Comments on: earth day = global warming propaganda

By: brown

brown — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:50:37 +0000

no, but christian holidays were manufactured as well. just as you blast kwanzaa for being “made up”, so is easter. everything has an origin. why not question the political motivations of those who decided to overlay pagan celebrations with christian ones? i know, i know, that was sooooo long ago that it doesn’t count. just like slavery.

By: nemov

nemov — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 01:22:28 +0000

So Kwanzaa and Earth Day are older than Christmas and Easter? Who knew?

By: brown

brown — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:12:05 +0000

“Every solstice the godless must have their own days to counteract the religious ones”.
The implication here is that the “Christian” versions of these celebrations came first. I know you want to view your religion in absolutist terms (how can you not?) but there was a belief system before it, and conversion may have been more like absorbtion than we are willing to admit.

By: club soda

club soda — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:04:26 +0000

I suppose if my post had taken place 2,000 years ago, your reply to it would actually have made sense. In this context, as per usual, it does not, but thanks for playing.

By: brown

brown — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 17:31:39 +0000

i know you’re not big on history, but you really think christianity came before the solstice celebrations?
talk about the invention of tradition.

By: nemov

nemov — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 16:41:49 +0000

I love this part…
Meanwhile, there’s this super-hot burning orb dominating our daytime sky that accounts for 98.6 percent of the solar system’s entire mass that sits idly by, wondering why it can’t get any press despite its best efforts.
Perhaps the Sun needs a new press agent?