To bobs, andrew rollings, psj etc
hi folks,
yes I'm a bit hyper today, don't know why.
I apologise to you bobs for getting your thread closed, I'll try not to do that again. :-o
sorry Andrew for causing you to shut down the thread. if we can discuss religion without me being called anal, or something, I'm quite happy to discuss. for some reason that just gets my fuse blown :)
thanks for listening!
yes I'm a bit hyper today, don't know why.
I apologise to you bobs for getting your thread closed, I'll try not to do that again. :-o
sorry Andrew for causing you to shut down the thread. if we can discuss religion without me being called anal, or something, I'm quite happy to discuss. for some reason that just gets my fuse blown :)
thanks for listening!
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If I can say just one more thing...I don't mind people celebrating a ZX Christmas, I just didn't like replacing Christ in it.
We now return you to your scheduled program!
I think this is the less used comical stand point known as Irahnie or somthing?? :lol:
I said celebrate this part of the year the way you want to celebrate it...
From my own point of view though I 'm not particularly religious it would be nice if people kept the true (religious) meaning in the back of their mind and at least enjoyed it in the traditional spirit (i.e. giving and recieving).
Smiles all round...
Andrew
IIRC it was originally from the pagan solstice festivals (I guess that's religion, but not the usual one that it's associated with it). The Christians simply pulled a smart PR move - the pagans weren't going to get converted very easily if they had to get rid of their boozy winter solstice festival. So it got hijacked.
Hence the continued symbolism of holly, trees, mistletoe and the colours of red and green being associated with the winter solstice - December 21st, the shortest day of the year. In fact, I remember when I was a kid it was always the fairy on top of the tree... that seems to have morphed into an angel or a star these days.
Andrew
- IONIAN-GAMES.com -
a bit of a 'discussion' about the use/missuse of this festive time of year.
That got quickly shut down by a debonair, handsome and generally on-the-ball moderator :)
Andrew
Nope. I forestalled your 'oh-so-smart' reply with my super-secret hidden edit comment.
So neh!
Andrew
By a whole seven minutes ... not bad.
What's tomorrow's lotto numbers?
So I do Christmas once in a while, I can handle it.
*goes to check out his own moderator privileges and options*
The "X" in Xmas is from the Greek letter Chi, which is the first letter of Χριστός, Christ in Greek.
Today, with knowledge of classical languages being less widespread than formerly, some erroneously believe that the term Xmas is part of an effort to "take Christ out of Christmas" or to literally "cross out Christ"; it is seen as evidence of the secularization of Christmas, as a symptom of the commercialization of the holiday (as the abbreviation has long been used by retailers).
Happy athiest signing out.
Now that was telly.
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does that come in a wrap? or a bar?
Wasnt it all down to Emperor constantine and his vision of a united Rome. Didnt he basicaly make rome a christian empire to try and consolidate a divided people. I think some of the more extreme pagan religions had been outlawed for a long time and i know caesar got fed up with them messing around with the callendar so there days were numbered anyway. But he wasnt stupid enough to get rid of all the partying.
Having done the research on Christmas myself (others have pointed this very same research earlier today), and as a follower of Christ (i.e. I consider myself to be a Christian) I do not participate in either Xmas nor Christmas, and I have recently also resolved in my heart not to participate in birthdays either as I consider them not to be compatible with Christianity, due to the origin of both (birthdays and Christmas). Easter? I do not participate in that either though I do recognize the tremendous importance (to me) of Jesus' resurrection. Rabbits have nothing to do with Christianity.
So, there ... you may remember that I used to be one of the first to start threads on WoSser's birthdays but I have discontinued that practice.
I am not offended that others continue these celebrations, I thoroughly believe in "free-will" ... and I hope that I do not offend other Christians here nor religion-free WoSsers alike, with my standpoint.
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They f*ck like crazy at that time of year, moreso than usual. This symbolises... something about Jesus, I'm not sure what.
D.