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On Fri, 26 Nov 2010 18:58:28 -0600, Man_of_Mind
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On 11/26/2010 5:46 PM, Shall not be infringed wrote:
On Nov 25, 12:40 pm, Curly Surmudgeon wrote:
On Thu, 25 Nov 2010 12:21:50 -0500, Frank wrote:
On 11/25/2010 11:39 AM, Shall not be infringed wrote:
On Nov 25, 11:02 am, Deep Dudu wrote:
On Thu, 25 Nov 2010 07:14:13 -0800 (PST), Shall not be infringed wrote:
...is thanking God. The Pilgrims did it; we do it.

Actually, the Pilgrams would have starved to death if the native
Americans hadn't brought them food. Then they killed them.

So, doodoo, are you celebrating Thanksgiving or not?

Hear he's going over to Angelina Jolie's.

Voices in your head again?


What are you doing here, atheist? This holiday is for people of faith.


Nope, that's entirely a "christian" myth..

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/...anksgiving-Day

--It was adapted from pagan culture in Europe..


I see nothing in your cite about pagan culture in Europe.
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On Fri, 26 Nov 2010 23:56:45 -0600, Don Foreman
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On Fri, 26 Nov 2010 18:58:28 -0600, Man_of_Mind
wrote:

On 11/26/2010 5:46 PM, Shall not be infringed wrote:
On Nov 25, 12:40 pm, Curly Surmudgeon wrote:
On Thu, 25 Nov 2010 12:21:50 -0500, Frank wrote:
On 11/25/2010 11:39 AM, Shall not be infringed wrote:
On Nov 25, 11:02 am, Deep Dudu wrote:
On Thu, 25 Nov 2010 07:14:13 -0800 (PST), Shall not be infringed wrote:
...is thanking God. The Pilgrims did it; we do it.

Actually, the Pilgrams would have starved to death if the native
Americans hadn't brought them food. Then they killed them.

So, doodoo, are you celebrating Thanksgiving or not?

Hear he's going over to Angelina Jolie's.

Voices in your head again?

What are you doing here, atheist? This holiday is for people of faith.


Nope, that's entirely a "christian" myth..

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/...anksgiving-Day

--It was adapted from pagan culture in Europe..


I see nothing in your cite about pagan culture in Europe.


I never heard that about Thanksgiving, but Christmas was definitely a
Christian renaming of a pagan festival, Yule or Sol Invictus (winter
solstice.)

Me? I'm just there for the eats!

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