Originally posted by Syf
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atheists stop celebrating my christian holiday
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The council of Nicaea devised December 25th as Christ's birth date. In fact, we know this date to be an important date on the Pagan calendar, prior to this council.
Emperor Constantine convened the first Council of Nicaea. This council's purpose was to establish a uniform Christian Doctrine. Representatives of all Christiandom were present. What the history books do not mention is the Council's real purpose was to prevent an empire-wide war between the Christians and the Pagans. Conflict between the two threatened to tear the Roman Empire apart at the seems and Constantine, a devout pagan until he was on his death bed, did not want to go down in history as the emperor who let the empire slip down the drain. So, he came up with a brilliant plan to save the empire and hence, the Council of Nicaea was the result.
At this council, issues were resolved such as the proper date for Easter, the birth date of Christ, the relationship between God and Jesus as well as the issue of Christ's standing as a deity. However, the most substantial product of this council was the construction of the New Testament of the Bible as we know it today.
In doing so, select writings from the various Apostles were selected. All of these writing were carefully vetted so as to preserve a common theme: the Church's claim as the sole conduit between man and God. As a dynamic of this decision, the concept of the superiority of men over women was carefully preserved. Why? Simple. Men were the most common holders of power back in those days and did not want anything to disturb that claim. Therefore, women were denounced as little more than heretics. The reason behind this crucial decision rests in the notion that Mary Magdalene, not Peter, was chosen by Christ to lead the church. There have been a number of writings and other documents that suggest a matrimonial relationship between Christ and Mary Magdalene, but Im not going to get into that here.
Last edited by -Lowkey-; 12-25-2010, 07:33 AM.
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Originally posted by Syf View PostThe 25th was commandeered.. appropriated... siezed... repurposed.. Humans tend to do that. That doesn't dull the fervor of the celebration of Jesus Christ's birth. Its the thought that counts.. What dulls the fervor is the overall malaise of faith in the current world today.
So many unfaithful.. and even those who claim faith abuse it.
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Originally posted by Check View PostI agree with you. If you aren't christian you shouldn't be celebrating tomorrow. Oh yeah, that fake holiday you guys created called xmas, go jump off a bridge. That **** ain't fooling anybody. Atheists are nothing but a bunch of hypocritical mother ****ers. They ***** that Christians preach non stop but in reality they are the ones that preach till they are blue in the face. Then they complain about religious holidays but they are the first ones enjoying their Easter dinner or Christmas presents. Nothing pisses me off more than a bunch of two faces.
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Originally posted by Check View PostI agree with you. If you aren't christian you shouldn't be celebrating tomorrow.
Oh yeah, that fake holiday you guys created called xmas, go jump off a bridge. That **** ain't fooling anybody.
You know about your own religion right?
Atheists are nothing but a bunch of hypocritical mother ****ers. They ***** that Christians preach non stop but in reality they are the ones that preach till they are blue in the face.
Then they complain about religious holidays but they are the first ones enjoying their Easter dinner or Christmas presents.
Nothing pisses me off more than a bunch of two faces.
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