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Kirk Cameron-Don't drink the koolaid and think Christmas had pagan origins.
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RE: Kirk Cameron-Don't drink the koolaid and think Christmas had pagan origins.
November 13, 2014 at 2:50 pm
(November 13, 2014 at 2:47 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: If you also agree that saying "Christmas is a Christian holiday" doesn't really mean a thing either, then I agree with you. We all do celebrate it however it's meaningful to us and our families and friends.

Well, it is a christian holiday, but that's just for christians, so I'll agree with you in that way. You don' have to be a christian or a pagan to celebrate on that day.
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RE: Kirk Cameron-Don't drink the koolaid and think Christmas had pagan origins.
November 13, 2014 at 2:51 pm
(November 13, 2014 at 2:10 pm)Lek Wrote: What does December 25th have to do with paganism? To me it's a celebration of the birth of Christ. I don't care if they picked a pagan holiday to celebrate it. I imagine they did it to direct attention away from paganism and toward christianity.

And it doesn't... bother you to know that christian traditions, presented as factual, were in reality configured specifically to crowd out other religions? Undecided
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RE: Kirk Cameron-Don't drink the koolaid and think Christmas had pagan origins.
November 13, 2014 at 3:52 pm
It is the only time of year we allow ourselves pringles and real coca cola.

I'm sure there is crack in pringles.



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RE: Kirk Cameron-Don't drink the koolaid and think Christmas had pagan origins.
November 13, 2014 at 4:03 pm
(November 13, 2014 at 3:52 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: It is the only time of year we allow ourselves pringles and real coca cola.

I'm sure there is crack in pringles.

I don't like Pringles.

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RE: Kirk Cameron-Don't drink the koolaid and think Christmas had pagan origins.
November 13, 2014 at 4:05 pm
(November 13, 2014 at 3:52 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: It is the only time of year we allow ourselves pringles and real coca cola.

I'm sure there is crack in pringles.

That's the best you get?

I'm planning on getting seriously pissed.
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RE: Kirk Cameron-Don't drink the koolaid and think Christmas had pagan origins.
November 13, 2014 at 4:05 pm (This post was last modified: November 13, 2014 at 4:06 pm by FatAndFaithless.)
Quote: I don't like Pringles

Well aren't you just the worst blasphemer in history!
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RE: Kirk Cameron-Don't drink the koolaid and think Christmas had pagan origins.
November 13, 2014 at 4:23 pm
(November 13, 2014 at 4:05 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote:
Quote: I don't like Pringles

Well aren't you just the worst blasphemer in history!

And proud of it.

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RE: Kirk Cameron-Don't drink the koolaid and think Christmas had pagan origins.
November 13, 2014 at 5:18 pm
(November 13, 2014 at 2:51 pm)Esquilax Wrote: And it doesn't... bother you to know that christian traditions, presented as factual, were in reality configured specifically to crowd out other religions? Undecided

I just celebrate the birth of Christ. I don't care if those who started Christmas wanted to take attention away from the pagans. Does it bother you to celebrate Christmas, which was established by christians to celebrate the birth of Christ, and use it as an occasion to celebrate for your own reasons?
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RE: Kirk Cameron-Don't drink the koolaid and think Christmas had pagan origins.
November 13, 2014 at 5:21 pm
How about we celebrate what we want how we want, for reasons we want? Also Kirk Cameron is a dumbass.
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RE: Kirk Cameron-Don't drink the koolaid and think Christmas had pagan origins.
November 13, 2014 at 5:27 pm
(November 13, 2014 at 5:21 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: Also Kirk Cameron is a dumbass.

Let's all raise our glasses to that.
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