I do get some interesting looks when I respond to their merry xmas with happy kwanzaa. I don't think they can fathom those words coming our of an Elmer.

Shepherds don't tend their flocks out in the wild in December.

December is one of the few months we know for sure Christ was NOT born in.

I got a Jim beam T-shirt in a can for Kris Kringle.
Who the fuck was he? Relative of Santa?

(November 10, 2015 at 10:48 pm)ignoramus Wrote: I got a Jim beam T-shirt in a can for Kris Kringle.
Who the fuck was he? Relative of Santa?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbUVKXdu...e=youtu.be

(November 10, 2015 at 7:57 pm)Spooky Wrote: Is it poor form to remind people of Christmas' pagan roots or is that the "war on Christmas" I keep hearing so much about?

It's the truth. They need to know.

(November 10, 2015 at 7:57 pm)Spooky Wrote: Is it poor form to remind people of Christmas' pagan roots or is that the "war on Christmas" I keep hearing so much about?

Spooky, you're chaotic neutral. You know the answer to this by now.
Roll a dice and if you get a critical hit stab them in the face. This isn't rocket science.

It doesn't matter a bit if the date of celebration has pagan roots or isn't when Jesus was actually born.  What matters is what it means to people who celebrate it today.

Right.

(November 12, 2015 at 1:42 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Right.

Can't disagree with you there Mini.

(November 12, 2015 at 1:39 pm)Lek Wrote: It doesn't matter a bit if the date of celebration has pagan roots or isn't when Jesus was actually born.  What matters is what it means to people who celebrate it today.

So basically you are saying that christmas has nothing to do with christianity, admit it's Pagan, while admitting the Bible is also based mostly on the teachings of Paganism? So why bother be christian?