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RE: Yule, Christmas & other holidays
December 5, 2022 at 11:33 pm
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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RE: Yule, Christmas & other holidays
December 7, 2022 at 2:10 am
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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RE: Yule, Christmas & other holidays
December 7, 2022 at 9:00 am
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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RE: Yule, Christmas & other holidays
December 7, 2022 at 9:58 am
One way or another (there are two versions), Isis's husband Osiris was Horus's biological father, either before or after his murder at the hands of Set. There's no good reason to suppose that Isis was supposed to be a virgin.
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.
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RE: Yule, Christmas & other holidays
December 7, 2022 at 4:21 pm
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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RE: Yule, Christmas & other holidays
December 8, 2022 at 8:57 am
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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RE: Yule, Christmas & other holidays
December 9, 2022 at 2:52 pm
the most wonderful time of the year
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teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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RE: Yule, Christmas & other holidays
December 9, 2022 at 4:01 pm
(This post was last modified: December 9, 2022 at 4:31 pm by HappySkeptic.)
Oh yes, the beloved annual war on Christmas. I have a special Advent Calendar devoted to ways I'm going to forbid anyone else from celebrating Christmas.
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RE: Yule, Christmas & other holidays
December 9, 2022 at 4:08 pm
More like Fox News' war on reality.
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RE: Yule, Christmas & other holidays
December 9, 2022 at 8:17 pm
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental.
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