Tag: history
member name: Paul R
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July 31, 2007 01:56 PM EDT --
Here is my Objection to the Bible.
I think its a good guide..(read: Some Good Advice) But so it "Always Eat your veggies" Ect.
But I do not think it was ever meant to be an oracle.
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December 06, 2008 09:39 PM EST --
I saw this posted up else where;
"Why do people take Chist out of Christmas anyways? think 2 of the reasons are (1)there scared they will affend people but dont realize that you are affending . . .
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January 05, 2009 09:02 PM EST --
I realize what I am about to say may be controversial. People take this conflict very seriously, and have strong feelings one way or the other. In some ways this conflict has been going on for 10,000 . . .
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December 04, 2008 07:34 PM EST --
The following is a continuation of my Winter Holiday Essay Series: "Christmas: Yule, Saturnalia, Winter Solstice; What's the deal?"
For earlier Posts here is the links:
Christmas: . . .
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December 08, 2008 12:19 AM EST --
So, I recently saw an article in which a fellow Gather user copy and pasted up a pretty neat story. A story in which it encourages people to "teach" the little children of the world what the . . .
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November 05, 2009 09:05 PM EST --
It's a 'Christmas' Tree in Kentucky Again!
http://www.wsaz.com/newskentucky/headlines/69286832.html
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A spokeswoman for Gov. Steve Beshear says he's calling the tall decorated . . .
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September 19, 2008 05:13 AM EDT --
The attacks started on September 7th and lasted five day's it ended on September 11th....
1857.
Sorry y'all watching a special about this now on the . . .
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December 10, 2008 10:58 AM EST --
So, I've been thinking a lot lately, and doing alot of writing about Christmas and the Winter Holidays in general...its become a motif of late for me....and I came upon pondering about Santa Claus. . . .
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December 16, 2008 01:12 PM EST --
CHRISTMAS BECOMES AMERICANIZED! AND SANTA CLAUS IS BORN!
( Okay so I'm posting this one up a wee bit early, but I finished it and was so excited that I couldn't wait to share it . . .
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December 23, 2008 02:00 PM EST --
I am very proud of the work I've put into my Series on the Winter Holidays.
I know the holidays are almost over, However, I figured I'd make a quick reference guide for easy access. For those . . .
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November 18, 2008 04:11 PM EST --
The Following is the first installment of my Christmastime/ Winter Holiday essay. I am focusing on Christmas with an emphasis on the Neo-Pagan observance of The Winter Solsitice and the Old European . . .
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November 18, 2008 06:53 PM EST --
This is the second part installment of my series on the history, rituals, customs, and myths surrounding the Winter Holiday Season, more specifically The Winter Solstice and the Ancient and Modern day . . .
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November 19, 2008 10:30 PM EST --
For Those of you following along in this series Hooray for you!
For Those of you that aren't here are the links to the first two articles;
Christmas: Yule, Saturnalia, Winter Solstice; What's . . .
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December 15, 2008 07:49 PM EST --
Christmas: Yule, Saturnalia, Winter Solstice; What's the deal? - (Part 5 - V)
NO CHRISTMAS FOR YOU!
This is part five in my Winter holiday essay series, part six if you count my brief . . .
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November 23, 2008 08:41 AM EST --
I was recently in a discussion here on Gather, by another poster, in which the idea and question of why people get Offended when the term "Christian Mythology" is Used: Christian Mythology . . .
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December 21, 2008 12:23 PM EST --
So We'll make this a part 7 of my Winter holiday series:
I posted up information earlier on in the series ( link. ) about the Northern European/Germanic YULE celebration, It was celebrated . . .
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May 17, 2009 08:55 AM EDT --
An E-mail I sent to the "comments" section for the website of my Local Movie Cinema:
I was Disappointed to see that Angels and Demons (which debut Friday) was not being shown at my local . . .
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May 23, 2008 04:51 AM EDT --
Today, er' well yesterday rather, I took a little field trip to Chillicothe, OH. Chillicothe is a very historical rich area, it was home to the first state capital, before being moved to Zainesville, . . .
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September 08, 2008 11:42 PM EDT --
My Open Letter to the Eclectic Pagan Community ;
First let me start out by saying this is not an attack on your beliefs, I am a firm believer in religious freedom and the ability to express said . . .
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