[Rachael Van Helsing]

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You speak for youself, woman, and don't go spouting hippie talk on these Godliest of boards. And no we certainly should not acknowledge heathen or pagan holidays. What are you, Pervie? A false Christian or a Pagan lover of lucifer like Von Hellbound?

And why not? We are forced to acknowledge yours....It's rammed down our throats by the media, Hallmark and Hollywood

[Father Maurice Lester]

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...you should be nice to the Pope, i'm sure he's a lovely person, though I must admit I liked John Paul more then this Benedict character

Pope Benedict XVI is as warm, charming and caring as any man who was ever born in Germany. Just give it a little time and you will come to love him for the gregarious and witty Pontiff that he is.






Bless you, my future Catholic,
Father Mo

[SUV]

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Bless you, Mother Glynndie, and Merry Christian Christmas!!!!

Certainly you are Correct. I, too, have tried to eschew these overgrown Devil's Mint Sprigs. But if you'd ever seen Pastor Al sitting underneath one, wearing only a big red bow and holding a KJV 1611 with its pages stained crimson to match, you'd know how hard it was.

PS Also: Ooh ooh! Mother Glynndie! Ooh! Have you ever noticed how sexular the ornaments are? Why, most of the trimmings go by the Vulgar designation of (Jesus Forgive Me) "Balls"

And look what else the unGodly have in store for us this season as tree-trimmers:



even the Blasphemy of:



SUV

[Darren Ingram-Myers]

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Nowadays it's just an excuse to receive or give gifts, or try to outdo other family members/friends in the giving of flashy gifts.....GAH!

I agree. It's just another way in which the corporate plutocracy tricks us into spending more for it, and working more to get the money to spend for it, while instilling false consciousness in us to make us think that it's about love and family (let alone Jesus, a radical revolutionary who drove the corporate plutocrats out of the temple).

[Rachael Van Helsing]

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Well spoken, Darren. And it's only fair that if one belief is recognized, they all should be. Not just the one forced down everyone's throat. Truly, I dislike xmas. So many people who participate are always smiley and fakey and just in it for the gift giving.
Come on, ACLU.....do something!!

[Tervie]

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here's a bit of random knowledge - the world actually produced enough food to feed it's entire population, but the bulk goes to the 'rich' countires, like Aus and America, where as something under 20% goes to Africa and so forth. As much as I enjoy the entire Christmas atmosphere (families together, not the gifts - i get to see all my little cousins, too), instead of spending moolah on that, and eating giant dinners, we could effectivly feed the world, save some people and generally make life a little better for those who need it most.

[Student of Landover]

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How about instead of giving all that to hellbound rabble, give it Jesus' favourite Church? If God didn't want them to die, he wouldn't have put them there!

[Tervie]

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free will is a wonderous thing, no? we are given the will and the ability to do as we please - and therefore we can save those poor people, not condemn them by our greed.

[Enobarbus]

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here's a bit of random knowledge - the world actually produced enough food to feed it's entire population, but the bulk goes to the 'rich' countires, like Aus and America, where as something under 20% goes to Africa and so forth. As much as I enjoy the entire Christmas atmosphere (families together, not the gifts - i get to see all my little cousins, too), instead of spending moolah on that, and eating giant dinners, we could effectivly feed the world, save some people and generally make life a little better for those who need it most.

Typical liebral demoncratic nonsense. You want to take money off good christians and give it to heathens and the dregs of society. (I hope all your little cousins enjoy Christmas as much as you do.)

[Enobarbus]

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free will is a wonderous thing, no? we are given the will and the ability to do as we please - and therefore we can save those poor people, not condemn them by our greed.

Really? How much are you and your family -- or just you, if you like -- giving to the poor this Christmas?

[Tervie]

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i don't know, i can't speak for my family member, I am just one person - one child, since I can't legally vote. Besides, in the end what does money do? it doesn't heal prejudice, or aim to teach people how to become self-sustained. Given the chance, I would educate every homeless person to a better way of life, teach ever disadvantaged child how to live and work, but I can't now, and if you think Im not aware of the thousands that die when I remain powerless, then you're dumber then I anticipated.

[Enobarbus]

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i don't know, i can't speak for my family member, I am just one person - one child, since I can't legally vote. Besides, in the end what does money do? it doesn't heal prejudice, or aim to teach people how to become self-sustained. Given the chance, I would educate every homeless person to a better way of life, teach ever disadvantaged child how to live and work, but I can't now, and if you think Im not aware of the thousands that die when I remain powerless, then you're dumber then I anticipated.

I said "give" not how much "money" you were giving. But despite that "what does money do?" Ask any of the charity organisations. Do you sponsor a child, Pervie? Have you donated? Have you learnt to knit so you can provide a freezing African child with a shawl that might save their live?

Here's a couple of links that will help you learn how to volunteer and help those in third world countries. Even if you can't donate the money you get to go to movies etc, or refuse presents asking that all money be donated to the red-cross or whoever, you can give of your time.

http://www.savethechildren.org.au/

http://www.savethechildren.org/

Are you prepared to give up Netball and put the time into an effort on behalf of Save The Children, Amnesty International, etc?

[Tervie]

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for starters, i 'give' a dang, which is a heck of a lot more then many. sorry, i don't knit, yes I have sponsered a child, yes I do the Forty Hour Famine, yes I sell raffle tickets to raise money. To a believe throwing money at the issue is the answer? nope. people need to be taught how to self sufficient, not just have charity tossed at them, then be left again when that has run out.

[Pastor Isaac Peters]

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for starters, i 'give' a dang, which is a heck of a lot more then many. sorry, i don't knit, yes I have sponsered a child, yes I do the Forty Hour Famine, yes I sell raffle tickets to raise money. To a believe throwing money at the issue is the answer? nope. people need to be taught how to self sufficient, not just have charity tossed at them, then be left again when that has run out.

I agree that throwing money at the issue is not the answer. More to the point, we should get our priorities straight this Christmas season:

Mark 14:4-7: And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made? For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her. And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me. For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.

[SUV]

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o-kay....that has to be the oddest bit of logic i have ever, ever heard...

Hey! "You ain't heard nothing yet!"

However, I simply cannot figure out how to begin a conversation with a "horse-humping netball pervert" somebody-or-else.

PS Blessed Christmas!

SUV