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Santa died for your sins

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http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/virginia/santa-nailed-to-cross-angers-leesburg-residents-120511

Just an amusing read, for my part. Are there BTers around Leesburg, VA?

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What's really a hoot are the comments below the article. Gordo New

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to me the best part is how much of Christmas (and Christian) ritual euphoria New

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Not sure how much of this is true, but it makes me giggle anyway. Turtle81 New

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Odd. I think it's funny <NT> rroberts New

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Why do you hate Christmas? DangerJudy New

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here!!! I've got a kid and grandkid and I hate Christmas with a passion dneesh New

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touche - I hate Black Friday DangerJudy New

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It's not funny...I don't think it was meant to be....do you? UFO New

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Prolly was meant to be antagonistic Zork New

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The true meaning has been lost. SirFlipsALot New

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it ain't necessarily so... DangerJudy New

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Yeah Jesus's dad was a virgin too. Take that, Mithra. And pass the wine. <NT> ezwater New

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And all this attention for Virgin Mary! What about Virgin Joseph?!? The original 40 year old virgin. <NT> ezwater New

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I wasn't going to put up any x-mas decorations ,until I saw that. <NT> Pinecricker New

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Think putting him up on a big old dollar sign would have made any difference? <NT> Rahark1 New

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I think it would have made a difference. Why do people think that stupid construction has anything to do with ezwater New

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I like the arguments things like this spring up. Winston.scully New

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interesting... rustyboater New

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I was an atheist, and I didn't bother arguing with believers unless they hassled me. <NT> ezwater New

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I was generalizing. Winston.scully New

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it was just interesting... rustyboater New

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Well... Winston.scully New

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It's a mis-conception that this country was "founded by Christians", many of the founding fathers were Deists... Gordo New

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thanks for beating me to the draw... rustyboater New

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Not necessarily Winston.scully New

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Where does it say that the founding fathers weren't christians? Winston.scully New

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The Puritans? They hated Christmas... made it illegal, they did... Dale New

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"Foolstide" hahahahahahahahahahahaha GCA_Steve New

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Some celebrated by playing "stoolball"... we played that too... Dale New

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Some were into dunkin donuts in the pond Zork New

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lololol. Winston.scully New

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Not one word of the founding documents were written by any of the Massachusettes Puritans. Gordo New

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are you a Deist? <NT> DangerJudy New

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No <NT> Gordo New

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But you are fond of the Deists, is that a fair statement? DangerJudy New

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A Deist would not have cared what atheists thought Zork New

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nor the members of any other religion care what atheists thought DangerJudy New

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I am fond of history as it actually happened. Gordo New

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Here's an article that has quotes from some of the founding fathers. Winston.scully New

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this has been hashed out on here many times DangerJudy New

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Quote from Thomas Jefferson: Winston.scully New

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Thomas Paine and Benjamin Franklin were the most outspoken of the FF as Deists Gordo New

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I was giving no validity to the article. Winston.scully New

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Many of them were Christians, some devout, some in name only. Gordo New

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Right... Winston.scully New

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Not really even close. Gordo New

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haha, yes. I know I can read on my own. IrishVan New

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That's what the lounge is for. Gordo New

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and I completely respect that. IrishVan New

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"...I'm sorry for that...". That is the last thing I need. Gordo New

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This is true. <NT> IrishVan New

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"Some" of the Founding Fathers were Deist lrcable New

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the religiously free concept... rustyboater New

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Here's a quiz for everyone, which religions observe a major holiday in December... Pinecricker New

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African-Americanism. GCA_Steve New

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BOGUS!!! (Christmas was made up because of Saturnalia.) <NT> ... New

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(to elaborate . . . in case anyone cares) ... New

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Here's a good video describing where some of the individual customs come from... Dale New

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on the other end of the specturm... scruggs New

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Constantine coopted the Feast of Mithras, not the Saturnalia lrcable New

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