Joe you are seemingly making a habit these days, of putting the dunces cap on the wrong head.

A pox on Fauci.

To the true Christians, not really found a Forum Christian yet, although Foxy does come close to qualifying, I wish you a Christmas filled with love and joy. To the true at heart, and we have several here, I also wish you a Christmas filled with love and joy. And for all, a brighter and happier 2021.

To the turkey who stated this thread, I've already wished you a happy holiday season. With all the customary spit and bile that you display all year round, and not having the slightest trace of true Christianity about you, all I can say is; Pluck yah, stuff yah, and put yah in a hot oven for four hours, and hopefully me old buzzard you'll be done for another year. HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON never the less!

p/s If Christmas was truly Christian, then the Coca-Cola Santa in his red suit, would not outscore the image of Jesus by a thousand to one as he does!

p/p/s; Christmas is an extension of the Roman Festival of Saturnalia, but they didn't have a Coca-Cola Santa, or a Jesus. Never one to miss an opportunity, me name sake, St Paul, simply combined the supposed birth of Christ at this time of the year with the Romans Saturnalia festival. A good bit of PR with the Romans, but Paul did have to create the whole Bethlehem nativity story to fulfil the Jewish prophecy of the coming of the messiah. Christ like his siblings was most certainly born in Nazareth and probably not in December. Those Paul's are certainly smart blokes.

It was not till about the 3rd Century that the Birth of Jesus was celebrated by Christians. That is why the Gospels give very little coverage of Messiah's birth. It fulfils a prophecy written 600 years before of a young woman giving birth to a child who is a Divine ruler who will give his life for all people's sins. More is written about his attitudes and actions as a person and very little about his childhood.

If we are looking for God through comparative religion and Western philosophy we will not find Him. If we are seeking meaning for our spirit being, and our failures as divine beings we will understood the need for forgiveness by an enlightened conscience. We will recognize God is not a physical being as a Western mind envisages; but our spirit is designed as a reflection of the Divine. You in reality are your attitudes and actions, your history, as you relate to others not your physical being. That gives meaning to Christmas, He came to offer forgiveness to the repentant.

Have the security of Joy this Christmas knowing true forgiveness.

A Merry Christmas to All

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Now that Xmas is over I just can't wait until Happy Crucifixion Day comes along.

Happy Crucifixion Day .......... It's one of those great multicultural events that brings the country together.