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Legend [18095]
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Jesus is the reason for the Christ-mas season!
Dec 5, 2005, 3:30 PM
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The only gift that has ever been meant for all and yet still under reproach because the wrapping doesn't suit.
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110%er [9356]
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what about Santa Claus?***
Dec 5, 2005, 3:33 PM
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All-In [30566]
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Everyone knows there ain't no Sanity Clause***
Dec 5, 2005, 3:35 PM
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Oculus Spirit [83494]
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Agree and point for you.***
Dec 5, 2005, 3:33 PM
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All-TigerNet [12278]
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true, point for you!***
Dec 5, 2005, 3:34 PM
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Orange Blooded [3802]
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Amen. Point.***
Dec 5, 2005, 3:36 PM
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Orange Blooded [2578]
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well done!***
Dec 5, 2005, 3:36 PM
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All-In [35063]
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uuuhhh, obviously not fer some on here...***
Dec 5, 2005, 3:36 PM
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Rock Defender [54]
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Yeah, Non-Christians. I know it's hard to believe but they
Dec 5, 2005, 3:45 PM
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are out there and they may out-number us.
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Legend [18095]
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And who are they going to pick when we are gone?
Dec 5, 2005, 3:47 PM
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Rock Defender [54]
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Mormans?***
Dec 5, 2005, 3:54 PM
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All-In [35063]
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Rock Defender [54]
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BS. You forget that there aren't many Christians in China.***
Dec 5, 2005, 4:15 PM
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All-In [30566]
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More than you think I bet***
Dec 5, 2005, 4:16 PM
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Rock Defender [54]
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Not enough for Christians to out-number non-Christians.***
Dec 5, 2005, 4:20 PM
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Orange Blooded [2312]
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HOF this***
Dec 5, 2005, 3:37 PM
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All-In [30566]
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You know EASTER was ONCE most important... but not
Dec 5, 2005, 3:40 PM
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so much anymore.... seems his death was more important... and the little thing that came after... what was that again?
OH Resurection
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Legend [18095]
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Still is for me - but we are celebrating the fact that He ..
Dec 5, 2005, 3:43 PM
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was born in the flesh at the moment. You have to start at the "beginning" of the story because some may not know it yet.
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All-In [39020]
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Perhaps but if it weren't for that
Dec 5, 2005, 3:41 PM
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you know that Wal-Mart and Hallmark would have combined to make some other holiday. Just like Valentine's Day. Only bigger.
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Oculus Spirit [83494]
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Festivus for the rest of us.***
Dec 5, 2005, 3:42 PM
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Legend [15138]
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Time to air our grievances***
Dec 5, 2005, 3:43 PM
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All-In [30566]
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Then wrestle the head of the household?***
Dec 5, 2005, 3:43 PM
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All-In [39020]
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How about: I get presents for no particular reason other
Dec 5, 2005, 3:46 PM
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than my family loves me day. Hmmmm. gonna have to shorten that somehow.
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Legend [15138]
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You are a strange one, Mr. Grinch***
Dec 5, 2005, 3:48 PM
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All-In [39020]
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*Lobs random insult*
Dec 5, 2005, 3:51 PM
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then I have to go to my PT test that it was too windy for on Fri.
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Legend [15138]
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One thing I don't miss about the Midwest: 24 hour wind.
Dec 5, 2005, 3:53 PM
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Regardless of season, from bone-chilling freezing wind in the winter to hot-as-an-oven summer gusts...made playing golf a pain in the ####.
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All-In [39020]
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It sucked Fri.
Dec 5, 2005, 3:56 PM
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Not that I particularly wanted to run, I just didn't want to put it off.
Sorry about the insult fri. I clicked back through some pages and I was confusing you with another poster, who just posts links and stories. You do state your opinion.
Still think my line was kinda funny though. 
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Legend [15138]
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How about that...an apology in the Lunge.
Dec 5, 2005, 4:00 PM
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No problem, man...Iraq won't become a less contentious issue anytime soon.
And as always, we certainly appreciate your service.
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All-In [39020]
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I defer thanks to those actually in Iraq,
Dec 5, 2005, 4:03 PM
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they do more than I. Not to say that those over here, including myself, don't appreciate the pats on the back.
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All-In [30234]
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Rock Defender [54]
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All-In [34429]
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For the X-men's mothers.***
Dec 5, 2005, 11:15 PM
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110%er [8930]
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Ohhhh yeaaaaah***
Dec 5, 2005, 3:49 PM
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CU Medallion [56476]
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Actually, I think the season is the reason for Christmas.
Dec 5, 2005, 8:24 PM
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Historians are unsure exactly when Christians first began celebrating the Nativity of Christ. Most scholars believe that December 25 was only adopted in the 4th century as a Christian holiday by the Roman Emperor Constantine, to encourage a common religious festival for both Christians and Pagans.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas
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It may sound odd that any religious celebration with Christ's name attached to it could predate Christianity. Yet the holiday we know as Christmas long predates Jesus Christ. Elements of the celebration can be traced to ancient Egypt, Babylon and Rome. This fact doesn't cast aspersions on Jesus; it does, however, call into question the understanding and wisdom of those who, over the millennia, have insisted on perpetuating an ancient pagan festival that is now celebrated through much of the world as Christmas.
Members of the early Church would have been astonished to think that the customs and practices we associate with Christmas would be incorporated into a celebration of Christ's birth. Not until several centuries had passed would Christ's name be attached to this popular Roman holiday.
http://tinyurl.com/cxqno
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All-In [34429]
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Which is why some serious fundamentalists
Dec 5, 2005, 9:36 PM
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don't celebrate Christmas as an actual religious holiday.
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Like the man said.
Dec 6, 2005, 1:47 AM
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