On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 13:45:28 GMT, Fred Stone <fstone69@earthling.com>,
Message ID: <Xns94C7634568AE6fstone69@207.69.154.201> wrote in
alt.atheism;
>Robibnikoff <nospam@newsranger.com> wrote in
>news:mwSdc.1009$H4.139@www.newsranger.com:
>
>> In article <c5726r$t12$0@pita.alt.net>, Uncle Davey says...
>>>
>>>
>>>news:KOydc.941$H4.80@www.newsranger.com...
>>>> In article <c54b47$ftq$0@pita.alt.net>, Uncle Davey says...
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >> In article <c5482h$9h2$0@pita.alt.net>, Uncle Davey says...
>>>>
>>>> snip
>>>> >> >Santa Claus is an antichrist symbol.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Hoo boy - Now I've heard everything.
>>>> >
>>>> >It's true. He rewards based on works, if you've been 'good'. That's
>>>> >the false gospel.
>>>>
>>>> Frankly, it's all false to me.
>>>>
>>>> >That and distracting from the real meaning of Christmas.
>>>>
>>>> What? You mean the Winter Soltice celebration also known as Yule
>>>> that the
>>>early
>>>> xian leaders stole from the Pagans?
>>>>
>>>> Because THAT, my friend, is the REAL reason for the season.
>>>
>>>That may be so, but Yule is only a foreshadowing of the REAL
>>>Christmas, as are so many things in the pagan faiths.
>>
>> That is just your interpretation. Yule wasn't a forshadowing of
>> anything - It was a completely different holidays. BTW, you DO know
>> that Jesus, if he even existed, wasn't born on December 25th, right?
>I'm kind of amused that he uses the word, "Foreshadowing" too.
>It is a literary device used in *fiction*.
Indeed...... :)))))))))))))))))))))
Stoney
"Designated Rascal and Rapscallion
and
SCAMPERMEISTER!"
When in doubt, SCAMPER about!
When things are fair, SCAMPER everywhere!
When things are rough, can't SCAMPER enough!
/end humour alert
alt.atheism military veteran #11
{so much for the 'no atheists in foxholes' rubbish}
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