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Old December 15th, 2004, 09:36 AM
Paul Burke
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jsmith wrote:
The secularists have been chipping away at the word Christmas for a number
of years now and are substituting irrelevant (religious ??) concoctions to
diminish the value of the celebration of the birth of Christ.


Keep your sticky fingers off our Yule. We (humans) were celebrating the
Winter Solstice thousands of years before you traduced the teachings of
Bar Yussuf.

Might be the last one this time though. We can't find any virgins in the
village this year, so the sun might never come back...

Paul Burke

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Old December 15th, 2004, 09:36 AM
Paul Burke
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jsmith wrote:
The secularists have been chipping away at the word Christmas for a number
of years now and are substituting irrelevant (religious ??) concoctions to
diminish the value of the celebration of the birth of Christ.


Keep your sticky fingers off our Yule. We (humans) were celebrating the
Winter Solstice thousands of years before you traduced the teachings of
Bar Yussuf.

Might be the last one this time though. We can't find any virgins in the
village this year, so the sun might never come back...

Paul Burke

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Old December 15th, 2004, 10:17 AM
Richard Henry
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"jsmith" wrote in message
news:1103081068.f4c58340a6a4fb6c079c5594718575bc@s onicnews...
The secularists have been chipping away at the word Christmas for a number
of years now and are substituting irrelevant (religious ??) concoctions to
diminish the value of the celebration of the birth of Christ. Isn't it

time
we begin boycotting those merchants who in their TV advertising are
exploiting the Christmas tradition yet not acknowledging that this is

truly
the Christmas season. The code word "holiday" season is coming into
increasing use in an effort to minimize the influence the Truths that were
taught by the Prince of Peace.


And a Happy Winter Solstice to you!

Or as we learned in high school Latin: Io Saturnalia!






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Old December 15th, 2004, 10:17 AM
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"jsmith" wrote in message
news:1103081068.f4c58340a6a4fb6c079c5594718575bc@s onicnews...
The secularists have been chipping away at the word Christmas for a number
of years now and are substituting irrelevant (religious ??) concoctions to
diminish the value of the celebration of the birth of Christ. Isn't it

time
we begin boycotting those merchants who in their TV advertising are
exploiting the Christmas tradition yet not acknowledging that this is

truly
the Christmas season. The code word "holiday" season is coming into
increasing use in an effort to minimize the influence the Truths that were
taught by the Prince of Peace.


And a Happy Winter Solstice to you!

Or as we learned in high school Latin: Io Saturnalia!






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Old December 15th, 2004, 10:40 AM
Richard Henry
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"Paul Burke" wrote in message
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jsmith wrote:
The secularists have been chipping away at the word Christmas for a

number
of years now and are substituting irrelevant (religious ??) concoctions

to
diminish the value of the celebration of the birth of Christ.


Keep your sticky fingers off our Yule. We (humans) were celebrating the
Winter Solstice thousands of years before you traduced the teachings of
Bar Yussuf.

Might be the last one this time though. We can't find any virgins in the
village this year, so the sun might never come back...


We had a solar situation at work earlier this month. The building has a
long (over 600 feet), straight corridor on the second floor with glassed-in
stairways on either end. The corridor is aligned slightly south of east to
slightly north of west. On December 3, the rising sun (about 6:40) shone
right through the building from end to end. There was some talk of
sacrificing a virgin tin the coffee-room midway down the corridor; however,
there was doubt expressed that one could be found in the building.




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Old December 15th, 2004, 10:40 AM
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"Paul Burke" wrote in message
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jsmith wrote:
The secularists have been chipping away at the word Christmas for a

number
of years now and are substituting irrelevant (religious ??) concoctions

to
diminish the value of the celebration of the birth of Christ.


Keep your sticky fingers off our Yule. We (humans) were celebrating the
Winter Solstice thousands of years before you traduced the teachings of
Bar Yussuf.

Might be the last one this time though. We can't find any virgins in the
village this year, so the sun might never come back...


We had a solar situation at work earlier this month. The building has a
long (over 600 feet), straight corridor on the second floor with glassed-in
stairways on either end. The corridor is aligned slightly south of east to
slightly north of west. On December 3, the rising sun (about 6:40) shone
right through the building from end to end. There was some talk of
sacrificing a virgin tin the coffee-room midway down the corridor; however,
there was doubt expressed that one could be found in the building.




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Old December 15th, 2004, 11:20 AM
John Woodgate
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I read in sci.electronics.design that Paul Burke wrote
(in ) about 'Christmas vs "Holidays"',
on Wed, 15 Dec 2004:

We can't find any virgins in the
village this year, so the sun might never come back...


You have to go to the maternity hospital.

Think about it.
--
Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only.
The good news is that nothing is compulsory.
The bad news is that everything is prohibited.
http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Also see http://www.isce.org.uk
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Old December 15th, 2004, 11:20 AM
John Woodgate
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I read in sci.electronics.design that Paul Burke wrote
(in ) about 'Christmas vs "Holidays"',
on Wed, 15 Dec 2004:

We can't find any virgins in the
village this year, so the sun might never come back...


You have to go to the maternity hospital.

Think about it.
--
Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only.
The good news is that nothing is compulsory.
The bad news is that everything is prohibited.
http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Also see http://www.isce.org.uk
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Old December 15th, 2004, 12:19 PM
James A. Doemer
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"jsmith" wrote in message
news:1103081068.f4c58340a6a4fb6c079c5594718575bc@s onicnews...
The secularists have been chipping away at the word Christmas for a number
of years now and are substituting irrelevant (religious ??) concoctions to
diminish the value of the celebration of the birth of Christ. Isn't it

time
we begin boycotting those merchants who in their TV advertising are
exploiting the Christmas tradition yet not acknowledging that this is

truly
the Christmas season. The code word "holiday" season is coming into
increasing use in an effort to minimize the influence the Truths that were
taught by the Prince of Peace.



Christmas isn't even the birthday of Christ and was hijacked early
Christians to compete with far older pagan holidays. (Saturnus) It's the
Christians that have been substituting irrelevant religious concoctions for
perfectly wonderful pagan holidays. According to even your own bible, the
shepperds were tending their flock at the time of the birth of Christ.
This is a SPRING event, not a winter event. Additionally, the bible
clearly states that Herod was alive when Christ was born, and we know that
Herod died in 4 B.C. Given the clues in the Bible, and our current
archeological knowlege, Christ was born something in mid-April or May,
between 6 and 4 B.C.

Class is dismissed.


 




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