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mindmetoo
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Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 1:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Again, you're missing the obvious. Easter adapted to include pagan trappings[. |
That's entirely the point I was making. I'm not sure why it escaped you the first time around. Not really the sharpest god boy running around Korea, huh? |
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caniff
Joined: 03 Feb 2004 Location: All over the map
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Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 1:56 pm Post subject: |
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Worst comedian ever. |
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depth
Joined: 01 Feb 2008
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Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 2:00 pm Post subject: |
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forget easter & get back to basics. if you want to worship something then start worshiping the sun (the planet) instead of man made wannabes (eg jesus).
how many people do you know claim vanilla ice is the true inventor of rap music. how seriously would you take them?
christianity is a poor imitation and just plain lame.
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caniff
Joined: 03 Feb 2004 Location: All over the map
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Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 2:16 pm Post subject: |
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| depth wrote: |
| how many people do you know claim vanilla ice is the true inventor of rap music. |
Zero. But maybe we run in different circles. |
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JMO

Joined: 18 Jul 2006 Location: Daegu
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Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 2:17 pm Post subject: |
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Worst comedian ever. |
I hope you aren't basing that on one clip. Very funny guy. |
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regicide
Joined: 01 Sep 2006 Location: United States
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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 5:42 am Post subject: |
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| JMO wrote: |
| caniff wrote: |
Worst comedian ever. |
I hope you aren't basing that on one clip. Very funny guy. |
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Based on the following scale Regi, how happy would you be if Obama got shot?
1> Semi-erect.
2> Erect.
3> Humping your homemade JFK head model in the exit wound.
People need to know. |
Inquiring people need to know. |
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Doutdes
Joined: 14 Oct 2005
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Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 2:41 am Post subject: |
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| mindmetoo wrote: |
| Doutdes wrote: |
| Again, you're missing the obvious. Easter adapted to include pagan trappings[. |
That's entirely the point I was making. I'm not sure why it escaped you the first time around. Not really the sharpest god boy running around Korea, huh? |
I never argued that it didn't borrow from pagan traditions. I said that any person with 2 brain cells to rub together could figure out that it wasn't stolen from paganism. And that most pagans and christians lack those brain cells. And it didn't escape me... let's look what I said in my first response to you.
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| I'm not denying Easter has been influenced by pagan customs, but it's not a pagan holiday. |
I didn't mention bunnies and eggs in my first post, because they're extraneous. It doesn't matter if Easter has bunnies and eggs now. What matters is if the Christian tradition of Passover or Easter started with bunnies and eggs, and it didn't.
What I'm wondering is why my first post got your panties in such a twist. |
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Funkdafied

Joined: 04 Nov 2007 Location: In Da House
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Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 7:30 am Post subject: |
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Easter is, in fact, a pagan celebration. And anyone with 2 brain cells to rub together can figure that out.
PS Adherence to any form of organised religion is a form of mental illness. |
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stillnotking

Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Location: Oregon, USA
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Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 9:00 am Post subject: |
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| What religion has ever sprung up fully formed out of the ether? (I know religions like to think they did, but they didn't.) Of course Christianity incorporated the traditions and celebrations of older religions. Even the central god-man, death-then-rebirth thing wasn't exactly new, y'know. |
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jkelly80

Joined: 13 Jun 2007 Location: you boys like mexico?
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Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 3:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Doutdes wrote: |
| mindmetoo wrote: |
| Doutdes wrote: |
| Again, you're missing the obvious. Easter adapted to include pagan trappings[. |
That's entirely the point I was making. I'm not sure why it escaped you the first time around. Not really the sharpest god boy running around Korea, huh? |
I never argued that it didn't borrow from pagan traditions. I said that any person with 2 brain cells to rub together could figure out that it wasn't stolen from paganism. And that most pagans and christians lack those brain cells. And it didn't escape me... let's look what I said in my first response to you.
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| I'm not denying Easter has been influenced by pagan customs, but it's not a pagan holiday. |
I didn't mention bunnies and eggs in my first post, because they're extraneous. It doesn't matter if Easter has bunnies and eggs now. What matters is if the Christian tradition of Passover or Easter started with bunnies and eggs, and it didn't.
What I'm wondering is why my first post got your panties in such a twist. |
I still don't get what your point is. |
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igotthisguitar

Joined: 08 Apr 2003 Location: South Korea (Permanent Vacation)
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Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 7:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Funkdafied wrote: |
Easter is, in fact, a pagan celebration.
And anyone with 2 brain cells to rub together can figure that out.
PS Adherence to any form of organised religion is a form of mental illness. |
How many brain cells does it take to share with the board what the real meaning of the word "PAGAN" is ... Funk?
Here's a hint: pro-PAGAN-da |
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stillnotking

Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Location: Oregon, USA
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Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 9:41 am Post subject: |
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| igotthisguitar wrote: |
| Funkdafied wrote: |
Easter is, in fact, a pagan celebration.
And anyone with 2 brain cells to rub together can figure that out.
PS Adherence to any form of organised religion is a form of mental illness. |
How many brain cells does it take to share with the board what the real meaning of the word "PAGAN" is ... Funk?
Here's a hint: pro-PAGAN-da |
Not much of a hint... do you know the origin of the word "propaganda" as applied to a mass effort to sway public opinion? It comes from Pope Gregory XV's establishment of the Sacra Congregatio de Propaganda Fide, or "Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples". That's right, the Catholic church is the originator of the tactic of pro-PAGAN-da. |
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igotthisguitar

Joined: 08 Apr 2003 Location: South Korea (Permanent Vacation)
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Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 7:29 pm Post subject: |
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| stillnotking wrote: |
| Not much of a hint ... do you know the origin of the word "propaganda" as applied to a mass effort to sway public opinion? It comes from Pope Gregory XV's establishment of the Sacra Congregatio de Propaganda Fide, or "Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples". That's right, the Catholic church is the originator of the tactic of pro-PAGAN-da. |
Thanks for that antecdote.
Still, i'm sure the "concept" goes back even further
Print, electronic & broadcast media? It's FOR the "pagans".
btw - Has anyone taken a stab at defining pagan yet? |
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jkelly80

Joined: 13 Jun 2007 Location: you boys like mexico?
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Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 8:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Yes, they have. Get lost. |
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igotthisguitar

Joined: 08 Apr 2003 Location: South Korea (Permanent Vacation)
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Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 8:49 pm Post subject: |
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| jkelly80 wrote: |
| Yes, they have. Get lost. |
So what then is a pagan? |
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