Comments on: Thank You For Not Littering Your Mind

By: Paul_Is_Drunk

Paul_Is_Drunk — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:15:39 +0000

@asymon

Secularist =/= Atheist

Read the first paragraph. Or read the first line of the second. Hell, read anything on that site you linked.

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By: Yuri

Yuri — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:13:26 +0000

check this awesome documentary about really scary christians: video.google.ca/videosearch?q=jesus+camp&hl=en&emb=0&aq=f#

By: asymon

asymon — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:12:19 +0000

@Paul_Is_Drunk ORLY?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_secularist_organizations

By: Paul_Is_Drunk

Paul_Is_Drunk — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:08:23 +0000

@thelotuseater725

Touched a nerve, did I?

I think you have a case of extremism. One man points out an abortion bombing, you counter with mass genocide that happened to be carried out by those without religion, not directly because of it.

I point out this extremism without bringing up the topic of atheism, you go off on “atheistic beliefs.”

Also: “Atheist movement?” O_o? You had to leave the “atheist movement?” What, the one started in ancient Greece, or the more continual non-practice of religion throughout the years?

I’m calling bullshit. Do you still have your member card?

Atheists are about as organized as people who don’t vote form political parties.

By: Caio

Caio — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:24:27 +0000

Xpo Ferens, rather. Type-o.

Another fun fact: in fourteenth century Portuguese, ‘Christians’ was typically rendered ‘XpaaÃƒÂµs’ or something along those lines, but pronounced ‘CristÃƒÂ£os’

I love the Christogram (xp’s technical name). It’s one of those things that, for a thousand years, was so common people didn’t even think about it. And then, one day, it just vanished.

By: kuTTer

kuTTer — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:42:02 +0000

where all the black women at?

By: Caio

Caio — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:32:17 +0000

Speaking of Greco-latin names for Jesus, Christopher Columbus often signed his name Xp Ferens, or “Christ bearer” in the two tongues. If you ever want an interesting read, try Columbus’ “Livro de Profecias”

By: Brevity Truta

Brevity Truta — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:05:20 +0000

Heheh, Which was in Puulaahi’s link way back when, reading over the whole thread =)

By: Brevity Truta

Brevity Truta — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:41:54 +0000

An officious sign, isn’t it?

On the fish, to add another layer on the symbol as well as the fisher of men stuff, it’s (easier to quote to explain): “The Greek word for fish, ichthus, is an acrostic consisting of the initial letters of five more Greek words, which briefly but clearly described the character of Christ and His claim to the worship of believers: ‘Iesous Christos Theou Yios Soter’ which translates as ‘Jesus Christ, Son of God, Saviour’.”

By: Caio

Caio — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 06:56:38 +0000

Yeah, this thread turned out more or less as I was expecting it to.

Anyway Phyreblade is right: Back when Jesus was almost entirely portrayed as a youthful, short-haired shepherd or fisherman, the fish was a discrete symbol meaning “church here”; in Roman times churches had to be secretive and were often in basements and people’s houses and stuff. Crosses started popping up a bit later, after Christianity went aboveground. Most of the modern Christian symbolism (bearded, long-haired guy on the cross, etc) comes from ca. 500-700