atheists get another free one

[funkedup]

LOL

Ban him.  

[Kieran]

Eagler, forgive me if I give a very uncharacteristic "WTF are you on about"? I don't know what you are trying to accomplish, but it doesn't sound very Christian to me. Just sayin'.*







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[funkedup]

Kieran your boozonics is coming along nicely.

[Eagler]

Originally posted by Kieran
Eagler, forgive me if I give a very uncharacteristic "WTF are you on about"? I don't know what you are trying to accomplish, but it doesn't sound very Christian to me. Just sayin'.*







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just what funkedup has stated ...

to whom does one gives thanks to who does not have  a believe in the Divine .. oneself?

It's bigger than just the Christians, it covers all who believe as compared to those who claim they don't ...

[SOB]

This is perhaps one of the most retarded threads I have ever read.  And I'm the one who posted a thread with Japanese guys dancing wearing only fig leaves.  As such, I'll participate.

I celebrate Thanksgiving because it's a time to get together with friends and eat loads and loads of food.  Like...Turkey, ham, stuffing, potatoes, gravy, cranberry sauce, turkey, stuffing, gravy, stuffing, gravy, ham, turkey, ham, gravy, stuffing, and ham.  And Turkey.  And Turkey sammiches!

I celebrate Christmas because, like Thanksgiving, it's a time to get together with friends/family and eat and eat...and eat.  I also believe in the better to give than recieve bit, and enjoy giving gifts to the ones I love.

I don't celebrate easter, because it's a retarded holiday.  That being said, kids love retarded stuff, so if/when I breed I'll celebrate it for the sake of the children, especially if they're retarded.  Fluffy bunnies, painting eggs, and candy and all that.  Speaking of candy, I guess I do look forward to Easter for Cadburry Cream Eggs.  mmmm.  "Tank you Easta Bunny!"

I promise to never celebrate Ash Wednesday, as I think participating in rituals where ashes are smeared on your forehead is goofy.  Well, unless it gets commercialised like Thanksgiving and Christmas and I can eat loads of turkey, then I might go back on my word.

Well, that about does it.  Carry on with the discussion 'tards, I salute you!  


SOB
...and have a happy Turkey Day!

[Fatty]

I give Thanks every holiday for the superstitions that provide them to me.

[Leslie]

I never could figure out Mardi Gras, a day to celebrate being a fool.  Then starts Lent the next day, and it lasts for 40 days...a time to straighten up and fly right.

Why not just live consistently all year round?  I'm not completely down on Mardi Gras, it's fun for kids.  At least that's how I remembered it when I was a kid, (the floats were pulled by mules back then in the 60s.)  Adults use it to get drunk and go crazy.  Guess I'm missing the point.  The way I see it is, the self annointed get to ride on floats and throw useless junk to the peasants on the street...who fight each other for a moon pie LOL.  What good comes from drunks falling off floats and getting run over?

I remember one time in high school our group had a bus for a parade.  One of our members climbed on top of the bus and reached down to shake hands with another member on the ground.  Well guess what.  The guy on the ground yanked the other fellow off the bus, and he landed flat on the concrete pavement.  Didn't get hurt, he was too drunk.  Jumped up and ran back in the bus to grab another drink.  Sheriff's Deputy was about ten feet away on his horse, just shaking his head.

I'll take Thanksgiving and Christmas any day of the week over Fat Tuesday. Wait a minute, how did Mardi Gras work it's way into this thread?

Carry on......





Les

[Sandman]

Originally posted by Eagler
Not a baptist "must witness type" but do believe Christ was da man, raised Catholic - just expanded horizons as I got older

just callin em as i see them

Keep right on expanding those horizons.

Try to stop just short of persecution.

[mrfish]

what you're talking about leslie is called traditional catholic hypocrisy. sin during the week and then the priest will give you the number of our 'fathers',  'hail marys' or candles or whatever it will take to redeem yourself. i think i missed the part of the bible where some human forgives your sins.

i've always had trouble with their rituals honestly. for example do you really think god counts when you pray? " oh, that was only 3 hail mary's- the priest said 4 so i am not forgiving you-hmmmpf!" why not just one sincere private prayer? why is god so manic?  

and what the hell does mary have to do with anything? i thought she was only a delivery vehicle, apparantly i missed the part where she is supposed to be prayed to and her likeness should be reproduced for dashboards across the globe. christians get all the cool toys

[texace]

I agree with Creamo, and match his views almost exactly. Thanksgiving to me is getting together with friends and enjoying a good meal...not giving thanks to a divine figure.

[Leslie]

Mr. Fish, I am not a Catholic and don't know much about the rituals.  It's not easy to ask for forgiveness from God, then go and sin no more.  Nevertheless, I've been told whether I pray in private, or during rituals, God hears the prayer.  This was told me by a Catholic nun, who is a registered nurse and surgeon's assistant in the OR.  She hired me to do some statue repairs (religious figures) for the hospital she worked at.  Also worked on some statuary repair in the Cathedral downtown.  That was way cool.  The work environment was majestic, and awesome beyond words.

Here's wishing you and everyone who reads this, a happy and safe Thanksgiving.  


Les

[whgates3]

Originally posted by Eagler
I get two days off from work to give thanks in Nov, two days off for Christ-mas and even public schools get a week off for Easter .. ie "Spring Break"

Lucky 8@$+@rd.
i get January 1, July 4, 4th Thursday in November & December 25 (& 23 days paid leave)

[Ack-Ack]

Originally posted by Eagler
Can you non believers in God tell me if you celebrate Thanksgiving?

I know you sneak in Christmas & Easter, just wondering about this spiritual holiday too?

Have a Happy Thanksgiving - and Give Thanks

Considering that Thanksgiving isn't a religious holiday but a time where you gather with family and friends and enjoy their company, yes I'm celebrating Thanksgiving and giving Thanks.  Giving thanks to my parents for raising me and making me the person I am and to my friends that have provided me good company all these years.  And giving thanks that I live in a country where people like you and me can live together despite our differences.

Oh and by the way...Christmas isn't really a Christian holiday, they just hijacked it.  If you read some, you'll know that it was infact a pagan Roman ritual that Christians later claimed as their own.  Same with Easter, old Druid/Celtic holiday that got hijacked.

Now I wonder if you'll be celebrating Halloween next year :c)


Ack-Ack

[Samm]

I don't remember much from history class but I allways thought that thanksgiving was about giving thanks to the indians, you know corn, squanto the feast and all that .

[Leslie]

Originally posted by Samm
I don't remember much from history class but I allways thought that thanksgiving was about giving thanks to the indians, you know corn, squanto the feast and all that .

Samm is right on with his history.  Thanksgiving was a feast celebrating friendship between the Pilgrims and the Indians.  They got together and went "fowling", collecting ducks and geese, about 60 birds.  Some of the group thought that wouldn't be enough, so they went out and got five deer.  They ate venison and ducks, and had squash and corn.  But no pumpkin pie...sugar was not available.*


Les


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