Christmas vs "Holidays"

From: ando (RTCReferee)
I spent the day in East Berlin many years ago and recall that in the
famous museum there that the statues had the German equivalent of
"before our time" instead of "before Christ" written on the plaques for
the statues.
I've been wondering whether that has been reversed.
Has anyone been to East Berlin and noticed?

JUST one question and i know it is off topic but so is this thread.
With the way things are going do you think it is POSSIBLE that we MIGHT
become a "communist" country??
30+ years ago I would have said NO WAY, but now....YES it is POSSIBLE.
JDR

Oh, shoot! When I wrote the post below, I had this mistaken impression
that it wouldn't deteriorate into the crass flame-fest it has by now. Oh,
well.

René


"René" wrote in message
k.net...
I just wanted to comment that this is the first time I've ever seen a
cross-posted topic of this caliber be discussed in a reasonable,
intelligent, and non-attacking manner. Some of the most superficial,
trivial stuff can cause the most heated and hateful postings in so many
other groups.

Must be a lot of adults here. Thanks.

René

John Woodgate wrote:
I read in sci.electronics.design that Kevin Aylward
wrote (in
lueyonder.co.uk) about 'Christmas
vs "Holidays"', on Thu, 16 Dec 2004:

Indeed. Just as there are no documents written during the alleged
time that this alleged Jesus existed, verifying such alleged
existence. If I were a Christian, this would cause me some concern.
I'm not, so it doesn't.

Well, there are the Dead Sea Scrolls. Not quite contemporary, but
'within living memory', I believe. Certainly tell a story different
from normal doctrine, but explain some rather cryptic texts in Acts.

I find this page really interesting:

http://www.nobeliefs.com/exist.htm

Kevin Aylward

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Kevin Aylward wrote:

I find this page really interesting:

http://www.nobeliefs.com/exist.htm

Here is a wesite you might enjoy reading, "Skeptical Views of
Christianity and the Bible."

http://members.aol.com/JAlw/joseph_alward.html

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Kevin Aylward wrote:

I find this page really interesting:

http://www.nobeliefs.com/exist.htm

Here is a wesite you might enjoy reading, "Skeptical Views of
Christianity and the Bible."

http://members.aol.com/JAlw/joseph_alward.html

Becca -----reads just about anything...

MOAGC http://www.motherofallgroupcruises.com/
Miracle in May http://www.cruisemaster.com/miracle.htm
Canada - New England http://www.cruisemaster.com/carnivalFall.htm
Caribbean Princess http://www.cruisemaster.com/caribprin.htm

jsmith wrote:
The secularists have been chipping away at the word Christmas
for a number of years now...

I got a politically correct "holiday card" from my congresswoman,
Loretta Sanchez today. No mention of Christmas, just a picture of
Loretta sitting on the fireplace ledge, petting her cat with a few pine
cones and tree branches on the wall. Can't imagine why she sends me a
card, I don't belong to her party, and never vote for her. Maybe it's
the free postage for members of congress. Our tax dollars at work
again, mailing thousands of politically correct holiday cards, with no
mention of Christmas, to attract a few secular votes.

-Bill

Amen ! !

wrote in message
ups.com...
jsmith wrote:
The secularists have been chipping away at the word Christmas
for a number of years now...

I got a politically correct "holiday card" from my congresswoman,
Loretta Sanchez today. No mention of Christmas, just a picture of
Loretta sitting on the fireplace ledge, petting her cat with a few pine
cones and tree branches on the wall. Can't imagine why she sends me a
card, I don't belong to her party, and never vote for her. Maybe it's
the free postage for members of congress. Our tax dollars at work
again, mailing thousands of politically correct holiday cards, with no
mention of Christmas, to attract a few secular votes.

-Bill

Amen ! !

wrote in message
ups.com...
jsmith wrote:
The secularists have been chipping away at the word Christmas
for a number of years now...

I got a politically correct "holiday card" from my congresswoman,
Loretta Sanchez today. No mention of Christmas, just a picture of
Loretta sitting on the fireplace ledge, petting her cat with a few pine
cones and tree branches on the wall. Can't imagine why she sends me a
card, I don't belong to her party, and never vote for her. Maybe it's
the free postage for members of congress. Our tax dollars at work
again, mailing thousands of politically correct holiday cards, with no
mention of Christmas, to attract a few secular votes.

-Bill

wrote:
jsmith wrote:
The secularists have been chipping away at the word Christmas
for a number of years now...

I got a politically correct "holiday card" from my congresswoman,
Loretta Sanchez today. No mention of Christmas, just a picture of
Loretta sitting on the fireplace ledge, petting her cat with a few
pine cones and tree branches on the wall. Can't imagine why she sends
me a card, I don't belong to her party, and never vote for her. Maybe
it's the free postage for members of congress. Our tax dollars at work
again, mailing thousands of politically correct holiday cards, with no
mention of Christmas, to attract a few secular votes.

-Bill

Maybe she's not a Christian, or that she keeps it non-religious to avoid
offending non-Christians.

Actually no, they can't mail that at taxpayer expense.

Jeff


wrote:
jsmith wrote:

The secularists have been chipping away at the word Christmas
for a number of years now...


I got a politically correct "holiday card" from my congresswoman,
Loretta Sanchez today. No mention of Christmas, just a picture of
Loretta sitting on the fireplace ledge, petting her cat with a few pine
cones and tree branches on the wall. Can't imagine why she sends me a
card, I don't belong to her party, and never vote for her. Maybe it's
the free postage for members of congress. Our tax dollars at work
again, mailing thousands of politically correct holiday cards, with no
mention of Christmas, to attract a few secular votes.

-Bill