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No Exit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 06:27 PM Original message |
Father Andrew Greeley: Let's Give the Holidays Back to the Pagans |
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CatholicEdHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
1. I have seen Fr Greeley bashed at other sites |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
2. I Love Father Greeley |
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StellaBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 08:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. thanks for the link! |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 09:47 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I have read a lot of his books |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 09:55 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. This is a delicious article which I wouldn't have seen otherwise. |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
3. It's refreshing to see a religious leader |
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(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
4. Kind of an insult to Pagan holidays |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 08:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. After all... |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 09:57 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. See my post. I thought I heard an Israeli guide tell us Christ was born |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 12:22 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. I've heard Springtime and September... |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 12:35 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Yes, that's right. If you "Google" Jesus real birthdate, you get lots |
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jbnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 12:42 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. The September comes in part |
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(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 08:25 AM Response to Reply #18 |
28. That's right, Christians took pagan holidays and |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 01:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
37. Read the whole thing. Father Greeley does NOT insult the pagans. |
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(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 02:15 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. It seems to me that he is |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 02:23 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Please, interpret him as you wish. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
5. Looks interesting - thanks for posting! |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 11:02 AM Response to Reply #5 |
29. Okay - he was being sarcastic at the start. More promising in he teaser |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
6. There isn't much left of Bethlehem anyway, these days. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
7. I agree with Fr. Greeley, |
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AX10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
8. The "War on Christmas" charade has to end, now. |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 08:06 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Hear hear |
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No Exit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 12:16 AM Response to Reply #8 |
23. Want a good laugh? |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
9. bashing each other at walmart |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 07:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. But where are your canons proscribing such behaviour? |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 08:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. i'm an episcopalian -- we believe in excessive drinking, |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 12:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
30. Is a burning purse a metaphor for a thurible? |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 01:24 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. you had it right the first time. |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 01:44 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Dressing up also tends to appeal to |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 01:38 PM Response to Reply #15 |
33. and to think some Episcopalians used to call themselves |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 01:47 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. you know -- we had a bad reputation of drinking sherry on the rocks -- |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 01:53 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. But sherry neat and cigars were the alt sacramental offerings IIRC |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 02:03 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. lol -- damn if they don't... |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
11. We'll take them back. :) Andrew Greeley is a true mensch., |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
12. Greeley writes the truth |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
13. most xmas concepts including jesus predate the christian era nt |
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Plaid Adder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
14. Seriously. |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 08:09 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. I agree |
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PsychoDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 02:56 PM Response to Reply #14 |
46. You like the celebration... |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 12:38 AM Response to Original message |
26. Sounds good to me |
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bobbieinok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 12:52 AM Response to Original message |
27. this great GKChesterton quote was a motto in one of Greeley's |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 01:46 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. Perfect. Some of Chesterton's insights are so penetrating, |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 01:57 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. I've always liked his "Christmas Poem" |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 07:42 PM Response to Reply #39 |
47. Yes, that's really beautiful. He was a great one for paradoxes, |
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(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
41. self delete posted wrong spot |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
44. Greeley is great. |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
45. I love this man. |
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