year end bonuses would become a monthly thing . . . .LOL. . .and we would suddenly live to over a thousand years. . .

[Monica Lewinsky]

allah akhbar:O:

Ugh ... your Christmas cheer in English :haha:

http://learnabit.homeserver.com/lab/merrychristmas.wmv (http://learnabit.homeserver.com/lab/merrychristmas.wmv)

[Jimbuna]

LOL :DL

[Penguin]

I feel offended by the people who feel offended when they hear "merry christmas". Seriously, it's only a phrase, no try to convince anybody that Santa or Jesus exists or forcing someone to believe. Hell, I don't believe in the easter bunny, but i wish people happy Easter! If I would live in a black neighbourhood and people would wish me happy kwanzaa I also wouldn't mind - or happy festivus if you live in certain parts of Queens ;). **** it, let the people have the celebrations they want.

On christmas day, I will be at my parents-in-law. There will only be outspoken atheists/agnostics there. We give presents to each other, eat christmas dinner and wish each other happy christmas! Later we may have some drinks and a smoke while looking at the christmas tress! It's just a ****ing tradition, people need to relax.

[Jimbuna]

I feel offended by the people who feel offended when they hear "merry christmas". Seriously, it's only a phrase, no try to convince anybody that Santa or Jesus exists or forcing someone to believe. Hell, I don't believe in the easter bunny, but i wish people happy Easter! If I would live in a black neighbourhood and people would wish me happy kwanzaa I also wouldn't mind - or happy festivus if you live in certain parts of Queens ;). **** it, let the people have the celebrations they want.

On christmas day, I will be at my parents-in-law. There will only be outspoken atheists/agnostics there. We give presents to each other, eat christmas dinner and wish each other happy christmas! Later we may have some drinks and a smoke while looking at the christmas tress! It's just a ****ing tradition, people need to relax.

Thanks for enlightening us all.

[krashkart]

Christmas isn't so much of a religious holiday anymore as it is an excuse to get stinking drunk with the family and watch Bond movies all afternoon. And good food. And receiving presents. And trying to scoot around the kitchen on the nephew's new Tonka truck.

And passing out awkwardly on the end table (the one that shall not have anything on it except 'clean' magazines (no SI or Freak Brothers :nope:) and decorative flower arrangements). :yeah:

No end tables or decorative flower arrangements were harmed during the manufacture of this half-baked anecdote. :smug:

[Iceman]

Merry Christmas....

[Reece]

I wish you all a happy and Blessed Christmas, non Christians can celebrate Xmas and Santa Claus, Christians (I am one) can celebrate Christmas and the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ (the real meaning of Christmas).:yep:

[Castout]

I wish you all a happy and Blessed Christmas, non Christians can celebrate Xmas and Santa Claus, Christians (I am one) can celebrate Christmas and the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ (the real meaning of Christmas).:yep:

:up: It's a special season for different special reason for everyone.


Have a Merry one!

[Jimbuna]

I wish you all a happy and Blessed Christmas, non Christians can celebrate Xmas and Santa Claus, Christians (I am one) can celebrate Christmas and the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ (the real meaning of Christmas).:yep:

You forgot to mention the test match :DL

[Penguin]

Thanks for enlightening us all.

You're welcome. I like to share my infinite wisdom with everybody else.

I was under the crazy assumption that this thread would be for an exchange and discussion of opinions - if my opinion cosists of more than two lols then it shall be so.

[antikristuseke]

But this is GT, we just troll eachother here.

[Penguin]

But this is GT, we just troll eachother here.

Sorry, I forgot. :haha:

[TarJak]

What in Chirst's name is going on here? The thread has been renamed! I demand in the spirit of religious freedom to have a Merry Chirstmas thread for the celebration of the birth of Chirst!:O:

[Takeda Shingen]

No worries; it is all party of the holiday. We are simply beginning the Airing of Grievances. I shall begin:

Jim, you have failed to use the word 'whilst' with the frequency befitting a man of your ethnic background. I mean, what the hell kind of Brit are you?

[antikristuseke]

Jim, if you start typing in cockney rhyming slang I'm going to force feed you some Bud Light.

[nikimcbee]

Merry Christmas....

Hey, long time no see!:woot:

[TarJak]

Jim, if you start typing in cockney rhyming slang I'm going to force feed you some Bud Light.
That's unlikely 'cos he's more likely to post in Geordie Gibberish than CRS.:O:

Howay mon, gannan oot fer a broon dog?

[nikimcbee]

What in Chirst's name is going on here? The thread has been renamed! I demand in the spirit of religious freedom to have a Merry Chirstmas thread for the celebration of the birth of Chirst!:O:

Cultural note: In Australia, Christmas is known as Bon Scott day.:rock:

[nikimcbee]

That's unlikely 'cos he's more likely to post in Geordie Gibberish than CRS.:O:

Howay mon, gannan oot fer a broon dog?

Geordie Gibberish?:hmmm::haha: As an hono(u)rary Geordie, I'm ofended.:O: Our language is beautiful. Geordies uber alles.

[TarJak]

Geordie Gibberish?:hmmm::haha: As an hono(u)rary Geordie, I'm ofended.:O: Our language is beautiful. Geordies uber alles.
Ha! You can't be a Geordie. They have no honour!:O: Except to the magpies and brown ale.:D

[Jimbuna]

No worries; it is all party of the holiday. We are simply beginning the Airing of Grievances. I shall begin:

Jim, you have failed to use the word 'whilst' with the frequency befitting a man of your ethnic background. I mean, what the hell kind of Brit are you?

I'll answer that after I've googled the definition of the word 'ethnic' :DL

Jim, if you start typing in cockney rhyming slang I'm going to force feed you some Bud Light.

Must be three bottles at a time mind....any less and I'll start feeling cheated :smug:

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That's unlikely 'cos he's more likely to post in Geordie Gibberish than CRS.:O:

Howay mon, gannan oot fer a broon dog?

Divvun fret mon, weel be oot soon enuf :DL

Ha! You can't be a Geordie. They have no honour!:O: Except to the magpies and brown ale.:D

Aye rgr that :salute:

[Skybird]

Most socalled Christians in the West are not suddenly any Christian at all just when all year long they do not give a dman for Christian ethics, but once a year suddenly running into the church and singing "Holy Night".

However, no matter our individual religious orientation, or lack of, for most of us Westerners, Christmas holds childhood memories, and has a sentimental and social meaning that most of us cannot deny. Granmted, for me it has no religious meaning, but it holds plenty of childhood memories - and very good and warm ones indeed. If I would have had children, I would have Christmas with the family, too, and try hard to make it something they would remember in later years, when they have left home.

That is why a convinced and confessing atheist like me nevertheless can wish all of you a Mery Christmas - and indeed mean it it serious. :salute:

And culture deniers and PC relativisers and hypersensitive Muslims and missionary atheists not liking us to stick with this habit - to hell with all four of them.

[nikimcbee]

Well, there' the Queen's Geordie language. Oh-ficial geordie-speak.:O:

[antikristuseke]

Christian ethtics, now there is a joke.

[nikimcbee]

Divvun fret mon, weel be oot soon enuf :DL


Geordie-Dutch?:hmmm::haha:

[antikristuseke]

dont even fret ma, we will be out soon enough. Its written in plain english :P

[Jimbuna]

dont even fret ma, we will be out soon enough. Its written in plain english :P

Correct....apart from the 'ma' bit...'man' :DL

[Sailor Steve]

Jim, you remind me of a very old Doctor Who episode (The Chase, from season 3 [1966], I think). On top of the Empire State building a guided tour is going on. A visitor from Texas says something to effect of "Ah've nevah ben on top of a buildin' this hah before", and the New York tour guid looks at him and says "Youse shuah does tahk funny!"

[Kaleun]

As not offend; Merry Xmas as amended by the PC brigade!

Hello.



I wanted to send a greeting but it is so difficult in today's world to

know exactly what to say without offending someone.



Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes

for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress,

nonaddictive, gender neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday,

practised with the most enjoyable traditions of religious persuasion or

secular practices of your choice with respect for the religious/secular

persuasions and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice

religious or secular traditions at all.



I also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and

medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally

accepted calendar year 2011, but not without due respect for the

calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society

have helped make our country great, not to imply that the United Kingdom

(apologies to those of a republican persuasion) is necessarily greater

than any other country, and without regard to the race, creed, colour,

age, physical ability, religious faith or sexual preference of the

wishee.



Best regards,


Kaleun





By accepting this greeting, you are accepting these terms:



This greeting is subject to clarification or withdrawal. It is freely

transferable with no alteration to the original greeting. It implies no

promise by the wisher to actually implement any of the wishes for

her/himself or others and is void where prohibited by law, and is

revocable at the sole discretion of the wisher. This wish is warranted

to perform as expected within the usual application of good tidings for

a period of one year or until the issuance of a subsequent holiday

greeting, whichever comes first, and warranty is limited to replacement

of this wish or issuance of a new wish at the sole discretion of the

wisher.



Disclaimer: No trees were harmed in the sending of this message;

however, a significant number of electrons were slightly inconvenienced.

[antikristuseke]

Correct....apart from the 'ma' bit...'man' :DL

that was a typo.

[frau kaleun]

What in Chirst's name is going on here? The thread has been renamed! I demand in the spirit of religious freedom to have a Merry Chirstmas thread for the celebration of the birth of Chirst!:O:

I understand only his closest friends were allowed to call him "Chirsti."

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[Platapus]

Hokd on fonx werkd for mi. :know:

[yubba]

YMCA opt to oust Santa for Frosty ?

[HunterICX]

Whit abit th' scottish leid!
Tae kin it ye dinnae need tae tak' classes, jist gie pished blooter'd.

HunterICX

[Jimbuna]

Jim, you remind me of a very old Doctor Who episode (The Chase, from season 3 [1966], I think). On top of the Empire State building a guided tour is going on. A visitor from Texas says something to effect of "Ah've nevah ben on top of a buildin' this hah before", and the New York tour guid looks at him and says "Youse shuah does tahk funny!"

Can't say I recall the episode Steve but your example is a good one....you only need travel 5 mile down the road from here and the dialect becomes uncannily like cockney rhyming slang "wiys kiys are thiys"? but as we well know the same can be said of so many countries.

The secret to success is understanding what is being said :DL

that was a typo.

Of course...that's precisely what I thought :yep:


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[TarJak]

The secret to success is understanding what is being said :DLParticularly in Newcastle, home of the Jimbuna clan:

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http://www.nufcblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Newcastle-protest.jpg

http://www.virginmedia.com/images/newcastle-hated.jpg

[Skybird]

Whit abit th' scottish leid!
Tae kin it ye dinnae need tae tak' classes, jist gie pished blooter'd.

HunterICX
Oh look, I found another Amy Macdonald fan, it seems!

[antikristuseke]

The war on christmass is real! Prepare for some irony.

I (state your name) do solemnly swear that I shall not rest until Christmas becomes a grotesque bastardization of its original Christian meaning, ripe with pagan symbolism and secular rituals and is replaced by a thinly veiled worship of capitalism in which soulless corporations inexplicably compel a mindless populace to part with an obscene portion of their personal wealth for a bunch of crap that no one really needs in the first place.

Allright, looks like I'm done.

[Jimbuna]

The war on christmass is real! Prepare for some irony.

I (state your name) do solemnly swear that I shall not rest until Christmas becomes a grotesque bastardization of its original Christian meaning, ripe with pagan symbolism and secular rituals and is replaced by a thinly veiled worship of capitalism in which soulless corporations inexplicably compel a mindless populace to part with an obscene portion of their personal wealth for a bunch of crap that no one really needs in the first place.

Allright, looks like I'm done.

Well and truly...Merry Christmas http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/santa.gif

[DarkFish]

The war on christmass is real! Prepare for some irony.

I (state your name) do solemnly swear that I shall not rest until Christmas becomes a grotesque bastardization of its original Christian meaning, ripe with pagan symbolism and secular rituals and is replaced by a thinly veiled worship of capitalism in which soulless corporations inexplicably compel a mindless populace to part with an obscene portion of their personal wealth for a bunch of crap that no one really needs in the first place.

Allright, looks like I'm done.LOL, signed it:yeah:
Though I must remark that historically speaking, "...its original Pagan meaning, ripe with Christian symbolism.." would be more correct;)

One thing most of us can probably agree on though, is that Christmas nowadays for most people is more a cultural festivity (with some religion) than a religious one.