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re: Thanksgiving a Pagan Holiday?
Posted on 11/25/14 at 10:48 am to Tommy Wayne
Posted on 11/25/14 at 10:48 am to Tommy Wayne
Holidays are pagan by their very nature. A good Christian American doesn't ask for a day off work no matter what happened a few centuries or a couple of millennium ago.
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Posted on 11/25/14 at 11:23 am to Tommy Wayne
Posted on 11/25/14 at 12:14 pm to Tommy Wayne
No, it's actually an evolution of Guy Fawkes Day, where all Englishmen celebrate the slaughter of Catholics/failure of "Catholic plots to destroy England," all of which/whom was/were "incompatible" with English liberty.
As you might guess, if the Church of England hated Catholics, the Puritan separatists REALLY hated Catholics.
The Thanksgiving Act of 1606
As you might guess, if the Church of England hated Catholics, the Puritan separatists REALLY hated Catholics.
The Thanksgiving Act of 1606
This post was edited on 11/25/14 at 12:19 pm
Posted on 11/25/14 at 12:16 pm to Tommy Wayne
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Coworker wont be participating in the office(potluck) lunch tomorrow due to his religious beliefs stating thanksgiving is a pagan get together. Never heard of that one.
frick him, don't invite him to anymore functions.
Posted on 11/25/14 at 12:18 pm to Tommy Wayne
I'm almost positive Thanksgiving has absolutely nothing to do with paganism.
Is this guy retarded?
Is this guy retarded?
Posted on 11/25/14 at 12:42 pm to Tommy Wayne
Posted on 11/25/14 at 1:04 pm to Tommy Wayne
"pagan" comes from a word used to describe people living in rural areas outside Rome. The meaning of the word evolved over time into something completely different.
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Word History (pagan) - In ancient Rome a person living in a rural area or village was called paganus, a word derived from the Latin noun pagus, meaning "village, district." In time paganus came to refer to a civilian as opposed to a soldier. When Christianity became generally accepted in the towns and cities of the empire, paganus was used to refer to a villager who continued to worship the old gods. Christians used the term for anyone not of their faith or of the Jewish faith. The word in Old English for such a person was what is now heathen. In the 14th century, English borrowed the Latin paganus as pagan, and used it with the same meaning. In time both heathen and pagan also took on the meaning of "a person having no religion."
Posted on 11/25/14 at 1:06 pm to Tommy Wayne
Well if he wants to miss out on all the delicious food, great football, and annoying but loving family that Thanksgiving brings. That's on his dumbass. Just means one less person clogging up the grocery stores the night before for all us last-minute shoppers 
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