I like Christmas because I can tell that the days are getting longer, which is a good excuse for a tipple or two. That is what Christmas is really all about, after all.
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Athiests and Christmas?
by clash_city_rockers ini was just thinking.
since christmas is about the birth of christ, i know dec 25 was not his birthday, probly born around late sept or early oct. i guess he wanted to be born right before the baseball playoffs and world series, just kidding.
it was the early christian church that appointed dec 25th.
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The Brits do IT more!
by BadJerry in.
ran across this tidbit of info...that's like three times a week...oh my!.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=573&ncid=573&e=10&u=/nm/20021125/od_nm/life_britain_sex_dc
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Its not the quantity its the quality.
A phrase invariably employed by those who don't have both. *points nose in air and sniffs*
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Religion is good for you!! Really!!
by Soledad inhttp://channels.netscape.com/ns/news/package.jsp?name=religious_people/religious_people
do religious people really live longer?the answer seems to be a resounding yes, if you believe 42 scientific studies that examined the link between religious involvement and mortality that were reviewed by the national institute for healthcare research in rockville, maryland.
the statistic: the people who were most involved in their religions were 29 percent more likely to be alive when the various studies were completed than were their nonreligious counterparts, reports webmd.. why?
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Maybe religious people tend to live longer because
- they kill non-religious people
- they get their positive feedback trying to make life stressful for non-religious people
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Feb1,2003 Question from readers
by hannibal in"why does the bible say that a person should scream if theatened with rape".
has anyone posted this yet?
its rather unbeleivable.
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expatbrit
Alrighty, I'll see if the wife has her placement copies yet and if so then I'll try and scan it.
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Feb1,2003 Question from readers
by hannibal in"why does the bible say that a person should scream if theatened with rape".
has anyone posted this yet?
its rather unbeleivable.
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expatbrit
Can you elaborate? Did somebody change the lightbulb at Bethel again?
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Where is God?
by donkey inwhy does god allow this stuff?
according to your teachings, believers, just so he can stroke himself and show how man has failed.
in fact believers will read this stuff and shrug it off because in the future god will fix it it and it just proves why we need god..
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Since I'm atheist I don't blame God for anything. To do so would be like blaming Santa Claus for getting yet another pair of black socks that I don't want. God's purported followers on the other hand.....
There does seem to be inconsistency on the part of theists in their attitudes though. They say that God should not be criticised because it is mankind who causes the bad things. There is some merit to this. But on the other hand they will turn around and say that we should thank God for all the good things that happen to us.
This is inconsistent, because humans are responsible both for the bad things and the good things that happen to other humans. Humans murder children, and are responsible for the blame. Yet humans also give children life ( and increasingly happy and healthy life), and deserve the credit. To blame humans only for the bad and give God credit only for the good is an unbalanced viewpoint.
To spin this around, if you believe in God, to blame Him for the bad and not to thank Him for the good is an equally unbalanced viewpoint. God cannot just have his cake of credit and eat it, but neither should he have to suffer only the stale crust of blame.
For those who would counter with the argument that humans wouldn't be able to do any good if not for the original creation of God, bear in mind that this is equally true of humans doing bad.
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Vicar to kids: Santa is Toast
by PurpleV inny daily news december 12, 2002 (reuters) .
vicar to kids: santa is toast .
london--a british vicar reduced children to tears and stunned their parents when he said santa claus and his reindeer would burn to a crisp while delivering presents at supersonic speed.. lee rayfield shattered the illusions of dozens of children at a school service on tuesday when he joked in his sermon that santa and his reindeer would burn up flying at 3,000 times the speed of sound.. "there were a lot of children there who still believe in santa, or did so until last night," sue smee, who took her 5- and 9-year old sons to the service, told the daily mirror yesterday.
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BAH! HUMBUG!
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My party pics (Extra Pics)
by Sirona ini had a house warming party just over a week ago.
i'm still waiting for permission from some people to put their pictures up, but in the meantime i'll start with a picture of me and a friend.
i'm the one on the left.
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expatbrit
Simon:
That's a very large glass to be drinking Vodka out of, if you don't mind me saying. Perhaps this is why it had such an effect on you? lolol
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Bigg news fore europe today
by happy man in.
today in copenhagen european union was growing from 15 to 25 countries, a new bigg power on earth, perhaps the king of north is start to show hes face, who now?.
perhaps you peopel in us dont understand but this is a bigg day in the history of europe, we hope now to never again see wordwar start in europe as has been two times , 1914, 1939.. who could belive this 10 years ago, east and west europe in one organisaition, so now we are almost like the states in us.. some fear this wery much and think germany and france will rule and decide evrything, here in sweden we soon must decide if we want to have the same money as the rest of europe, euro is the name of the coin, son we can not decide fore our selfs, evrything must be decided in eu.. exaiting and perhaps we now walk on the way to peace fore a long time, or we walk on the way to destruction , what do you europeans peopel here think will happend?
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expatbrit
Blurb going around diplo-circles is that negotations for Russia's admittance to the EU may begin in 5 years. Wait till the Watchtower gets onto that. There'll be a whole fireworks display of new light then!
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Vicar to kids: Santa is Toast
by PurpleV inny daily news december 12, 2002 (reuters) .
vicar to kids: santa is toast .
london--a british vicar reduced children to tears and stunned their parents when he said santa claus and his reindeer would burn to a crisp while delivering presents at supersonic speed.. lee rayfield shattered the illusions of dozens of children at a school service on tuesday when he joked in his sermon that santa and his reindeer would burn up flying at 3,000 times the speed of sound.. "there were a lot of children there who still believe in santa, or did so until last night," sue smee, who took her 5- and 9-year old sons to the service, told the daily mirror yesterday.
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expatbrit
Who the hell is he to question Santa? Has he no faith?
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