religion and gov't

[NoHall]

So, I'm wondering why our gov't offices are allowed to decorate for the Pagan holiday, Halloween, but not allowed to decorate for the Christian holiday, Christmas. Any ideas?

It's a conspiracy, I'm sure, but I think that the conspiring parties have lost track of the co-conspirators.

I'm tempted to point out that Hallowe'en has Christian roots as well as pagan roots--it's All Hallow's Eve, the night before All Saint's Day. But then I'm afraid that the atheists and agnostics will team up with the crazy evangelicals and ban the holiday altogether.

Then where would the after Hallowe'en candy clearance sales go? What opportunity would post-adolescent girls find to dress like Mother Goose's Red Light District? What would happen to the time-honored tradition of stuffing those withered up jack-o-lanterns full of toilet paper, lighting them on fire, and putting them in the middle of the road (or, if the resources are available, launching them in a catapult?)

Worst of all, what excuse would you have for putting a picture of someone's giant painted-up arse on your avatar? (It gives a whole--hole?--new meaning to "Smiling Joe.")

 

[Bob]

It's a conspiracy, I'm sure, but I think that the conspiring parties have lost track of the co-conspirators.

I'm tempted to point out that Hallowe'en has Christian roots as well as pagan roots--it's All Hallow's Eve, the night before All Saint's Day. But then I'm afraid that the atheists and agnostics will team up with the crazy evangelicals and ban the holiday altogether.

Then where would the after Hallowe'en candy clearance sales go? What opportunity would post-adolescent girls find to dress like Mother Goose's Red Light District? What would happen to the time-honored tradition of stuffing those withered up jack-o-lanterns full of toilet paper, lighting them on fire, and putting them in the middle of the road (or, if the resources are available, launching them in a catapult?)

Worst of all, what excuse would you have for putting a picture of someone's giant painted-up arse on your avatar? (It gives a whole--hole?--new meaning to "Smiling Joe.")

What makes you think atheists and agnostics are going to team up. That's like saying Pope Ratboy and Oral Roberts the fourth will be holding a garage sale to augment the legal buggery fund.

 

[NoHall]

What makes you think atheists and agnostics are going to team up? That's like saying Pope Ratboy and Oral Roberts the fourth will be holding a garage sale to augment the legal buggery fund.

You're speaking in tongues again, Bob...I'm just a layperson here--don't make me Google something at this hour! (And please, baby Jesus, don't let Bob start up something about Real Estate on this thread!)

What makes me think they'll team up? They're all going to hell. That's what.






(For those of you whose heads just 'sploded, get over it. This is a silly thread, not a religious or real estate thread.)

 

[Bob]

politics and religion....the perfect ingredients for fireworks!

 

[NoHall]

politics and religion....the perfect ingredients for fireworks!

I still say dried up pumpkin, toilet paper, and a match.