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Wishing Happy Christmas 'Could Be An Obscenity' Warns Bishop [Time For Anglicans To Quit]
Telegraph(UK) ^
| November 28th 2009
Posted on 11/27/2009 6:22:54 PM PST by Steelfish
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posted on
11/27/2009 6:22:55 PM PST
by
Steelfish
To: Steelfish
i thought it was MERRY Christmas and Happy NewYear...
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posted on
11/27/2009 6:25:18 PM PST
by
Chode
(American Hedonist *DTOM* -ww- I AM JIM THOMPSON!)
To: Steelfish
Another flake who wants his 15 minutes.
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posted on
11/27/2009 6:27:05 PM PST
by
Steely Tom
(Obama goes on long after the thrill of Obama is gone)
To: Steelfish
Does this Bishop even own a Bible? Has he ever read it?
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posted on
11/27/2009 6:27:22 PM PST
by
hometoroost
(Al Gore may not have invented the Internet but he did help invent Global Warming.)
To: Steelfish
To: Steelfish
"Writing in the monthly Derby diocese newsletter, he said: "This is the 'Happy Christmas' month. Yet to many that greeting will be hollow, coming as an insult, or even an obscenity.""Oh brother. Where do these people come from? Everone knows we say 'Merry Christmas!'
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posted on
11/27/2009 6:29:01 PM PST
by
americanophile
(Sarcasm: satirical wit depending for its effect on bitter, caustic, and often ironic language.)
To: Steelfish
"How do you wish 'Happy Christmas' to a community in the Indian Ocean who can probably count on the fingers of a couple of hands the number of Christmases they will see before their home disappears under water, victim to global warming?I like this one the best! Maybe like the prime minister of the Maldives, they can have Christmas dinner underwater. "Bishops" this obtuse really do hurt the church. What person would lower himself to grant credibility to such a dunce?
To: Steelfish
Oh Good Grief. We aren't supposed to say ‘Merry Christmas’ because it might cause pain to someone who has experienced a recent tragedy? Oh Well. At least Christmas is a seasonal thing. Not like those folks that say ‘Have a nice day’. They cause people pain year around.
What a crock.
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posted on
11/27/2009 6:31:54 PM PST
by
goldfinch
To: Steelfish
Maybe, the soldier will have everlasting life, because of the Virgin Birth and Our Lord and Savior coming to earth to suffer and die for us and open the gates of heaven.
Maybe we can be happy, in spite of war, disease and poverty.
If we can't, then no generation is entitled to, by way of the Bishop's reasoning!
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posted on
11/27/2009 6:33:10 PM PST
by
mckenzie7
(I am a European American! Silly me. I never realized that before! Thanks, oh great unifier!)
To: Steelfish
Man, I hope I have the chance to wish this liberal Jack-A a ‘Happy Christmas’ before global warming burns his self-righteous butt to ashes.
But, hey... that’s just me.
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posted on
11/27/2009 6:34:26 PM PST
by
Gordon Greene
(www.fracturedrepublic.com - Evo's place much faith in something for which there is no proof. Crazy!)
To: Steelfish
Where did this Bishop come from?? And it's Merry Christmas. Many good deeds are done in the name of have a Merry Christmas.
Get with it!!
To: Steelfish
Can’t be anything more obscene than rejoicing in the birth of our Savior, right? After all, Scripture DOES command us to meet God’s blessings with bitterness. /s
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posted on
11/27/2009 6:39:04 PM PST
by
Julia H.
(Freedom of speech and freedom from criticism are mutually exclusive.)
To: Steelfish
Oh! So sorry . . . How is this then?
“Have a squalid, blighted, grim, wretched and utterly meaningless ‘holiday season’ then, Reverend Southern.”
Hey! Wait a minute! Why am I calling someone ‘reverend’ when he could be an utter and absolute dork?
GET A LIFE YOU IMBECILE!
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posted on
11/27/2009 6:39:55 PM PST
by
Psalm 144
(What did you think NEW WORLD ORDER meant? The Constitution? States' rights? Individual liberty?)
To: Sacajaweau
In Britan it is Happy Christmas.
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posted on
11/27/2009 6:40:50 PM PST
by
Chickensoup
(We have the government we deserve.)
To: Steelfish
What an idiot! We wish each other a Merry Christmas to commemorate the Birth of Christ! The JOY we anticipate has to come from within, not be controlled by political correctness, climate change, or the economic situation! Hasn’t this Scrooge ever read “A Christmas Carol” or seen “It’s A Wonderful Life” for Heaven Sakes?? What’s WRONG with that guy? I am sure glad I don’t go to HIS church! Crikey!/rant off
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posted on
11/27/2009 6:41:08 PM PST
by
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Mother Church has lost it, it would seem. Sad.
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posted on
11/27/2009 6:41:42 PM PST
by
sionnsar
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To: Steelfish
Hey pal, Merry christmas, and if that worries ya then that’s your problem.
Merry Christmas.
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posted on
11/27/2009 6:42:17 PM PST
by
Joe Boucher
(This marxist punk has got to go.)
To: Steelfish
Well okay then, never mind God’d message to us through Christ. Just nurse your wounds and resentments. A happy and full life must surely follow.
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posted on
11/27/2009 6:43:29 PM PST
by
Bahbah
(Only dead fish go with the flow)
To: Steelfish
PS:
Dear ‘Bishop’,
There is this quaint, archaic old book you might want to open some time. Here is one part of it that might apply to your recent thought, if I may so abuse the word ‘thought’.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
“Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.”
Maranatha!
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posted on
11/27/2009 6:47:38 PM PST
by
Psalm 144
(What did you think NEW WORLD ORDER meant? The Constitution? States' rights? Individual liberty?)
To: Chickensoup
Has it always been that way....because I have some books that IIRC, say otherwise.
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