JESUS

[Anne Jackson]

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[Steve Firth]

Christians tend to let all the facts blow past. Just about every site of Christian worship of any antiquity has been created by taking over a pre-existing religious site or shrine. There are even references to the process in their own holy book, such as Paul attempting to take over the shrine of Diana at Ephesus in the name of his new religion.

In the UK, the very first churches were deliberately built on top of existing temples.

And almost every religious festival celebrated by the various churches (Christmas, Easter, All Souls etc) are simply inherited pre-Christian festivals. If they can stand to face it, their most significant observance, Easter, is a combination of the Jewish Passover with the north European Oestre.

Still if anyone objected in the past to this takeover the Christians could always impale them on stakes, stone them to death, flay them alive, burn them at the stake and so on in their attempts to get their religion of harmony and brotherly love accepted by all

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember [e-mail] saying something like:

I have never questioned the existence of the Holy Mickey.

Yup, 10-4 old fruit. The bastard is a Mouseist.

Blessing of the Walt be upon ye.

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "Mary Fisher" saying something like:

Priceless. Pagans, I think, are the ones who should be offended at having their festivals hijacked by the christians.

[The Natural Philosopher]

Yea, but after a few centuries of being burnt at the stake, they learnt to keep their mouths shut.

Now if only public proselytizing of *any* religion was punishable by that, we could all have some peace..;-)

Anyone who thinks its a crime to have an abortion,. should be forced to foster all the unwanted children

Anyone who thinks that a martyr's death takes them straight to heaven, should be instantly crucified.

Anyone who believes in miracles should be dropped out of a plane at

10,000 feet without a parachute.

Then let Darwin take his course..

[John Stumbles]

OK. Anybody got any suggestions how to go about building a cross?

[Dave Plowman (News)]

There's one that is the simplicity of true DIY on a church at the Oval, South London. Just two suitable size crossed fluorescent fittings.

[geraldthehamster]

Can you be more specific? Are you proposing to build in steel or timber? Is it to be load-bearing? Have any of your neighbours' applications for crosses been approved?

Regards Richard

[Mark]

and will you be able to see my house from it?

mark

[The Medway Handyman]

I'll get me coat...........

[Andy Hall]

Is your name Peter?

[The Natural Philosopher]

Nah..you can definitely stay. That was rottenly funny.

[Andrew Gabriel]

Like this?

[John Stumbles]

I'm sure The Nazareth Handyman (tm) would do the job properly

[John Stumbles]

[Man at B&Q]

Just so long as he doesn't advertise the fact.

MBQ

[RobertL]

As someone said: "in a world without religion, good people would do good and evil people would do evil. but for good people to do evil, that takes religion".

Robert

[geoff]

What have you never seen the cartoon ?

[The Natural Philosopher]

I had, but had forgotten it..