Christmas

[Baloo]

Re: Christmas

A Lung

At least one was inflated enough to break the silence, well done.

Seems like we'll end the year yet again, with NO proof for the nervous agnostic position on the origin of the universe, and the Bible is once again correct, there is nothing new under the sun.

Science isn’t about proof it’s about evidence.

[jeepster]

Re: Christmas

Since when did people know what they really needed.
Enjoy celebrating the official birthday of the One you try to constantly ignore

But if you believe that date you would be wrong he was not born on dec 25th

[jon1959]

Re: Christmas

Since when did people know what they really needed.
Enjoy celebrating the official birthday of the One you try to constantly ignore

I expect most are enjoying a public holiday with long established customs of feasting, present giving and meeting up with loved ones.

[jon1959]

Re: Christmas

A Lung

At least one was inflated enough to break the silence, well done.

Seems like we'll end the year yet again, with NO proof for the nervous agnostic position on the origin of the universe, and the Bible is once again correct, there is nothing new under the sun.

I'm sure she'll enjoy using the voucher.

'Nervous agnostic position'?

I remember that from the Karma Sutra.

So the year ends with the Bible once again exposed as a muddle of Bronze Age to mid Roman fables, fantasies, distorted history and cult propaganda - promoted as the literal truth by evangelical zealots who combine belief in magic with hard-core racist projections onto the modern world ('the title deeds')!

So no change there!

[Alan Lung]

Re: Christmas

A Lung

At least one was inflated enough to break the silence, well done.

Seems like we'll end the year yet again, with NO proof for the nervous agnostic position on the origin of the universe, and the Bible is once again correct, there is nothing new under the sun.

I'm sure she'll enjoy using the voucher.

Patronising prick.

[truthpaste]

Re: Christmas

But if you believe that date you would be wrong he was not born on dec 25th

Re-read what I said, and look out for the word OFFICIAL.

Was the Queen of England born on her official birthday?

[jeepster]

Re: Christmas

Re-read what I said, and look out for the word OFFICIAL.

Was the Queen of England born on her official birthday?

Pedantic or what

[truthpaste]

Re: Christmas

Pedantic or what

Not at all, just correcting a misconception.

A September birth is the most probable, however the official celebration is 25th Dec.

It may be unpopular in these mainly secular times, but 2021AD looks back that many years to the birth of Christ.

I'm sure you know this but AD stands for the Latin phrase anno domini, which means in the year of our Lord. And every newspaper, webpage etc etc since the day we were born has this silent reminder on each page.

[jon1959]

Re: Christmas

CE and BCE becoming more commonly used.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Era

Who knows, but in a few generations that might be what we read on the top of our (digital) newspapers. Makes sense.

[truthpaste]

Re: Christmas

CE and BCE becoming more commonly used.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Era

Who knows, but in a few generations that might be what we read on the top of our (digital) newspapers. Makes sense.

I think the current generation would mainly favour this and I've met people on courses at University that have tried to use this for the last 20-30 years. However to be consistent you need to scrub Christmas and Easter. Secular life is often strangely constantly using the name of Jesus disrespectfully, then stupidly marking His official birthday by vomiting everywhere after attending a Christmas party.

Talk about irony meeting ignorance

[Bluebirdman Of Alcathays]

Re: Christmas

I think the current generation would mainly favour this and I've met people on courses at University that have tried to use this for the last 20-30 years. However to be consistent you need to scrub Christmas and Easter. Secular life is often strangely constantly using the name of Jesus disrespectfully, then stupidly marking His official birthday by vomiting everywhere after attending a Christmas party.

Talk about irony meeting ignorance

Often constantly? That's what I sometimes always say. I don't think many in secular vomiting land would miss Easter if it was changed to another bank holiday and Christmas could just revert to the pagan festival it was.

[bobh]

Re: Christmas

Not at all, just correcting a misconception.

A September birth is the most probable, however the official celebration is 25th Dec.

It may be unpopular in these mainly secular times, but 2021AD looks back that many years to the birth of Christ.

I'm sure you know this but AD stands for the Latin phrase anno domini, which means in the year of our Lord. And every newspaper, webpage etc etc since the day we were born has this silent reminder on each page.

Wrong! Most religious scholars place the birth of Jesus at "somewhere between 6BC and 4BC" based on the HISTORICAL event that was the census that Joe and Mary supposedly travelled for.

[truthpaste]

Re: Christmas

Wrong! Most religious scholars place the birth of Jesus at "somewhere between 6BC and 4BC" based on the HISTORICAL event that was the census that Joe and Mary supposedly travelled for.

Just like the OFFICIAL birthday issue you completely miss the point!

Deliberately of course, just to deflect from the continued silence re scientific proof of the 'Big Bang'

[bobh]

Re: Christmas

Just like the OFFICIAL birthday issue you completely miss the point!

Deliberately of course, just to deflect from the continued silence re scientific proof of the 'Big Bang'

No, I was replying to your assertation that 2021AD means that Jesus was born 2021 years ago.

[lardy]

Re: Christmas

Wrong! Most religious scholars place the birth of Jesus at "somewhere between 6BC and 4BC" based on the HISTORICAL event that was the census that Joe and Mary supposedly travelled for.

They walked really slowly