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Grown2Hate

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Fri Dec-09-05 08:38 PM
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28. Yeah, that's about ALL they celebrated...

...we were told that just about EVERYTHING (xmas, halloween, even easter, birthdays) had "pagan origins" which was, well, true. But I hardly see the harm now. Pagan=evil to them. I think the argument against birthdays was that only two were mentioned in the bible, and in each someone faithful to god was killed (John the Baptist beheaded as a birthday gift in one), or they were generally presented in a negative light. As much as I vehemently disagree with nearly all of their positions (hell, I'm an atheist now), I can still explain just about all of it. It's irritating, but useful sometimes.

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