Flax_vert
@Flax_vert@feddit.uk
Fediverse Advocate
- Comment on Migrant first to be convicted under new Channel crossing law 2 days ago:
Not enough honestly. Crossing the channel in this manner should automatically invalidate anyone’s asylum application for life.
- Comment on Should I tell my dad that his mistake almost cost me a fortune? 2 days ago:
If he’s been a plumber for 40 years, he’s probably made mistakes before. May as well tell him. Insurance exists for a reason anyway
- Comment on Another win for "human rights law". 3 days ago:
What happens if you put on a balaclava and sunglasses anytime you see one? Is that even illegal?
- Comment on On this day 100 years ago, Queen Elizabeth II was born. 3 days ago:
Them frogs win again 🤬
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- Comment on Fuel is so expensive I can't afford the school run — what can I do? 5 days ago:
Don’t schoolkids get free bus passes?
- Comment on James Bulger's grave vandalised again as man, 78, arrested 1 week ago:
If there was, I’d expect it to be millennial tumblr girls
- Comment on James Bulger's grave vandalised again as man, 78, arrested 1 week ago:
It’s confusing
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- Comment on AA driving schools ordered to refund 80,000 learner drivers over hidden fees 1 week ago:
I have seen fees like this all of the time. I wonder if they did something especially illegal or were just the first to get caught.
- Comment on Y'all ever have intrusive thoughts about accidentally dropping stuff in storm drains? (particulary when you have your phone out) And like if that happens, wtf is someone supposed to do? 1 week ago:
Wouldn’t even go near one
- Comment on V&A Museum censored catalogues after demands by Chinese printer 1 week ago:
I wonder if you could get it done elsewhere in Asia for a similar price
- Comment on Y'all ever have intrusive thoughts about accidentally dropping stuff in storm drains? (particulary when you have your phone out) And like if that happens, wtf is someone supposed to do? 1 week ago:
Slurry is scary. Half of a family my family knew when I was growing up died in a slurry pit. The dog fell in, so the father jumped in to rescue it, then the son jumped in to rescue the father
- Comment on NHS Staff Told ‘Stop Criticising Palantir or Lose Your Job’ 1 week ago:
Considering you lot have HOAs, rampant monopolies, you lack autonomy like even the basic ability to change your name without a government process… I wouldn’t be too quick.
- Comment on NHS Staff Told ‘Stop Criticising Palantir or Lose Your Job’ 1 week ago:
How would the NHS even manage to fire somebody. They’re understaffed as it is
- Comment on Just a scratch 1 week ago:
Probably reconnisaince, which is the closest thing to tourism during wars
- Comment on Just a scratch 1 week ago:
Can hand deliver it or something
- Comment on Keeping the country safe 1 week ago:
What a horrible day to pay taxes
- Comment on Just a scratch 1 week ago:
I mean we kinda are… We let them use our airbases. A few weeks ago an American Hercules literally woke me up and it was en route to the Middle East. I am contemplating sending the U.S. Consulate a strongly worded letter.
- Comment on Why is the first thing the internet says whenever a relationship post comes up is: "Red Flag"/"Break Up"/"Divorce"/"Don't Walk, Run"/"Go No-Contact"/"Let them die in a nursing home"/etc... 2 weeks ago:
Sounds like an easy job in that case, no?
- Comment on Why is the first thing the internet says whenever a relationship post comes up is: "Red Flag"/"Break Up"/"Divorce"/"Don't Walk, Run"/"Go No-Contact"/"Let them die in a nursing home"/etc... 2 weeks ago:
I’ve noticed this on reddit.
There’s a lot of misogynists/misandrists/incels online.
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
A demigod is half human and half god. This isn’t the case for Jesus. Jesus is fully human and fully God. The Virgin Birth was also prophecied in Hebrew
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
The Winter Solstice is on the 21st of December. Christmas is on the 25th of December (actually the 6th of January, if you use the old calendar.)
Christmas trees aren’t pagan, they are German and Jesus’ birth is celebrated 9 months after His conception, which was placed on the 25th of March to roughly line up with His death, as it was believed that Holy men died on the anniversary of their conception.
historyforatheists.com/…/pagan-christmas-again/
We don’t know for certain that it wasn’t the actual day. It very well could have been.
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
Osiris’ resurrection narrative is completely different to Jesus’. The Baal cults are mentioned in the Bible as well as the polytheism that broke out with Yahweh being added to pagan pantheons. So there isn’t really a problem here- Kind of like how some Shinto Japanese practices incorporated Christian practices into them. Doesn’t make Christianity Shinto.
The flood story appearing in numerous eastern cultures would be expected if the flood actually happened, so if anything, it adds credibility to the narrative that there was.a significant flood.
Which snake myth are you referring to? I see several about Norse and Siberian, far away from the Hebrew Israelites.
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
What was your claim, then? You just name dropped Osiris and told me to research it without any further explanation.
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
The article you provided is written by a creative writer for an interesting website - it doesn’t even make a scholarly backed claim that the Christmas tree is pagan. In fact, it backs up what I was saying:
The Origin Of The Christmas Tree In Europe Although many countries have declared themselves the home of the Christmas tree, historians have said it’s likely that the real first tree was erected in 16th-century Alsace, in modern-day France. At the time, however, Alsace was a part of German territory, and so the tradition technically belongs to the Germans. Historical records show that a Christmas tree was indeed put up in the Strasbourg Cathedral in 1539, and the tradition quickly became popular throughout the region.
So sure, it is possible that pagans decorated their house with trees common in northern europe during their winter festivals, and then Christians decided to erect a single winter tree in their house later on. It doesn’t mean they’re related. Many religions incorporate fire into practices and burning things without actually being linked to each other.
Yule, a scandinavian festival, used to be celebrated later in winter, typically December to February. They then changed the date to fit in with Christianity, not the other way around.
Here’s some better sourced reading on the topic:
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
Jesus never claimed to be a demigod, and is not a demigod. Jesus is and claimed to be God incarnate in Human Form. There are several instances in the Torah and Old Testament where God appears in human form.
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
Christmas trees are a German tradition. Originally they were “Paradise trees” and were representing the Tree of Life in the Garden of Eden in Mystery plays. Typically there are readings around Christmas surrounding the Garden of Eden due to depicting The Fall and why Christ had to come. An evergreen tree was picked, likelt due to practicalities with the fact it was winter, but it also helped that they represented eternal life. They were decorated with fruits and later candles to represent the Light of Christ. Prince Albert, Queen Victoria’s husband, was German, and he brought the tradition to the UK.
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Elaborate?
