Merry Christmas

minnesøtti wrote:
Alan Browne wrote:

Harry Stottle wrote:

What about us Atheists?
Possibly the only sane group of any society, and we never get a mention.

"Merry Christmas" is a good wish to all, it is not "reserved" for believers.


Xmas is a _religious_ holiday, and here is the anecdotical proof:

http://www.king5.com/localnews/stori....11b0d0cc.html

I never said that Christmas was not a religious holiday.

One doesn't reserve greetings like "Merry Christmas" for believing
Christians alone. Or for that matter from believing Christians alone.

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Alan Browne wrote:
minnesøtti wrote:
Alan Browne wrote:

Harry Stottle wrote:

What about us Atheists?
Possibly the only sane group of any society, and we never get a
mention.

"Merry Christmas" is a good wish to all, it is not "reserved" for
believers.


Xmas is a _religious_ holiday, and here is the anecdotical proof:

http://www.king5.com/localnews/stori....11b0d0cc.html


I never said that Christmas was not a religious holiday.

One doesn't reserve greetings like "Merry Christmas" for believing
Christians alone. Or for that matter from believing Christians alone.


If I could just get the believing christians to leave me alone...

"Annika1980" wrote in message
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Happy don't count if you're dead.

So long as I'm happy while I'm alive, I don't care when I die.

Bruce.

So long as I'm happy while I'm alive, I don't care when I die.

I have this vision of arriving in Heaven and God holding out
his hand and smiling, asking "Well, tell me, how did you
enjoy it?"

Me: "I didn't, I was miserable worrying about the oil running
out and public transportation and starving Lemurs and
Mama taking my Kodachrome away and ..."

God: "And after I put all that effort into making the universe
you refused to enjoy it. What an ingrate."

God picks up the phone:

God: "Hey, Luce baby, I have another one who would really be
much happier down there with you. Got any openings?
Good ol' Luce, he always has room for one more."

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"Nicholas O. Lindan" wrote in message
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God: "Hey, Luce baby, I have another one who would really be
much happier down there with you. Got any openings?
Good ol' Luce, he always has room for one more."

And you somehow imagine that I would be happier in Hell? That's truely
bizarre.

Bruce.

"Nicholas O. Lindan" wrote in message
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So long as I'm happy while I'm alive, I don't care when I die.

I have this vision of arriving in Heaven and God holding out
his hand and smiling, asking "Well, tell me, how did you
enjoy it?"

Me: "I didn't, I was miserable worrying about the oil running
out and public transportation and starving Lemurs and
Mama taking my Kodachrome away and ..."

God: "And after I put all that effort into making the universe
you refused to enjoy it. What an ingrate."

God picks up the phone:

God: "Hey, Luce baby, I have another one who would really be
much happier down there with you. Got any openings?
Good ol' Luce, he always has room for one more."


Not a problem for us atheists, we don't believe in the devil either,
which is why these scare stories written to try and make us conform,
will never work.

Harry Stottle wrote:
"Nicholas O. Lindan" wrote in message
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So long as I'm happy while I'm alive, I don't care when I die.

I have this vision of arriving in Heaven and God holding out
his hand and smiling, asking "Well, tell me, how did you
enjoy it?"

Me: "I didn't, I was miserable worrying about the oil running
out and public transportation and starving Lemurs and
Mama taking my Kodachrome away and ..."

God: "And after I put all that effort into making the universe
you refused to enjoy it. What an ingrate."

God picks up the phone:

God: "Hey, Luce baby, I have another one who would really be
much happier down there with you. Got any openings?
Good ol' Luce, he always has room for one more."


Not a problem for us atheists, we don't believe in the devil either,
which is why these scare stories written to try and make us conform,
will never work.

I don't think Hell is a big fire-pit.
I think Hell will be the place where people recognize that they've utterly
missed their opportunity to know God...and are then faced with the reality
of being eternally alone. If there is "knashing of teeth..." I think it
will be due to ultimate lonliness...rather than physical pain or physical
torment.

But who cares what I think...

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(Alan*Browne) wrote:
Everyone, please have a Very Merry
Christmas.

All the best for the New Year, especially
Health, Peace and Happiness.
Alan

Thanks Alan. May 2007 be a blessed and prosperous year for you is my
prayer for you.


Cody,

http://community-2.webtv.net/AnOverc...otographyLinks

(Harry*Stottle) wrote:
Not a problem for us atheists, we don't
believe in the devil

If there is no devil then why would a man walk into a bank, shoot a man
in the back, killing him, and say merry christmas as he leaves. Click
link below for details.
http://www.katv.com/news/stories/1206/382587.html

This man is probably posessed by many devils.


Cody,

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"Mark²" mjmorgan(lowest even number wrote in message
...
Harry Stottle wrote:
"Nicholas O. Lindan" wrote in message
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So long as I'm happy while I'm alive, I don't care when I die.

I have this vision of arriving in Heaven and God holding out
his hand and smiling, asking "Well, tell me, how did you
enjoy it?"

Me: "I didn't, I was miserable worrying about the oil running
out and public transportation and starving Lemurs and
Mama taking my Kodachrome away and ..."

God: "And after I put all that effort into making the universe
you refused to enjoy it. What an ingrate."

God picks up the phone:

God: "Hey, Luce baby, I have another one who would really be
much happier down there with you. Got any openings?
Good ol' Luce, he always has room for one more."


Not a problem for us atheists, we don't believe in the devil either,
which is why these scare stories written to try and make us conform,
will never work.

I don't think Hell is a big fire-pit.
I think Hell will be the place where people recognize that they've
utterly missed their opportunity to know God...and are then faced with
the reality of being eternally alone. If there is "knashing of
teeth..." I think it will be due to ultimate lonliness...rather than
physical pain or physical torment.

But who cares what I think...

I think you are in for a big disappointment.