RE: Holiday Greetings
Now you see what you've done Art? :-) You've even upset some of the cluckers* ... Did you forget to mention the fact that the Eastern Orthodox (Greek and I believe Russian) celebrate X-mas a week or so later? (Hey! What do I know, my degree was in engineering and not religious studies.) Or the pagan religions that celebrate the winter solstice? C'mon, in the spirit of things, can't we all just get along? -G *Cluckers is slang for crackheads. Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2008 15:34:34 -0500 From: art.kagel@gmail.com To: informix-list@iiug.org Subject: Re: Holiday Greetings First: If the man existed (and that's not to say that I believe that he did not) Yehoshua son of Yoseph and Miryam was not a king, nor did anyone crown him ('cristos' is Greek for crowned), and I do not believe that he was the messiah. So, no I would not use the name "Christ" when referring to the "man of Galilee", though I will usually allow that using the Latin version of his name is OK with me. Neither do I normally use the word Christmas preferring rather to use Xmas. As far as why I did not just wish those who celebrate it "Merry Christmas"... I did so last year. Wishing everyone a Merry Xmas and/or Happy Chanukah. The result of that was a three day discussion on this list about my having left out Kwanza and besides that having insulted the worlds Atheists, Budhists, Moslems, Hindus, Seiks, etc. I guess, to paraphrase Lincoln, you can't please all the people all the time. I tried. Get over it. FYI Daniel, I am ABSOLUTELY positive that Jesus of Nasaruth NEVER said Merry Christmas either! Art On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 2:27 PM, DA Morgan <damorgan@psoug.org> wrote: Obnoxio The Clown wrote: > Captain Pedantic wrote: >> "Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@serendipita.com> wrote in message >> news:mailman.83.1230204817.1831.informix-list@iiug.org... >>> Captain Pedantic wrote: >>>> "InDeep" <indeep@indeep.com> wrote in message >>>> news:4952ef34$0$5678$6c36adad@news.usenetserver.com... >>>>> Art Kagel wrote: >>>>>> To the entire Informix community: >>>>>> >>>>>> Happiest of holidays to you all, whatever and however you >>>>>> celebrate. If you don't celebrate any special holiday this time of >>>>>> year, then just enjoy the weather! ;-) >>>>>> >>>>>> And to all: A good year! >>>>>> >>>>>> Art >>>>>> >>>>> Happy Holidays Art! >>>> For my own interest's sake, why not simply, "Happy Christmas"? >>> I know he hides it well, but Art is actually Jewish. >> >> :-) >> I'm sure that doesn't stop someone wishing others a Merry Christmas >> though. >> Does it ...? > > If you're a Jew, how can you believe in the Christ? And therefore it is > hypocritical to wish someone Merry Christ-mas. Working hard to earn your self-anointed title eh. Last time I checked ... Jesus Christ was a Jew. By your definition, he too, couldn't say Merry Christmas. Whereas, it appears, someone whose primary means of communication is schoolyard obscenity can. What a world. -- Daniel A. Morgan _______________________________________________ Informix-list mailing list Informix-list@iiug.org http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list -- Art S. Kagel Oninit (www.oninit.com) IIUG Board of Directors (art@iiug.org) Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions and do not reflect on my employer, Oninit, the IIUG, nor any other organization with which I am associated either explicitly or implicitly. Neither do those opinions reflect those of other individuals affiliated with any entity with which I am affiliated nor those of the entities themselves. _________________________________________________________________ Send e-mail anywhere. No map, no compass. http://windowslive.com/oneline/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_anywhere_122008
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