Doug and Bill thanks for thoughts -as to what they believe there's as we
know pretty scarey stuff in that bible book -like stoning people and
lots of smiting sort of thing and don't talk about graven images or
other gods -a real bummer cheers P old atheistica!!!!
On 28/12/2016 23:37, Douglas Barbour wrote:
> How ‘soppy’? And how not, even these few days? If only they actually followed what they say they believe, that’s what I’d go after first…
>
> Doug
>> On Dec 28, 2016, at 4:00 AM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Yes, hard to break habits, Patrick. Nailing gets in the system. And
>> scourging.
>>
>> Bill
>>
>> On Wed, 28 Dec 2016 at 9:36 PM, Patrick McManus <
>> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>> X
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>>> this time
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>>> of the year
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>>> the Christians
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>>> go all soppy
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>>> about
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>>> baby Jesus
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>>> mangers
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>>> virgin births
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>>> three wise men
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>>> shepherds sheep
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>>> flocks of angels
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>>> sort of thing
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>>> before soon
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>>>
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>>> reverting
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>>> happily back
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>>> to the usual
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>>> day to day
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>>> nailing
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>>> on a cross
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>>> all blooding
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>>> whipping
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>>> crown of thorns
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>>> and scourging
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>>> sort of thing
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>>> /pmcmanus/
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>>> /s077/
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>>> /seasonals to all P/
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>>> //
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>>>
> Douglas Barbour
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> Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuations 2 (UofAPress).
> Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
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> Venerable Optimist
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> He saw the dark as a ragged garment
> spread out to air.
> Through its rents and moth-holes
> the silver light came pouring.
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