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Funny how America elected a good strong Christian President who wanted to put God "back" in everything and the world started to blow the gently caress up. Funny.
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My confession: I am a Jew
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Dec 6, 2011 17:06
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Bombadilillo posted:Funny how America elected a good strong Christian President who wanted to put God "back" in everything and the world started to blow the gently caress up. What better way to bring about God across the world than to bomb some guys house so he can scream "Oh my God, my house/family!!!" Sounds pretty foolproof to me.
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Boondock Saint posted:What better way to bring about God across the world than to bomb some guys house so he can scream "Oh my God, my house/family!!!" The Moon God Allah is not the same as Jesus!!!
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Bombadilillo posted:Funny how America elected a good strong Christian President who wanted to put God "back" in everything and the world started to blow the gently caress up. You know who was the most religious president in history (in terms of quoting scripture and attending church)? Clinton.
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Awesome. Thanks a bunch, instance evidence to shut people up. The War on "The War on Christmas" is coming people. Someone somewhere will greet seasonaly, and people gonna freak out.
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Dec 6, 2011 17:14
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CellBlock posted:You know who was the most religious president in history (in terms of quoting scripture and attending church)? Is this verified? I gotta think some of the early Presidents lived in a church loft or something. I am genuinely interested if there is proof of this.
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That whole Funny How YOU DON'T WANT TO FORWARD SOMETHING RELIGIOUS spiel has been around for at least 13 years. Much as he's a douche, Ben Stein had nothing to do with that.
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Bombadilillo posted:Is this verified? I gotta think some of the early Presidents lived in a church loft or something. I am genuinely interested if there is proof of this. I actually don't know. I got it from this interview with Penn Jillette, where he says he got it from NPR, but I don't know when or where NPR would have made that statement, and I can't find it.
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Plom Bar posted:That whole Funny How YOU DON'T WANT TO FORWARD SOMETHING RELIGIOUS spiel has been around for at least 13 years. Much as he's a douche, Ben Stein had nothing to do with that. Not only that, but why would he say that on a news show? "If you're not transcribing and forwarding what I'm saying on air right now, you're not a Christian I guess" Also the whole thing about Dr. Spock's son killing himself is full of poo poo. Nice tactic in trying to say it's ok to hit your kids because a prominent child psychologist/behaviorist who said it wasn't beneficial and was bad for a kids development ended up having his own son commit suicide. Guess that wouldn't have happened if he hit his kid.  Oh wait, his son didn't kill himself. Nice try, assholes.
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Boondock Saint posted:Not only that, but why would he say that on a news show? I also like the lady who said no prayer in schools, so god let her get murdered. That's the kind of god I can get behind.
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For a Jew, Ben Stein is sure awfully enthusiastic about Christianity. So enthusiastic that I think his sole remaining link to Jewishness (apart from some DNA) is the fact that he still wants to be able to say "but I'm not Christian and [fundamentalist Christian hangup under discussion] doesn't bother me!"quote:And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejeweled trees, Christmas trees. I don't feel threatened. I don't feel discriminated against. That's what they are, Christmas trees. Hey, wow, if it isn't pretty much everybody's opinion who isn't a Bill O'Reilly strawman. I've seen a lot of "War on Christmas" bullshit on Facebook and every time I've asked them to show me an example of someone getting in trouble for saying "Christmas" or someone complaining about how the word offended them. No takers so far. Plom Bar posted:Much as he's a douche, Ben Stein had nothing to do with that. drat, that means whoever wrote this actually out-douched the Expelled guy.
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Ferrosol posted:even worse a terrorist who used WMDs on a civilian population(plague is biological warfare right?). God is the terrorist.
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Kosmonaut posted:Hey, wow, if it isn't pretty much everybody's opinion who isn't a Bill O'Reilly strawman. I've seen a lot of "War on Christmas" bullshit on Facebook and every time I've asked them to show me an example of someone getting in trouble for saying "Christmas" or someone complaining about how the word offended them. No takers so far. Yeah, I'm not sure if it is deliberate or if they really can't comprehend the difference between private businesses and churches displaying nativity scenes publicly and the government doing it. But no one gets upset at "that manger scene on the corner" or says "Merry Christmas". No one is trying to ban churches from displaying Christmas symbols during Christmas or to prevent Walmart from saying "Merry Christmas". It always reminds me of that chain email with the line: "You can have pornography on TV or the internet, but you better not put a nativity scene in a public park during Christmas."
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Boondock Saint posted:Ironically enough, my home state's governor (Rhode Island) has started calling Christmas Trees, Holiday Trees at press conferences and such. I think he's just trying to troll people though because he's basically done nothing but piss all over the tea party movement and conservatives for his first year in office (calling for ID's and licenses for illegal immigrants, amnesty to their kids so they can go to college, calling for Marijuana to be declared a Class 2 narcotic/decriminalization). He also called Sarah Palin a whacko before it was cool in the media less than a week after she was picked by McCain to be his running mate. Governor Lincoln "Troll the Tea Party" Chaffee It's hard to not be proud of him sometimes. 
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Strudel Man posted:Uh, that was God, not Moses. Moses was the spotter who lazed the target allowing God to accurately drop the plague strike.
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Sarion posted:It always reminds me of that chain email with the line: "You can have pornography on TV or the internet, but you better not put a nativity scene in a public park during Christmas." Reminds me of a conversation I had recently 
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Shopping centers not playing Christmas carols 24/7 from the day after Thanksgiving until new years is a loving mercy for millions of poor retail working souls who will be slowly driven insane by the thirteen thousandth repeat of "Holly, Jolly Christmas" if they haven't been already.
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Dec 6, 2011 22:27
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Kosmonaut posted:Reminds me of a conversation I had recently "Go tell ten people Merry Christmas and then go tell ten different people Happy Holidays. See who gets offended." That's actually a brilliant idea/argument against this bullshit. Too bad most of the conservatards who hear it will ignore it.
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Boondock Saint posted:"Go tell ten people Merry Christmas and then go tell ten different people Happy Holidays. See who gets offended." Yeah I got the idea when I worked customer service. When I said "merry Christmas" it wasn't a thing but when I tried "happy holidays" I had culture warriors jumping down my throat left and right. Never mind that "merry Christmas" is the one that takes tolerance for me because all I celebrate on the 25th is getting a year older, never mind that taking Christmas music out of stores is an act of loving mercy, refusing to pretend to be Christian is discrimination against Christians. e:f,b on the "loving mercy"
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It seems that nobody ever considers that "Happy Holidays" might refer to New Year's Day as well as Christmas. Instead they get all offended that somebody might be suggesting they enjoy a Jewish holiday or a black holiday. It's so ridiculous to get offended.
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Thenipwax posted:It seems that nobody ever considers that "Happy Holidays" might refer to New Year's Day as well as Christmas. Instead they get all offended that somebody might be suggesting they enjoy a Jewish holiday or a black holiday. It's so ridiculous to get offended. It's just hypocritical and completely lacking self-awareness.
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Chunk posted:It's just hypocritical and completely lacking self-awareness. It's the same idiots that get offended if a company has the audacity to offer support in multiple languages. OH MY GOD! THE PROMPT SAID SAY PRESS 1 FOR ENGLISH! BOYCOTT!!!! HOW DARE THEY HAVE CUSTOMERS THAT DON'T SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE THAT I SPEAK!
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Thenipwax posted:It's the same idiots that get offended if a company has the audacity to offer support in multiple languages. OH MY GOD! THE PROMPT SAID SAY PRESS 1 FOR ENGLISH! BOYCOTT!!!! HOW DARE THEY HAVE CUSTOMERS THAT DON'T SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE THAT I SPEAK! Speaking of that, I can't say I've ever called a phone number that's asked for me to push 1 for English. If anything, it's just asked me to hit something for Spanish, which is really a non-issue for most people.
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Boondock Saint posted:Speaking of that, I can't say I've ever called a phone number that's asked for me to push 1 for English. If anything, it's just asked me to hit something for Spanish, which is really a non-issue for most people. "Push 1 For English" is right up there with "War on Christmas" on the list of poo poo conservatives are REALLY ANGRY about that doesn't actually exist.
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Dominion posted:"Push 1 For English" is right up there with "War on Christmas" on the list of poo poo conservatives are REALLY ANGRY about that doesn't actually exist. Its extra hilarious to point out that "press 1" is a free market driven way for companies to appeal to a broader consumer base. Happy holidays too, is broad appeal to more people. Seasons Greetings doesnt work with that arguement though.
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The "America was founded as a CHRISTIAN NATION" bothers me so much. It expressly wasn't. When they were writing the Constitution they could have easily said "hey guys, we're a Christian nation" instead of having to decipher clues that they may or may not have written in private letters or whatever bullshit people point to. It makes me so changry (wait this isn't tviv is it)
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I get furious when it's the 25th of December and there are people not celebrating the birthday of the most important person to ever live.
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rscott posted:Shopping centers not playing Christmas carols 24/7 from the day after Thanksgiving until new years is a loving mercy for millions of poor retail working souls who will be slowly driven insane by the thirteen thousandth repeat of "Holly, Jolly Christmas" if they haven't been already. This. Christmas music is terrible and tacky and I'd be thrilled if it weren't played everywhere this time of year.
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Z-Magic posted:I get furious when it's the 25th of December and there are people not celebrating the birthday of the most important person to ever live. I was getting ready to be really flattered until I hovered the link 
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Dominion posted:"Push 1 For English" is right up there with "War on Christmas" on the list of poo poo conservatives are REALLY ANGRY about that doesn't actually exist.
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jojoinnit posted:I do have to press one for English for some services and companies but it really is a stupid thing to be upset about. Do you really? I have always heard " GENERIC GREETING Press 2 for Spanish."
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Dr Christmas posted:Plus no one says "Happy __________" for any other holiday on the days leading up to it, let alone for a month in advance. That is a good point. I never heard it put that way.
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Working retail last Christmas I nearly quit solely because of the music. We had a single CD of some really bad covers of Christmas songs. It was torture.
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Bombadilillo posted:Do you really? I have always heard " GENERIC GREETING Press 2 for Spanish."
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jojoinnit posted:I do have to press one for English for some services and companies but it really is a stupid thing to be upset about. I have had a few too. Though in my experience if you do nothing it continues in English after a second or two.
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