monkeynuts
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Plaese can we show that these comments are not acceptable.
http://www.mrexcel.com/board2/viewtopic.php?t=118204&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=11
What do you tjhink: This comment is spitefull, and it is stirring bad feelings in people with faith. The person who make comments like this should keep their own thoughts quiet and not go put it in places like this.
Yes if you think this person should be quiet
Yes or no?
http://www.mrexcel.com/board2/viewtopic.php?t=118204&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=11
I respect people’s right to believe as they wish, and many Christians are aware of the origins of Christmas. But that they are not truly "Christian" can be seen from these quotes:
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"Most of the customs now associated with Christmas were not originally Christmas customs but rather were pre-Christian and non-Christian customs taken up by the Christian church. Saturnalia, a Roman feast celebrated in mid-December, provided the model for many of the merry-making customs of Christmas. From this celebration, for example, were derived the elaborate feasting, the giving of gifts, and the burning of candles."
The Encyclopedia Americana
"An enormous number of traditions we now associate with Christmas have their roots in pre-Christian pagan religious traditions. Some of these have social, sexual, or cosmological connotations that might lead educated, culturally sensitive moderns to discard the traditions once they have understood their roots more clearly."
"One of the great ironies of Christmas is how little of its content is truly Christian. Once we dispose of the pre-Christian elements, most of what remains is post-Christian, rather than authentically Christian, in origin”
The Trouble With Christmas - Tom Flynn
What do you tjhink: This comment is spitefull, and it is stirring bad feelings in people with faith. The person who make comments like this should keep their own thoughts quiet and not go put it in places like this.
Yes if you think this person should be quiet
Yes or no?