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MineralMan

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25. And trains that run on time, too...

Reply to Act_of_Reparation (Reply #23)

Wed Dec 20, 2017, 04:17 PM

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The roots of the Christmas tree: Pagans celebrate Yule [View all] guillaumeb Dec 2017 OP

The comments... oy vey GreenEyedLefty Dec 2017 #1

Agreed. They are "funny" in a sense, guillaumeb Dec 2017 #2

Be the change you want see. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2017 #3

Is this your motto? guillaumeb Dec 2017 #6

Nope. I saw it on a bumpersticker. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2017 #8

Also a good motto. guillaumeb Dec 2017 #11

Paganism Predates Christianity by Millennia. MineralMan Dec 2017 #4

Think about it? Act_of_Reparation Dec 2017 #5

Of course it does. guillaumeb Dec 2017 #7

"A way of allowing local cultures to keep some continuity with the past." Cuthbert Allgood Dec 2017 #9

I understand that is your preferred narrative. guillaumeb Dec 2017 #10

"Preferred narrative"? You mean "the truth"? Cuthbert Allgood Dec 2017 #15

No, I meant your preferred narrative. guillaumeb Dec 2017 #18

So you are saying that the HRE didn't just conquer and make people convert? Cuthbert Allgood Dec 2017 #19

Oh, I can answer that! Act_of_Reparation Dec 2017 #37

.... Cuthbert Allgood Dec 2017 #38

If you have evidence to counter someone's "preferred narrative" marylandblue Dec 2017 #36

Before one rewrites history, one must have at least read it. MineralMan Dec 2017 #24

True Cuthbert Allgood Dec 2017 #27

"Roman" means "novel" in French. MineralMan Dec 2017 #29

"A way of allowing local cultures to keep some continuity with the past." trotsky Dec 2017 #13

The Romans did much the same thing in the countries guillaumeb Dec 2017 #14

Not really. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2017 #17

Shhhh Cuthbert Allgood Dec 2017 #20

Ooooooooooooh. A nod's as good a wink to a blind bat! Act_of_Reparation Dec 2017 #22

As the Roman Emperor, Dysplasian, wrote: MineralMan Dec 2017 #30

I think it might be... Act_of_Reparation Dec 2017 #33

"Hun?" "Goth, that can't be good." MineralMan Dec 2017 #34

Christopher Lee made a rock opera about that Lordquinton Dec 2017 #39

Wasn't that nice of them! trotsky Dec 2017 #21

The aqueduct! Act_of_Reparation Dec 2017 #23

And trains that run on time, too... MineralMan Dec 2017 #25

Silly old man. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2017 #26

What? So, why are there Roman numerals on my clock? MineralMan Dec 2017 #28

Because God works in mysterious ways! Act_of_Reparation Dec 2017 #31

Oh, OK. I get it now. MineralMan Dec 2017 #32

Checkmate, atheists! n/t trotsky Dec 2017 #35

This fact confuses and scares many Christians. n/t trotsky Dec 2017 #12

So it does. MineralMan Dec 2017 #16

It's called appropriation Lordquinton Dec 2017 #40

And absorbing culture. guillaumeb Dec 2017 #41

Non-sequitur Lordquinton Dec 2017 #42