Are we there, yet?
Apparently my brain doesn't work like yours does. I didn't see the connection between the girl refusing to race and people not liking Christmas pushed down their throats. Now I don't see what you mean by the above. 666 is a number with no meaning. "Merry Christmas" is fraught with meaning.
Apparently my brain doesn't work like yours does. I didn't see the connection between the girl refusing to race and people not liking Christmas pushed down their throats.
Now I don't see what you mean by the above. 666 is a number with no meaning. "Merry Christmas" is fraught with meaning.
Much of this thread revolves around the meaning of 666. Aside from the numeric value, it also has symbolic meaning just as Christmas does. BTW the roots of Christmas go deep into Judaism. That's why the Gospels are filled with quotations from the Old Testament and why Christians include the Old Testament in their canon of scriptures.
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Give me some examples. I can't see anything about Christmas celebrations that have a single thing to do with the Judaism that I practice and teach.
Nolite te bastardes carborundum.
+1
examples people!
(no points for saying that Jesus was Jewish)
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The condemnation for people who drag trees in from the forest and then decorate them, is from the Torah.
Does that count?
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+1 examples people! (no points for saying that Jesus was Jewish)
According to the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus' birth was the fulfillment of the OT prophesies of the coming Messiah. Among the prophesies Matthew said were fulfilled are Isaiah 7:14, Jeremiah 23:5, and Zechariah 9:9.
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Yes, but that does not have anything to do with the practices THM mentions. Just because Christianity is based upon a continuation of Judaism prophecies does not make them similar in their practices.
Just a thought from someone who studies history.
No human society is free from a dark past. Slavery has been commonly practiced by all cultures and, to the best of my knowledge, no cultures are exempt. Every culture (with the possible exception of small tribes), until quite recently, established totalitarian monarchies as the only form of government. Ritualized torture and murder of captured enemies was nearly universal. The sacrifice of children to the gods was not uncommon. Religious conflicts tend to be the most violent because not only are you attempting to vanquish the enemy, you are trying to prevent them from proselytizing to your children and sending them to everlasting hell. Anyone who would deliberately attempt to brainwash your children in such a manner as to ensure their eternal punishment is certainly due no mercy and deserving of every malediction that can be poured upon them.
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I guess that THM was serious when she wrote last night that she was ready for a meltdown. Remind me all to wish her a merry Christmas when the time comes, please.
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Happy Thanksgivukkah!!
Meltdown in progress in B&B. You're welcome.
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I guess that THM was serious when she wrote last night that she was ready for a meltdown. Remind me all to wish her a merry Christmas when the time comes, please. Tar Heel Mom Happy Thanksgivukkah!! Quote posted: 08/11/2013 at 7:06 AM Meltdown in progress in B&B. You're welcome.
posted: 08/11/2013 at 7:06 AM
Nope. Just gonna say "Happy Holidays"
But then you won't make THM happy... She loves meltdowns... Give the woman what she wants!
That has everything to do with it. There would be no reason to celebrate otherwise unless you're stripping all religious meaning from the practices and seeing them only as cultural phenomena like celebrating birthdays, Presidents Day, and the Fourth of July.
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Personally, I think too many people are too damn sensitive.
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Is this a meltdown? If so, meltdown's don't really live up to their billing.
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We agree at last!!