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> In article <c5726r$t12$0@pita.alt.net>, Uncle Davey says...
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> >news:KOydc.941$H4.80@www.newsranger.com...
> >> In article <c54b47$ftq$0@pita.alt.net>, Uncle Davey says...
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> >> >news:PVhdc.910$H4.131@www.newsranger.com...
> >> >> 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?
>
The chances are 364 to 1 against.
> >That's why some Christians were happy to take them on, rather than reject
> >them, although there are of course two schools of thought on that topic.
>
> Yes, yours and the correct one.
>
> >And on that note, Happy EASTER.
>
> And a happy Ostre to you (even though it was actually last month).
>
D'oh. We couldn't even get that one right, then.
Uncle Davey
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