The cluelessness of fundies question would be hilarious if I hadn´t met people like him in real life

i am RELATED to people like him.

-->He is YOUR god, they are YOUR rules, YOU burn in hell!<--

At least he asked... baby steps, fundie... baby steps...

As Nyx pointed out, at least he ASKED. I'm related to, was raised by, and grew up around people who would not ask, they'd just condem. Heck, if it was 300 yrs ago, they would not only condem, they would hang, burn at the stake, draw and quarter, and then (of course) "SMOTE!" the remains just for good measure. If they could figure out a way to get away with it today, some might still try all that. Let's just say this about the church my family attends (those who go to church), I always joke that when they want to lighten up on the hellfire and brimstone talk for a week, they attend a Southern Baptist Revival. That should give you a little perspective.

BTW, I love what the free thought (aka atheist) group in.... I think it's out in Colorado.... anyway, I love what they did at the town holiday display. The area in front of the courthouse is, as I understand it, a free speach zone. There is a Christmas display and a Hanukkah display, so they added their own display. They call it the tree of thought. They took an evergreen tree (because no one religion can claim it as it's own) and decorated it with book covers, including the Koran and the Bible. And there are christians outraged. I applaud them, they didn't go overboard and, by including religious books in the whole free thought concept, they gave the radical elements of other religions enough rope to hang themselves. I'm not one for downing others' religions just because, but when they act in a way that is blatently stupid and laking common sense, they deserve to have it pointed out. So again, at least Fundie asked.

Oh gods, I've went and written another book, haven't I? I am so long winded (and I can only type around 20 words a minute w/o mistakes).

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FORTE EST VINUM, FORTIOR EST REX, FORTIORES SUNT MULIERES: SUPER OMNIA VINCIT VERITAS.
"Wine is strong, a King is stronger, women are stronger still: but truth conquers all"

I argued with my mom about the origins of Christian practices around Christmas and Easter. Didn't even want to start in about Halloween. She argued and railed against every sentence.
When I told my devoted-Catholic grandfather, he listened. Not sure if he believed me, but at least he listened quietly, without arguing a word.
I sometimes wonder who is to blame for the ignorance to the origins of the Christian faith. Is it the church itself, or the people, who allowed the church to pull the wool over the flock's eyes?

if only fundie would pick up a useful book, but alas it will never happen. on the bight side he did ask which is SHOCKING.

I always explain my little heart out to people who actually don't realize that Pagans are the reason there is a Christmas....Easter....any major Christian holiday...because I'm mean like that. ^_^

I think the saddest thing is how few people, like, just your average schmuck on the street, would actually understand this strip. I think most people would still be waiting for the punchline, wondering to themselves, "What DOES Paganism have to do with Christmas?" =/

Is the couple of Christian churches out there who have for a very long time refused to celebrate Christmas because they know about the Pagan elements used in Christmas, and they know that Dec. 25th isn't really Jesus' birthday. But these churches rarely get any recognition by their fellow Christians, and I don't know why. If a few groups of Christians out there can understand where Christmas comes from, maybe there IS hope for the rest after all.

Speaking of Colorado, wasn't it a good christian boy who had at one time been studiying to be a missionary who decided to redecorate the New Life church in blood red and bullet holes. It wasn't a pagan, it wasn't a "religious extemist," it was a kid who the church had not allowed to stay the night. "Merry Christmas everybody?" I personally think that if you want to find the modern meaning of Yule, you need look noi further than your wallet. It should be about the returning of Sunna. I would even accept their misguided Christmas if it was about faith; however, it is now mostly about commercialism. The new symbol of this time of year is "the rune of wrath and destruction" (the Wal-Mart logo).
“Cattle die and kinsmen die,
thyself too soon must die,
but one thing never, I ween, will die, --
fair fame of one who has earned.”

-Havamal, Verse 76-

Every time around Halloween and Christmas my very Catholic boss asks me if Pagans do anything around that time of year. When I explain yes we have Samhein and Yule, he then asks me to describe what we do. Samhein he doesn't get upset about, but when I tell him that I decorate a Yule tree, give gifts to friends, hang up mistletoe, and burn a Yule log he starts getting really aggravated with me, One time he even shouted at me to shut up. Every year though he asks the same questions. I've gotten to the point that I tell him to stop asking because he doesn't really want to know. Though this seems to offend him too, but not as severely. So I
go with the best of the two choices and offend him a little.
Lets just give you a scenario about a scene with my boss that actually happened so you kinda understand what I mean.

Me: *Sneeze*
Boss: Bless you
Me: Thank you
Boss: Wait..sorry..what do Pagan's say?
Me: We say bless you
Boss: No really
Me with confused look: That is what I say when someone sneezes, bless you.

Boss with small cynical laugh: Oh but only God can bless you so you must say something else

Me: Sir in what I believe both the Gods and the Goddesses bless us as well

Boss while stomping off my podium in a huff: No only God can. Im going to take a walk

Me with a sigh and giving up: Okay

Eh oh well life goes on and lately they have been doing me a great favor by not having him as my suit lately ha ha :)

We might as well laugh cos there is nothiong we can do about it...

I wish peanuts could talk....

We have a similar situation going on in a nearby city. The city Common council gave permission for someone to place a pentacle next to the manger scene in front of city hall. Much to similar results actually but no one has run Stan's pentacle over yet, although Fundie probably would, If he could drive lol

The only thing i was ever truly good at was fighting...But at least I always fought for what i believed in.

I am a christian, and I have to say that I do not celebrate christmas for the birth of jesus, since he was born in spring. I think of it more along the lines of a kind of yule, where people get together to enjoy each other's company and exchange gifts of good will. I plan on being a pastor in a non-denominational church some time in the future. however, I am only gonna use the bible as a guideline instead of the final word. I refuse to believe that words written down by man could possibly be the final law of the lord. after all, if we have to follow it exactly, then there are going to be very few people in Heaven, as many have eaten pork, shell fish, any meat on friday, just to mention a few. just thought I'd throw in my 2 cents :D
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