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Foto Friday - X is for Politically Incorrect X-ianity Chocolates I sent my Adult Sons Baskets AFTER Easter to take advantage of the After the Holiday Sales. There were PEEPS for Ten Cents a box. I remember a time when they cost that much even before the AFTER the Holiday Sale. I traded days with another Cashier because she REALLY wanted that Holiday off. I was told by a customer that I was disrespectful of X-ianity because I opted to work that day. WHATEVER!!!! The last of the Candy was the X-ianity Chocolates. I bought three of them at Seventy Percent Off. I gave one to my ex-husband, one to my younger and the third one to my 's friend. I call him my unofficial black . He took one look at the Candy and started singing "Halaluja! I am inspired. My younger took one look at it and gave his to my ex-husband who ate both of them. There is a common misconception that the word Xmas is a secular attempt to remove the religious tradition from Christmas by taking the "Christ" out of "Christmas". Xmas" is a common abbreviation of the word "Christmas". It is sometimes pronounced /ˈɛksməs/, but it, and variants such as "Xtemass", originated as handwriting abbreviations for the typical pronunciation /ˈkrɪsməs/. The "-mas" part is from the Latin-derived Old English word for "Mass", while the "X" comes from the Greek letter Chi, which is the first letter of the Greek word Χριστός, translated as "Christ". per gOOgle Research Nevertheless, I Don't have Christian Beliefs. A Belief is something that is accepted as fact without proof. The Christians might be right but on the other hand so might the atheists. Nobody really knows for sure until they get onto the other side. I must have Heretic written all over me. The Next time a customer hands me one of those religious tracts, I am going to be very tempted to say something that might get me fired. I usually just thank them and throw it in the trash when they leave. Today, I simply handed it back to the lady and told her that I didn't have those beliefs. Her response, "That is just the Devil telling you lies!" My Response "Actually My People are Jewish!" In reality, there are Jews in my family but there are also FiretrUCKed Up Catholics which is enough to drive anyone into Atheism. The Devil doesn't tell me how to think and neither do Crazy Preachers ranting on the pulpit. Her Response, "Jesus was a Jew and I have your Messiah Ha Ha Ha!" Dang! I wish I wasn't on the Clock. I would tell her a thing or two. If she wants to claim a Jewish Messiah, she ought to learn the correct pronounciation of his name. There is no Letter J in the Hebrew Alphabet. In fact the Letter J is only 400 years old. His proper name would be Yeshua.  Abracadabra  |
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4/27/2012 8:07 pm |
it's always interesting when we are different from the majority. The other day a young man walked up to me in a parking lot, handed me a tract and asked for money to support his organization. I smiled and told him that I supported local charities directly, handed him back the tract, thanking him and telling him that I am a pagan. He left abruptly but did tell me that Jesus loves me anyway. I get this reaction frequently. Seems once the word Pagan is mentioned they retreat in fear. Interesting since we are we are one of the few belief systems that believes in respect and causing no harm to others. My goddess necklace and the symbol tattooed on my back get similar reactions but it saves me from having to listen to the sermon. Spiritwoman ^i^
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4/27/2012 10:20 pm |
The word I use is Pantheism, Pantheism is the view that the Universe (or Nature) and God (or divinity) are identical.[1] Pantheists thus do not believe in a personal, anthropomorphic or creator god. The word derives from the Greek (pan) meaning "all" and the Greek (theos) meaning "God". As such, Pantheism denotes the idea that "God" is best seen as a process of relating to the Universe.[2] Although there are divergences within Pantheism, the central ideas found in almost all versions are the Cosmos as an all-encompassing unity and the sacredness of Nature. There is no official universal symbol for all types of Pantheism, but one icon is used by the World Pantheist Movement (WPM): the spiral as seen in the curves of the nautilus shell, or in the spiral arms of a galaxy, showing the link between the cosmic physical and the biological. The spiral represents a variety of things: it means evolution, eternity, spirituality, growth.[3] Sometimes the Nautilus spiral alone is used; it embodies the Fibonacci series and the golden ratio.[4]In Pantheism, God is identical with the universe, but in Panentheism God lies within and also beyond or outside of the universe.[5] for a simpler description..look it up..It's facinating.
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4/27/2012 10:31 pm |
 "Life isn't fair, but it beats whatever comes in second." -- Gentleben
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Xceedingly nice blog.  Lee Live today as if it is your last For tomorrow will soon be in the past
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