Christian Discussion Thread V

[Othelos]

Well, as this charge has been leveled at you repeatedly, how bout you research so you know what the fuck you're talking about.

“Thus says Adonai , Do not learn the ways of the heathen”

Paganism is wrong.

So if I decide to worship Zeus, something bad is going to happen?

[Tarsonis Survivors]

Neither are several Jewish festivities.

If you want to stick strictly to the first five books I suggest you adopt Samaritanism. Atleast then it would make more sense, and you wouldn't have to worry about serving two masters.

But thy do appear in the Tanakh

Hanukkah doesn't appear in the Tanakh and yet it is one of the largest Jewish festivals.

Soooooo, yeah.

[Benuty]

“Thus says Adonai , Do not learn the ways of the heathen”

Paganism is wrong.

So if I decide to worship Zeus, something bad is going to happen?

Not necessarily since you would be bound by Zeus instead of Adonai (poking fun at Efraim's blatant dualism here).

[Tarsonis Survivors]

“Thus says Adonai , Do not learn the ways of the heathen”

Paganism is wrong.

So if I decide to worship Zeus, something bad is going to happen?

Not if you're male...

[Benuty]

So if I decide to worship Zeus, something bad is going to happen?

Not if you're male...

Well...Zeus did have an affair with a mortal man though.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganymede_(mythology)

[Tarsonis Survivors]

Not if you're male...

Well...Zeus did have an affair with a mortal man though.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganymede_(mythology)

I'll be damned. Didn't know that one. Then yes, if you Worship Zeus there is a very good chance you will get raped in the face.

[The Alexanderians]

Well...Zeus did have an affair with a mortal man though.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganymede_(mythology)

I'll be damned. Didn't know that one. Then yes, if you Worship Zeus there is a very good chance you will get raped in the face.

Zeus was a "everything that moved" kind of guy

[The Alexanderians]

“Thus says Adonai , Do not learn the ways of the heathen”

Paganism is wrong.

So if I decide to worship Zeus, something bad is going to happen?

I say do it just to spite him.

[The United Neptumousian Empire]

A. We've shown how you're claim of Sukkot is not in anyway substantiated, but hinges on an assumption based on a misinterpretation of what the word Manger means. (There wasn't any Inn, Peter and Mary most likely stayed in at a relatives house, and he was placed in a feeding trough, not a "booth".

B. No body is actually sure of Jesus' birthday as birthday's weren't even celebrated in the ANE (short of the coming of age). December is an estimate based on prophetic theory that Prophets and Kings die either on the anniversary of their birth, (So Jesus was born on Passover) or on the anniversy of their conception, which would place his birth in December.

C. You're right, Christmas isn't in the Torah, as the Torah was composed hundreds if not thousands of years before Jesus was born. Now in the Gospel, the birth is mentioned, but there is no specific date ascribed to his birth, the closest we get is a year based off the census, which is itself an estimate.

D. No Yeshua wasn't resurrected on Easter. He was resurected 3 days after the passover. Tradition he was killed on friday, was still dead on saturday, and then rose on Sunday. This became known as Pascha, (The New Passover). Easter was actually derived fromof a word in proto-germanic for the month April: Ēosturmōnaþ, which coincides with the Paschal month. Thus the Germans called it Easter. It's no more pagan than Calling Jesus, Christ instead of Messiah. It's the same word in a different language.

If that doesn't get through to him....

it won't.

[Tarsonis Survivors]

I'll be damned. Didn't know that one. Then yes, if you Worship Zeus there is a very good chance you will get raped in the face.

Zeus was a "everything that moved" kind of guy

True, didn't he bang a cow at one point.

[Constaniana]

Zeus was a "everything that moved" kind of guy

True, didn't he bang a cow at one point.

Feckin' Greeks. Coming over here and taking our jobs and our women, and acting like they own the feckin' place!

[Angleter]

True, didn't he bang a cow at one point.

Feckin' Greeks. Coming over here and taking our jobs and our women, and acting like they own the feckin' place!

They invented gayness!

[Nordengrund]

Feckin' Greeks. Coming over here and taking our jobs and our women, and acting like they own the feckin' place!

They invented gayness!

Not to mention that there is an island in Greece called Lesbos. I wonder who lives there?

[Othelos]

They invented gayness!

Not to mention that there is an island in Greece called Lesbos. I wonder who lives there?

Greeks?

[Benuty]

Not to mention that there is an island in Greece called Lesbos. I wonder who lives there?

Greeks?

Worshippers of Cybele the mother goddess of the Anatolians for one.

[Efraim-Judah]

But thy do appear in the Tanakh

Hanukkah doesn't appear in the Tanakh and yet it is one of the largest Jewish festivals.

Soooooo, yeah.

Hanukkah is a small holiday? Are you confused???

[Pope Joan]

Hanukkah doesn't appear in the Tanakh and yet it is one of the largest Jewish festivals.

Soooooo, yeah.

Hanukkah is a small holiday? Are you confused???

"Unlike many Jewish holidays, Hanukkah (also known as the Festival of Lights) is not mentioned in the Bible. The historical events upon which the celebration is based are recorded in Maccabees I and II, two books contained within a later collection of writings known as the Apocrypha. Hanukkah is considered a “minor” Jewish festival"

http://www.reformjudaism.org/hanukkah-history

No, neither Reform Judaism nor I are confused.

[Efraim-Judah]

Hanukkah is a small holiday? Are you confused???

"Unlike many Jewish holidays, Hanukkah (also known as the Festival of Lights) is not mentioned in the Bible. The historical events upon which the celebration is based are recorded in Maccabees I and II, two books contained within a later collection of writings known as the Apocrypha. Hanukkah is considered a “minor” Jewish festival"

http://www.reformjudaism.org/hanukkah-history

No, neither Reform Judaism nor I are confused.

They said its major...its not

[Menassa]

Hanukkah doesn't appear in the Tanakh and yet it is one of the largest Jewish festivals.

Soooooo, yeah.

Hanukkah is a small holiday? Are you confused???

You ignored his very valid point... unless, Talmudically, we can assume that you agree with him.

[Constaniana]

Feckin' Greeks. Coming over here and taking our jobs and our women, and acting like they own the feckin' place!

They invented gayness!

No, it's the Chinese he's after!

[Nordengrund]

Not to mention that there is an island in Greece called Lesbos. I wonder who lives there?

Greeks?

Nevermind. It was a lame joke. I was trying to point out that Lesbos and lesbian both began with the first four same letters.

[Othelos]

Greeks?

Nevermind. It was a lame joke. I was trying to point out that Lesbos and lesbian both began with the first four same letters.

I know, I was joking. It's actually where the word lesbian comes from.

[Menassa]

Hanukkah is a small holiday? Are you confused???

"Unlike many Jewish holidays, Hanukkah (also known as the Festival of Lights) is not mentioned in the Bible. The historical events upon which the celebration is based are recorded in Maccabees I and II, two books contained within a later collection of writings known as the Apocrypha. Hanukkah is considered a “minor” Jewish festival"

http://www.reformjudaism.org/hanukkah-history

No, neither Reform Judaism nor I are confused.

I don't see why what Reform Judaism has to say would actually matter to Efraim.

[Angleter]

"Unlike many Jewish holidays, Hanukkah (also known as the Festival of Lights) is not mentioned in the Bible. The historical events upon which the celebration is based are recorded in Maccabees I and II, two books contained within a later collection of writings known as the Apocrypha. Hanukkah is considered a “minor” Jewish festival"

http://www.reformjudaism.org/hanukkah-history

No, neither Reform Judaism nor I are confused.

I don't see why what Reform Judaism has to say would actually matter to Efraim.

I think it's become abundantly clear that nothing any religious group has to say matters to Efraim.

[Tarsonis Survivors]

"Unlike many Jewish holidays, Hanukkah (also known as the Festival of Lights) is not mentioned in the Bible. The historical events upon which the celebration is based are recorded in Maccabees I and II, two books contained within a later collection of writings known as the Apocrypha. Hanukkah is considered a “minor” Jewish festival"

http://www.reformjudaism.org/hanukkah-history

No, neither Reform Judaism nor I are confused.

They said its major...its not

You're dodging the point