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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
There's nothing new about virgin births (just ask Plato)
History is littered with parthenogenesis or virgin births and they’re not all miraculous. Bees do it. Birds do it. Even crayfish and some sharks do it and, while researching my novel, Venice’s Virgin Mother, I discovered that humans have been laying claim to virgin births since time began with the first of the big bangs.
A virgin rollcall might include Romulus and Remus, twin founders of Rome, born of the virgin Rhea Silvia. In ancient Egypt, Ra (the Sun) was born of a virgin mother, Net; Horus was the son of the virgin Isis.
The Phrygo-Roman god, Attis, was born of a virgin, Nana, on December 25. It resonates because he went on to be killed and was resurrected.
In ancient Greece, Dionysos was the son of either the virgin Semele or the virgin Persephone. Persephone was also the virgin mother of Jason. And Plato’s mother, Perictione, was a virgin.
The list goes on. Hinduism, Buddhism and ancient China all have their share of them and none is more or less believable than any other myth, fable or symbol.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/there-s-...53mui.html
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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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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