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I visited the website that Jon linked to and from there, i visited the website of the religious organization behind the contest. I think it should be clear to everyone that this contest is a religion-promotion campaign aimed at promoting the (...) (21 years ago, 28-Aug-03, to lugnet.build.contests)
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(...) Maybe Brendan will build something!! *grin* JohnG, GMLTC (21 years ago, 28-Aug-03, to lugnet.build.contests)
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(...) Ooh! I've always wanted to do a LEGO version of (URL) Vendetta: A Christmas Story.> But I don't think I'd ever glue my LEGOs, not even for Jesus. -The Rev. Brendan Powell Smith (21 years ago, 28-Aug-03, to lugnet.build.contests, FTX)
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(...) But what about for Jesus AND $5,250? (As for the glue debate, whilst I myself am averse to glue, don't forget that some of the gods in the LEGO-building pantheon use it, particularly for commercial reasons; Eric Harshbarger, Henry Lim, and, (...) (21 years ago, 29-Aug-03, to lugnet.build.contests, FTX)
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(...) Of course Henry Lim glues his models! Lim is Swedish for... ...glue! :) (21 years ago, 29-Aug-03, to lugnet.fun)
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(...) Does Jesus have that kind of money? Just the other day I tried to hit him up for the ten bucks he still owes me and he was all like "Look, man, I'll pay you later." (...) Isn't using glue just a gateway drug? Last time I saw Henry Lim he was (...) (21 years ago, 29-Aug-03, to lugnet.build.contests, FTX)
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Christmas is a religious holidy. (CHRIST-mas) I'm puzzled as to why anyone would object to making religious stuff for a religious holidy. (21 years ago, 30-Aug-03, to lugnet.build.contests)
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(...) He plays the poor man pretty well, what with the sandals and unkempt look, but it looks like there are quite a few people (pastors, TV evangalists, etc) that are constantly pulling in loot for him. Trust me, he's got the money. (...) Ah, that (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-03, to lugnet.build.contests, FTX)
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(...) Well, it SORT of is a religious holiday. Not everyone that celebrates at that time of year (winter solstice) does so for religious reasons. We don't. Also I don't think Terry was objecting per se, just saying he didn't plan to participate in (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-03, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I don't think there's any getting around the fact that Christmas is a religious holiday. I know that there are lots of other holidays that many people celebrate around the winter solstice. However, Christmas happens to be one of the (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Christmas isn't a religious holiday for everyone anymore. Now, more and more people celebrate christmas as a day to share and love, nothing to do with whatever religious reasons other people might have to celebrate. I know I still celebrate, (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-03, to lugnet.build.contests)
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(...) It took someone long enough to catch that. I hoped that by showing a minifig version of Henry Lim in The Brick Testament, it might bring some much needed attention to his downward spiral into snorting off-brand bricks. (...) Ah, Christmas (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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(...) The idea that Coca-Cola made up the current image of Santa Clause is an urband legend: (URL) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-03, to lugnet.build.contests)
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(...) If you are going to discuss/debate the nature of the holiday, please keep it _entirely_ in off-topic.debate. There are some (me!) who skip that group, and really don't care to read religion debates which _do_ have a habit of becoming nasty (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-03, to lugnet.build.contests)
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Silly me didn't set the followups. (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-03, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Hey thanks for the link. I was wondering if that was true. Seems not :-) Terry (21 years ago, 30-Aug-03, to lugnet.build.contests)
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(...) Indeed :-) But rest assured, I have no plan on continuing this thread anyway. Terry (21 years ago, 30-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Gregory wrote: <snip> (...) Er, isn't that a more reasonable expectation than asking people to travel to St. Louis to rebuild their MOC that has been shaken apart in transit? As one who has transported many MOCs to (...) (21 years ago, 1-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Depends on the contest budget, I suppose. A really high budget contest would fly all the finalists out and they could rebuild their MOCs on arrival. (this one isn't that high budget, given that finalists get 250 as their prize) Another (...) (21 years ago, 1-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Um, well, the contest theme does state that the model "...MUST meet the criteria of representing the SPIRITUAL aspect of Christmas..." (emphasis added) so, yes that seems like a safe bet. Rick C. (21 years ago, 1-Sep-03, to lugnet.build.contests)
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(...) If I were entering, I think I'd build a big model of an upscale mall (complete with department store Santa, valet parking, and gold plated door handles), since I worship Mammon. :-) Or so some allege anyway. More seriously, how *would* one (...) (21 years ago, 1-Sep-03, to lugnet.build.contests)
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In lugnet.build.contests, Larry Pieniazek wrote: snip!!! Bother. The last thing in this thread I responded to had FUT set to o-t.debate even though it was rather innocuous, it dealt with contest logistics. So, said my brain to myself, must be the (...) (21 years ago, 1-Sep-03, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.build.contests, Terry Prosper wrote: (snip) (...) Well, Santa's origins actually go back to the Christian Saint Nicholas from the 4th century, but yes, Santa does have both Christian and non-Christian influences. (for a reasonably fair and (...) (21 years ago, 1-Sep-03, to lugnet.build.contests, FTX)
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