Advent Calendars
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Morbyd said:That's always the question with multiculturalism, isn't it?
Do we celebrate everything? or nothing?
discuss
I think everything should be celebrated and then be up to the individual if you get involved. If we ban everything surley we're on a path to suppression? This is the west after all!
puppylover
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Morbyd said:That's always the question with multiculturalism, isn't it?
Do we celebrate everything? or nothing?
discuss
We were celebrating Diwali at work yesterday - not too sure what it is a celebration of but there were candles lit and tins of Celebrations all over work for people to help themselves too...bizarre!!
puppylover said:Morbyd said:That's always the question with multiculturalism, isn't it?
Do we celebrate everything? or nothing?
discuss
We were celebrating Diwali at work yesterday - not too sure what it is a celebration of but there were candles lit and tins of Celebrations all over work for people to help themselves too...bizarre!!
I think it's to bring health, wealth, happiness etc? It's a nice reason anyway, I love Indians they're lovely.
Buckley
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sandi said:
People can celebrate what they want but if you include one thing that can't be proven you have to cover the whole range of daft ideas, from Christianity to Flying Spaghetti Monsterism.
Nath - Advent calendars aren't part of my culture and I was born here.
It's Xmas - great, let the kids have some chocolate and make it exciting by sticking it in a calendar. But linking it to a fairy tale that encourages them to believe a complete load of cobblers is just plain wrong. It offends me that people are allowed to teach, as fact, a load of rubbish that someone made up as a method of control. Selling that bullshit to kids with chocolate is a f***ing outrage.
Buckley said:sandi said:
People can celebrate what they want but if you include one thing that can't be proven you have to cover the whole range of daft ideas, from Christianity to Flying Spaghetti Monsterism.
Nath - Advent calendars aren't part of my culture and I was born here.
It's Xmas - great, let the kids have some chocolate and make it exciting by sticking it in a calendar. But linking it to a fairy tale that encourages them to believe a complete load of cobblers is just plain wrong. It offends me that people are allowed to teach, as fact, a load of rubbish that someone made up as a method of control. Selling that bullshit by to kids with chocolate is a *beep* outrage.
Baa humbug
Morbyd
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Are you saying there was no Jesus of Nazareth? Or are you saying there was no virgin birth in a manger with a bunch of random strangers and farm animals around?Buckley said:
Xmas is great, as is chocolate. But the Christ story is as real as the tooth fairy and shouldn't be taught as fact to anyone.
Buckley said:sandi said:Baa humbug
Xmas is great, as is chocolate. But the Christ story is as real as the tooth fairy and shouldn't be taught as fact to anyone.
Thats ok though because Christmas isn't a christian festival, but a pagan one which those pesky christians tried to pinch.
Buckley
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Morbyd said:Are you saying there was no Jesus of Nazareth? Or are you saying there was no virgin birth in a manger with a bunch of random strangers and farm animals around?Buckley said:
Xmas is great, as is chocolate. But the Christ story is as real as the tooth fairy and shouldn't be taught as fact to anyone.
I'm saying I could I make up something as ludicrous and it would be as true. And it would be wrong for children to young to know better to be taught my load of rubbish as fact, as with the JC 'fable'.
Buckley
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Scoobie said:Buckley said:sandi said:Baa humbug
Xmas is great, as is chocolate. But the Christ story is as real as the tooth fairy and shouldn't be taught as fact to anyone.
Thats ok though because Christmas isn't a christian festival, but a pagan one which those pesky christians tried to pinch.
Most are I believe. But it doesn't alter my point.
Scoobie said:Buckley said:sandi said:Baa humbug
Xmas is great, as is chocolate. But the Christ story is as real as the tooth fairy and shouldn't be taught as fact to anyone.
Thats ok though because Christmas isn't a christian festival, but a pagan one which those pesky christians tried to pinch.
I believe it was a Pagan Sungod festival that the Romans used when introducing everyone to christanity
Now theres a fact for you Scoobie!
Buckley
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sandi said:Buckley said:sandi said:Baa humbug
Xmas is great, as is chocolate. But the Christ story is as real as the tooth fairy and shouldn't be taught as fact to anyone.
In that case all religious teachings should be banned in the UK.
Now you're talking. When I'm PM you can be education secretary.
Barbie said:sandi said:
I forgot we were talking about where to get Barbie Advent (Countdown
Thanks missy, I didn't know there were any Asdas down here compared up north they're all over the place.
My brother calls Asda, 'The Asda' always makes Dom laugh.
