On Dec 25, 1:58*pm, "O.K. Urknext" wrote:
On Dec 25, 10:50*am, " *Sir Gregory Hall, Esq."
wrote:
[...]
--
Gregory Hall

Enjoy your Christmas the way you want. Why get all testy about what
others do?

Charlie

Because. He. Is. A. Troll.
&
That. Is. What. They. Do.

http://afpf.tripod.com/troll.htm

Marian

On Dec 25, 12:50*pm, " Sir Gregory Hall, Esq."
wrote:
Christmas is a celebration of the birth of Christ so what's with this
'merry' crap?

The Online dictionary definition:

mer ry
adj. mer ri er, mer ri est
1. Full of high-spirited gaiety; jolly.
2. Marked by or offering fun and gaiety; festive: a merry evening.
3. Archaic Delightful; entertaining.
4. Brisk: a merry pace.

It seems to me this 'merry' Christmas crap is just another way for
non-believers to take over and *marginalize the true meaning of Christmas.
It seems to me Christ's birth should be celebrated with solemn thanks to our
Lord for giving his only begotten son that those who believe in Him may have
everlasting life.

Getting drunk on spirits and getting bloated on too much food is debauchery.
Is it proper to gives thanks to the Lord's ultimate sacrifice by engaging in
sinful behavior? Making Christmas all about human vices seems to me to be
very antithetical, blasphemous and sinful and no way to get to Heaven.

--
Gregory Hall

You should be very glad you weren't around to celebrate Christmas like
they did in the middle ages.

On Dec 27, 2:41*am, dedicated lurker
wrote:
On Dec 25, 12:50*pm, " *Sir Gregory Hall, Esq."
wrote:





Christmas is a celebration of the birth of Christ so what's with this
'merry' crap?

The Online dictionary definition:

mer ry
adj. mer ri er, mer ri est
1. Full of high-spirited gaiety; jolly.
2. Marked by or offering fun and gaiety; festive: a merry evening.
3. Archaic Delightful; entertaining.
4. Brisk: a merry pace.

It seems to me this 'merry' Christmas crap is just another way for
non-believers to take over and *marginalize the true meaning of Christmas.
It seems to me Christ's birth should be celebrated with solemn thanks to our
Lord for giving his only begotten son that those who believe in Him may have
everlasting life.

Getting drunk on spirits and getting bloated on too much food is debauchery.
Is it proper to gives thanks to the Lord's ultimate sacrifice by engaging in
sinful behavior? Making Christmas all about human vices seems to me to be
very antithetical, blasphemous and sinful and no way to get to Heaven.

--
Gregory Hall

You should be very glad you weren't around to celebrate Christmas like
they did in the middle ages.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Or when the puritans held sway.

On Dec 26, 5:45*pm, Marian wrote:
On Dec 25, 1:58*pm, "O.K. Urknext" wrote:

On Dec 25, 10:50*am, " *Sir Gregory Hall, Esq."
wrote:
[...]
--
Gregory Hall

Enjoy your Christmas the way you want. Why get all testy about what
others do?

Charlie

Because. He. Is. A. Troll.
* * * * * * * * &
That. Is. What. They. Do.

http://afpf.tripod.com/troll.htm

Marian

You'll have to talk to Dalin "the enabler". I know he is a troll.

Merry Christmas (a little late) Marian.

Charlie

On Dec 27, 4:07*am, "O.K. Urknext" wrote:
On Dec 26, 5:45*pm, Marian wrote:





On Dec 25, 1:58*pm, "O.K. Urknext" wrote:

On Dec 25, 10:50*am, " *Sir Gregory Hall, Esq."
wrote:
[...]
--
Gregory Hall

Enjoy your Christmas the way you want. Why get all testy about what
others do?

Charlie

Because. He. Is. A. Troll.
* * * * * * * * &
That. Is. What. They. Do.

http://afpf.tripod.com/troll.htm

Marian

You'll have to talk to Dalin "the enabler". I know he is a troll.

Merry Christmas (a little late) Marian.

Charlie- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Does he work for Chrysoprase, he uses enablers. Dibbler told me,
Granite and Flint work for Chrysoprase, but Commander Vimes of the
City Watch seems to think that Flint is a watchman now. And he does
spend a lot of time with Detritus.

On Dec 25, 9:50*am, " Sir Gregory Hall, Esq."
wrote:
Christmas is a celebration of the birth of Christ so what's with this
'merry' crap?

The Online dictionary definition:

mer ry
adj. mer ri er, mer ri est
1. Full of high-spirited gaiety; jolly.
2. Marked by or offering fun and gaiety; festive: a merry evening.
3. Archaic Delightful; entertaining.
4. Brisk: a merry pace.

It seems to me this 'merry' Christmas crap is just another way for
non-believers to take over and *marginalize the true meaning of Christmas.
It seems to me Christ's birth should be celebrated with solemn thanks to our
Lord for giving his only begotten son that those who believe in Him may have
everlasting life.

Getting drunk on spirits and getting bloated on too much food is debauchery.
Is it proper to gives thanks to the Lord's ultimate sacrifice by engaging in
sinful behavior? Making Christmas all about human vices seems to me to be
very antithetical, blasphemous and sinful and no way to get to Heaven.

--
Gregory Hall

One would imagine your childhood Christmas time was pretty bleak.
Christmas is a great time for children, more so than adults.
Overanalyizing Christmas robs the simple joy that Christmas is for
children. Sorry yours was ****ty...

Sir Gregory Hall, Esq. wrote:
"Sherkaner Underhill" wrote in message
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On Sat, 25 Dec 2010 15:58:34 -0500, " Sir Gregory Hall, Esq."
wrote:

"seymore" wrote in message
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oh, **** you, Gregory! The expression is old as dirt! In other parts
of the world "merry" is substituted by the word "happy". The meaning
is the same for Christians. why would they *not* be merry or happy
that the savior was born? huh?


You missed the point. "Merry Christmas" is the preferred, non-believer,
politically correct greeting that marginalizes the true purpose of
Christmas
which is celebrating the birth of the Christ. How about 'Joyous Christmas'
or better yet. 'Holy Christmas'.
That sounds like a dine idea and I hope you enjoy your push to put the
christian back into christianity. You plan to lead by example?

I am leading by example.

Do you think the non-believers would ever accept and say those greetings?
Why are you so interested in controlling what other people are doing
and saying?

Negative, I am saying that, as a Christian, I am tasked with not allowing my
religion to be secularized, liberalized and *******ized by accepting the
language the anti-religious or non-religious use to usurp and marginalize my
religion.

Tasked by whom, Greg?

--

Greg's wrong guesses so far:

Aratzio
Spooge
MAABOF
Vince
Deco
Mike/Bill (?)
Johnny Dollar

Sir Gregory Hall, Esq. wrote:
"BigBadBubba" wrote in message
...
" Sir Gregory Hall, Esq." wrote in message
...

Christmas is a celebration of the birth of Christ so what's with this
'merry' crap?

The Online dictionary definition:

mer·ry
adj. mer·ri·er, mer·ri·est
1. Full of high-spirited gaiety; jolly.
2. Marked by or offering fun and gaiety; festive: a merry evening.
3. Archaic Delightful; entertaining.
4. Brisk: a merry pace.


It seems to me this 'merry' Christmas crap is just another way for
non-believers to take over and marginalize the true meaning of
Christmas. It seems to me Christ's birth should be celebrated with solemn
thanks to our Lord for giving his only begotten son that those who
believe in Him may have everlasting life.

Getting drunk on spirits and getting bloated on too much food is
debauchery. Is it proper to gives thanks to the Lord's ultimate sacrifice
by engaging in sinful behavior? Making Christmas all about human vices
seems to me to be very antithetical, blasphemous and sinful and no way to
get to Heaven.


You just HATE Christmas.


I hate the secular version of Christmas because it disrespects my religion.

Does calling women "kunts" venerate your religion, Greg?

Santa Claus is held in higher esteem than my Lord and that sticks in my
craw.

As evidenced by all the churchs to Santa. Right.

--

Greg's wrong guesses so far:

Aratzio
Spooge
MAABOF
Vince
Deco
Mike/Bill (?)
Johnny Dollar

Sherkaner Underhill wrote:
On Sun, 26 Dec 2010 14:53:06 -0500, " Sir Gregory Hall, Esq."
wrote:

"husk" wrote in message
...
On Dec 26, 10:04 am, " Sir Gregory Hall, Esq."
wrote:

Negative, I am saying that, as a Christian, I am tasked with not allowing
my
religion to be secularized, liberalized and *******ized by accepting the
language the anti-religious or non-religious use to usurp and marginalize
my
religion.

--
Gregory Hall
Maybe I live in a different culture than you do Greg, but where I live
Christian are fighting to maintain the Merry Christmas greeting. Go
to a grocery or departent store, run by a big chain, and one does not
hear a Merry Christmas greeting from the staff. Even when you give
them a Merry Christmas and they attend the same church as you, they
are reluctant to respond back the same due to pressure from their
bosses to be PC. I have talked to Jews and Muslims on this matter
and they are not offended by the Merry Christmas greeting as in their
opinion it is polite to wish someone of another religion merriment in
their religious celebrations, just as I will wish Happy Hanakah , or
Happy Eid to Jews and Muslims. What is wrong is the exclusion of any
mention of the beliefs of others in secular society. It is only
polite to offer another good wishes on the eve of their religious
occasion. We shouldn't take offence when offered such greeting and we
shouldn't feel uncomfortable in giving the greeting.

The words of the greeting matter not unless the words are an attempt
at nutralizing the religion in the event. Since the word "Christmas"
is in "Merry Christmas" and Holy is in "Happy Holidays", one should
not get all wrapped up in the meaning each individual takes. If you
say Happy Holidays, or Merry Christmas to me I interpret that as a
religious greeting. It matters not that the sender or the greeting
may not, it is how it is interpretted that matters.

What upsets me is when corporations deny their employees the right to
say , "Merry Christmas." One should not take offence to being wished
Merry Christmas any more than if I were mistaken for a Jew and be
wished Happy Hanakah.





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But the word they are trying to suppress is not the word, merry. It is the
word Christmas because Christmas is a religious-based word. I can guarantee
if people went around saying, "Satanic Salutations" these anti-religious
liberals would be ALL FOR that. There would be NO mention of trying to
suppress that expression in public. There would be no mention of separation
of church and state.

See the difference? The agenda is to mock and belittle Christianity.

With a spokesman such as yourself there is no need for an "agenda".
There is no need to "mock and belittle Christianity", people just
observe you and say "Jesus Tap Dancing Christ! I don't want to end up
like that guy'.

Greg is the kind of "Christian" that gives Christianity a bad name.

--

Greg's wrong guesses so far:

Aratzio
Spooge
MAABOF
Vince
Deco
Mike/Bill (?)
Johnny Dollar

husk wrote:
On Dec 26, 2:53 pm, " Sir Gregory Hall, Esq."
wrote:
"husk" wrote in message

...
On Dec 26, 10:04 am, " Sir Gregory Hall, Esq."
wrote:

Negative, I am saying that, as a Christian, I am tasked with not allowing
my
religion to be secularized, liberalized and *******ized by accepting the
language the anti-religious or non-religious use to usurp and marginalize
my
religion.
--
Gregory Hall
Maybe I live in a different culture than you do Greg, but where I live
Christian are fighting to maintain the Merry Christmas greeting. Go
to a grocery or departent store, run by a big chain, and one does not
hear a Merry Christmas greeting from the staff. Even when you give
them a Merry Christmas and they attend the same church as you, they
are reluctant to respond back the same due to pressure from their
bosses to be PC. I have talked to Jews and Muslims on this matter
and they are not offended by the Merry Christmas greeting as in their
opinion it is polite to wish someone of another religion merriment in
their religious celebrations, just as I will wish Happy Hanakah , or
Happy Eid to Jews and Muslims. What is wrong is the exclusion of any
mention of the beliefs of others in secular society. It is only
polite to offer another good wishes on the eve of their religious
occasion. We shouldn't take offence when offered such greeting and we
shouldn't feel uncomfortable in giving the greeting.

The words of the greeting matter not unless the words are an attempt
at nutralizing the religion in the event. Since the word "Christmas"
is in "Merry Christmas" and Holy is in "Happy Holidays", one should
not get all wrapped up in the meaning each individual takes. If you
say Happy Holidays, or Merry Christmas to me I interpret that as a
religious greeting. It matters not that the sender or the greeting
may not, it is how it is interpretted that matters.

What upsets me is when corporations deny their employees the right to
say , "Merry Christmas." One should not take offence to being wished
Merry Christmas any more than if I were mistaken for a Jew and be
wished Happy Hanakah.

=================[REPLY]=====================

But the word they are trying to suppress is not the word, merry. It is the
word Christmas because Christmas is a religious-based word. I can guarantee
if people went around saying, "Satanic Salutations" these anti-religious
liberals would be ALL FOR that. There would be NO mention of trying to
suppress that expression in public. There would be no mention of separation
of church and state.

See the difference? The agenda is to mock and belittle Christianity. The
word 'merry' accomplishes that purpose in the eyes of the anti-religious.
Therefore, Christians should not fall into their trap which marginalizes
Christianity. As Christians, we should reply to any "merry Christmas
salutation with something like, "Holy Christmas" or "Blessed Christmas."
This would demonstrate that a 'merry Christmas' is a less than satisfactory
expression as to the real meaning of Christmas.

--
Gregory Hall

My argument is the mocking of Christ only makes him stronger.

He needs us not to fight his battles. He needs us to be generous with
our money, our time, our labour and our heart. That alone will aid
him in more ways than fighting the secularists.

That's closer to the real goal of Christianity than anything Greg claims
to do or believe. Greg is all about using moral rectitude as a cover
for his own flaws.

--

Greg's wrong guesses so far:

Aratzio
Spooge
MAABOF
Vince
Deco
Mike/Bill (?)
Johnny Dollar