Nobody celebrates X-Mas.
Sure plenty of people do......
Nobody celebrates X-Mas.
I don't care what people celebrate this time of year....I'm just glad they do. As a Christian I don't celebrate Christmas as Christ's birthday...I know it is a hijacked date and celebration. The Bible doesn't tell me to celebrate/remember His birth anyway. I won't condemn someone doing it though...not will I condemn Kwanza or Hanukah. I love this time of year. Made fudge, divinity and pecan caramel last night .... Brought some to the elementary teachers today. Will package & take the rest with some fruit around to the old folks in my town later this week. Fun stuff...to me anyway.
Actually, Again, September isn't a better estimate than December.
And again, the early Church converted pagans to save their souls. Kwanza was invented to make dough for the founder who invented it. It also was created to encourage racism, as the founder was racist.
Actually, again, September is determined using biblical passages and known dates. So it is, in fact, a better estimate. Because there is no evidence at all of December being the date of the birth of Jesus.
And whether the originator of Kwanza started out to make money or to fulfill a need of a displaced people is not relevant. It does, in fact, fulfill a need for a holiday for a displaced people.
Your continued condemnation of the holiday, while ignoring the facts about the Xmas holiday shows your own hypocrisy.
The September date is no better than the April Estimate; December is right in the middle of both.
Kwanzaa wasn't created to fill the needs of displaced people, but to separate them from whites.
And the December celebration of the birth of Jesus was created to let pagans continue to have their holidays. Right in the middle?? LMAO! You actually use that as justification? I have seen estimates for April, July and sept. Now you say its "right in the middle"?
Your projection of the "intent" of Kwanza is amusing.
No they don't. What do they say?Sure plenty of people do......
That puts his BMI at 45, morbidly obese, and explains much.
Not for the average bloke. Like anything else that's a generalization of a complex system, its a rough indicator.BMI is horribly inaccurate.
No they don't. What do they say?
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Excellent. I hope the discussion didn't range into the "evils" of Buddhism as it would have in so many churches, but it doesn't appear that it did.Hey Damo, we had a really good discussion in class at church last night on Buddism and other world religions. I was pleased to see many of the folks were well informed. It helped that several in the congregation know some Buddists...gives them a frame of reference.
I'm still stunned and usually laugh at the people who think that Buddhists worship Buddha.Yes, it was a very good, positive discussion. I love stuff like that. Makes the 45 minute class seem like 10 minutes.