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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Sanburn writes:
> > Winter Solstice festival, don't you think? :-)
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> Ah, Larry, always throwing a few snipes in to Christianity,
> huh? I expected nothing less, that's all right.
Well, I'm writing this on December 25th in a hotel room before we go spend
the day with family and I don't take what Larry said as a snipe on Christianity.
The celebration of the Winter Solstice predates the celebration of Christmas
by a good bit, wouldn't you say? I know good people who celebrate this time
of year who aren't Christians - are they sniping Christianity as well?
Call me crazy, but considering the Christians mostly appropriated this date
from the Roman Saturnalia (and the other holidays that predated it,
including the WS), I don't necessarily think they absolutely own the right
to call this day whatever they want and get mad when someone else calls it
something else.
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| To All, I was just kidding around about the sniping part folks. I do know there are other things that are celebrated, Tom S., and the like, I was just ruffling Larry P. a little bit. We have talked about this a little offline. I swear this group in (...) (24 years ago, 26-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Ah, Larry, always throwing a few snipes in to Christianity, huh? I expected nothing less, that's all right. (...) Folks, all I responded to was Frank Filz (SP?) discussion about debate, and according to what he thought, I agreed with him. I (...) (24 years ago, 23-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.general)
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