Cause it is a time to be creative?
Like the spaghetti monster?
HUH?!!!!!!!
Tell me what you are dishing out here.
Some prime evil or some prime of life sexual fantasies or what? Or carefree and easy does it with my heart people cause I am not one to back off anymore.
I am just going to hope that this was written by someone who has English as a second or perhaps third language, to think that this sort of disjointed vernacular comes from a native speaker is just too depressing.
We’re dishing up spaghetti, what do you expect? I think that sums up my thoughts.
i’ve just gone through most of the hatemail, and it’s all the same arguments over and over again. why doesn’t she/he/it give up and admit defeat now, just to spare a shred of dignity?
god puffaliaz, im with u. im tired of all the fanaticism. i hav a essay to write
I hearby declare to all peoples of this supremely crudulous population that I refuse to accept responsibility for any murders, crusades, persecution, and acts of despotism and barbarity. I blame Jesus. To insult him, Pastafarians conduct secret rituals, such as cooking spaghetti and meatballs for the purpose of consumtion. There Holier-Than-Thou-Ass, you have your explanation.
But the question still remains, is it any smarter than Jar Jar Binks?
Sorry, typo, even demons make mistakes: Cr-e-dulous. Of course, it would never catch that.
“Christmas was a pagan festival (mid-winter or what they used to call it”
Twelve days of Yule!
Druids for the win!!!!
The Origins of Christmas
The origins of Christmas go back to before the time of Christ when many ancient cultures celebrated the changing of the seasons. In the northern hemisphere in Europe, for example, the winter solstice, which was the shortest day of the year, occurs around Dec. 25th. These celebrations were based on the decline of winter. Since during winter animals were penned, people stayed in doors, crops didn’t grow, etc., to know that winter was half over and on its way out was a time of celebration.
In the ancient Roman system of religion, Saturn was the god of agriculture. Each year during the summer, the god Jupiter would force Saturn out of his dominant position in the heavenly realm and the days would begin to shorten. In the temple to Saturn in Rome, the feet of Saturn were then symbolically bound with chains until the winter solstice when the length of days began to increase. It was this winter solstice that was a time of celebration and exchange of gifts as the hardness of winter began to wane and the days grew longer.
December 25th specifically coincided the day of the birth of the sun-god named Phyrgia a culture in the ancient Balkans.
In the Roman Empire, by the time of Christ the winter festival was known as saturnalia. The Roman Church was unable to get rid of saturnalia, so early in the 4th Century, they adopted the holiday and tried to convert it a Christian celebration of the Lord’s birth. They called it the Feast of the Nativity. This custom has been part of western culture ever since.
The Christmas Tree and Mistletoe
One of the symbols of the life found in the celebration of saturnalia, was the use of evergreens. These plants which stayed green all year long, were often used in different cultures as symbols of life and rebirth. They were sometime decorated as a form of worship in some cultures in religious ceremonies dealing with fertility.
Mistletoe was considered a curative plant and was used in many ancient medicine recipes. The Celts even believed that the plant, which is a parasite that lives on trees, contained the soul of the tree it lived on. The Druids used Mistletoe in their religious ceremonies. The Druid priests would cut it up and distribute it to the people who would place the cuttings over the doorways of their homes. This was supposed to protect the dwellers from various forms of evil.