Dawkins is a Fool!

[Orangutan]

Well That's what the folks at on the Christian radio station I listen to (for laughs) tell me , I'll tell you why.

They say he happily wishes people Merry Christmas because it is no longer a Christian holiday, rather it is a time of year for family and gift giving, for him it has no religious overtones.

But get this, they claim that because Christ is part of Christmas that Dawkins honors Christ every time he says it. So haaha you foolish atheist you honor Christ weather you like it or not.

But that got me wondering, How do they live their everyday lives without honoring,

The Sun god,
The Moon god,
Tyr
Woden
Thor
Frige
or Saturn

Must be tricky what with not being able to honor other gods, Maybe the need to change the weekdays to:

Godday, Jesday, errmm HolyGoday arrrmm, Yawday??

Thoughts?

[ponderingturtle]

They could go with the quakers and have

Firstday
Secondday

and so on.

[Orangutan]

I did not know that. I learned something! Yay!

[Darth Rotor]

Well That's what the folks at on the Christian radio station I listen to (for laughs) tell me , I'll tell you why.

=== Post about silly people on a radio station===

Must be tricky what with not being able to honor other gods, Maybe the need to change the weekdays to:

Godday, Jesday, errmm HolyGoday arrrmm, Yawday??

Thoughts?
I think the Germans call Wednesday "Mittwoch," which roughly means "middle of week." Maybe we should adjust the calendar, just for those special folks at the radio station. It really is all about them, right?

I submit this modest proposal, for the new names for days of the week.

Sonday
Oneday,
Twoday
Midweek
Fourday
Fiveday
Sexday . . . after which you may need a day of rest, if it lasts all day. Now get ye forth, and honor thy Sabbath! Well, honor for as long as you can last . . .

Oops, that last day was supposed to be Sixday! :eek: Sixday! Really, I meant Sixday.

DR







:cool:








(No I didn't. :D In German Sixday comes out "Sechstag," which sounds like "sex-tahg.";) Love that Germanic language group. )

[Paul C. Anagnostopoulos]

Very good. Marvelous. Excellent.

Okay, next: New names for the months. And Oneber, Twober, Threeber, etc. don't count.

~~ Paul

[Darth Rotor]

Very good. Marvelous. Excellent.

Okay, next: New names for the months. And Oneber, Twober, Threeber, etc. don't count.

~~ Paul

Hangover
Short
Cadence
April
Flowers
Hot
Hotter
Hottest
Beerfest
Harvest
Cold
Winterfest

DR

[Orangutan]

Nope, wont do, too languane-non netural, the rest of the wold has to be able to play too.

How abut sybols for the days and months?
|\;',.=
&
~!@#$%^&*()_+

"Lets meet on pipe the 13th of tilde?"

:)

Edit Damn, Just realized, no one would be able to write the software for working out a leap year, it would be too confusing. Back to the drawing board.

[Darth Rotor]

Nope, wont do, too languane-non netural, the rest of the wold has to be able to play too.

You want language neutral? You can't handle language neutral:

Today
Yesterday
Tomorrow

This month
Next Month
Last Month

In any case, when you ask the guy when your car will be fixed, he'll say "Mañana."

DR

[St.Michael]

I liked the names of the French Revolutionary months, especially Thermidor. :cool:

[Unnamed]

How about symbols for the days and months?
|\;',.=
&
~!@#$%^&*()_+

"Lets meet on pipe the 13th of tilde?"

:)

Edit Damn, Just realized, no one would be able to write the software for working out a leap year, it would be too confusing. Back to the drawing board.
Didn't you just write it up there? I would swear that's valid Perl ;)

[joobz]

It all started on the thirteenth hour of the thirteenth day of the thirteenth month....

-lousy smarch weather.

[Marquis de Carabas]

Well That's what the folks at on the Christian radio station I listen to (for laughs) tell me , I'll tell you why.

They say he happily wishes people Merry Christmas because it is no longer a Christian holiday, rather it is a time of year for family and gift giving, for him it has no religious overtones.

But get this, they claim that because Christ is part of Christmas that Dawkins honors Christ every time he says it. So haaha you foolish atheist you honor Christ weather you like it or not.
Heh. I hate that reasoning. A cowerker earlier this week told me that I was honouring God, even if unintentionally, and betraying atheism (:confused:) because I was listening to Handel's "Messiah".

[Jekyll]

Heh. I hate that reasoning. A cowerker earlier this week told me that I was honouring God, even if unintentionally, and betraying atheism (:confused:) because I was listening to Handel's "Messiah".

I hope you responded, "Jesus Mother-F:D:D:Ding Christ! What are you talking about?"

[Ryokan]

(No I didn't. :D In German Sixday comes out "Sechstag," which sounds like "sex-tahg.";) Love that Germanic language group. )

You know that English is in the Germanic language group, right?

Oh, and six in Norwegian is seks. In Swedish it's sex. Fun, huh?

[joobz]

You know that English is in the Germanic language group, right?

Oh, and six in Norwegian is seks. In Swedish it's sex. Fun, huh?
So that makes the mark of the beast, sex sex sex?

Is that why it's called the beast with two backs?
:D

[joller]

Oh, and six in Norwegian is seks. In Swedish it's sex. Fun, huh?

It's sex in kiwi language as well. Although I'm not sure they see it the same way

[thaiboxerken]

They use this kind of "logic" because they really haven't any real idea what a logical thought is.

[Darth Rotor]

You know that English is in the Germanic language group, right?
Yes I do. Ich spracht ein bissien Deutsch. (But I spell it badly.)

I had initially added more words in that vein, but figured most people posting in English already knew that. :)

Oh, and six in Norwegian is seks. In Swedish it's sex. Fun, huh?

So, in Sweden, the number of the beast is "sex, sex, sex."

It's a wonder Christianity ever got off the ground there. :D Maybe they just wore out the whore of Babylon . . . :eye-poppi

DR

[DangerousBeliefs]

I just drove past a huge "Happy Birthday Jesus" in Xmas lights...

I guess one day is as good as another when you're wild a** guessing

[Beerina]

Very good. Marvelous. Excellent.

Okay, next: New names for the months. And Oneber, Twober, Threeber, etc. don't count.

~~ Paul


We've already got that with September, October, November, and December. Although I can't remember if they're off by 2 (7-ember is the 9th month) because Julius and Augustus inserted themselves, or because whoever number-embered it started the year in spring or March. Did July and August used to be Pentember and Hexember? Or would it have been Quintember and Sexember? Curse Greek and Latin! Or were July and/or August given other non-number names like January-June? And did they get bored naming months so they had to start giving them numbers? What's up with that?

[CapelDodger]

I just drove past a huge "Happy Birthday Jesus" in Xmas lights...

Best start getting the "Hey, serious bummer, dude" banner ready for Easter.

[sophia8]

But get this, they claim that because Christ is part of Christmas that Dawkins honors Christ every time he says it. So haaha you foolish atheist you honor Christ weather you like it or not.This reminds me of a run-in I had recently with a fellow pagan on a pagan elist. She claimed that the "amen" at the end of Christian prayers was really a reference to the Eygptian god Amun, so - haha - those stupid Xtians were invoking a pagan god every time they prayed! No amount of evidence - linguistic, theological, historical - to the contrary would change her mind. As "proof", she even quoted some weirdo Christian site that claimed the same thing.
Illogic isn't confined to Christians.

[chance]

Hangover
Short
Cadence
April
Flowers
Hot
Hotter
Hottest
Beerfest
Harvest
Cold
Winterfest

DR

Typical, bloody northern hemisphere mid latitude bias. Hurumph!

[joobz]

Best start getting the "Hey, serious bummer, dude" banner ready for Easter.
That's only for Good Friday.

You need a "Holy Crap! Where'd you come from!" banner for easter.

[tracer]

You need a "Holy Crap! Where'd you come from!" banner for easter.

And a "Which day of the week is it?! Make up your goddamned mind!" banner for Maundy Thursday.

[CP489]

I just drove past a huge "Happy Birthday Jesus" in Xmas lights...

I guess one day is as good as another when you're wild a** guessing

Only fair that if you invent a person, you get to pick his birthday. ;)

[Earthborn]

Okay, next: New names for the months.March: Unember
April: Duember
May: Triember
June: Quadrember
July: Quintember
August: Hexember
September: September
October: Octember
November: November
December: December
Januari: Undecember
Februari: Duodecember

[bluess]

And a "Which day of the week is it?! Make up your goddamned mind!" banner for Maundy Thursday.
:D :D

[boojum]

Perhaps they should adopt Harlan Ellison's week-day-names from the short story "Shatterday": Someday, Moansday, Duesday, Woundsday, Thornsday, Freeday, and Shatterday. (Quoted from memory so possibly slightly incorrect.)

[supercorgi]

You know that English is in the Germanic language group, right?

Oh, and six in Norwegian is seks. In Swedish it's sex. Fun, huh?

Well you know what they say?
Five's a party but seks a crowd. (or is that orgy?) :D

[ChristineR]

We should ban Christians from the antiquities galleries at the art museums. Looking at Venus and bad enough, looking at her "charms" is surely a mortal sin.

:D

[The Atheist]

It's sex in kiwi language as well. Although I'm not sure they see it the same way?/ Eh, what?

You've got that back to front mate - it's you bloody Aussies who "have dinner at sex". Kiwis speak the Queen's English. (Nobody says fush and chups here!)

[Dr Adequate]

Heh. A while ago I read in the newspaper about a vicar who refused to baptise a child as Venus.

It was pointed out that the vicar's wife was called Diana, and the ceremony went ahead as planned.

[joobz]

And a "Which day of the week is it?! Make up your goddamned mind!" banner for Maundy Thursday.
And a, "hey buddy, Ya got somethin on your forehead there." banner for Ash Wednesday.

[Hotspur]

Ah, but this has been tried before.

Today is Primidi 1 Nivôse Year 215


http://www.anthropoetics.ucla.edu/scripts/frrev.htm

[Wowbagger]

Oh, so this is only a thread about the secularization of Christmas and weekday names.

Whew! For a minute there, I thought someone was actually calling Dawkins a fool.

[Orangutan]

For a minute there, I thought someone was actually calling Dawkins a fool.

Well yes, but not me, the nitwits on the radio were. Using Their reasons for calling him a fool made me wonder how many other gods these guys glorify everyday by accident, therefor sentencing them to eternal doom by their own rule book! ;)

[I less than three logic]

Well That's what the folks at on the Christian radio station I listen to (for laughs) tell me , I'll tell you why.

They say he happily wishes people Merry Christmas because it is no longer a Christian holiday, rather it is a time of year for family and gift giving, for him it has no religious overtones.

But get this, they claim that because Christ is part of Christmas that Dawkins honors Christ every time he says it. So haaha you foolish atheist you honor Christ weather you like it or not.
This reminds me of the Futurama Xmas episode.

Bender - Ah! Nothing like a warm fire and a Super Soaker of fine cognac.

Fry - Yeah, it really puts you in the Christmas spirit.

Professor Farnsworth - What-mas?

Fry - Christmas. You know? X-M-A-S.

Leela - Oh, you mean Xmas. You must be using an archaic pronunciation. Like when you say "ask" instead of "aks".

:)

[Dark Jaguar]

I think they said "ax", as in the weapon, er tool! I don't think of it instinctively in a violent context, who said I did?!

[RandFan]

Well That's what the folks at on the Christian radio station I listen to (for laughs) tell me , I'll tell you why.

They say he happily wishes people Merry Christmas because it is no longer a Christian holiday, rather it is a time of year for family and gift giving, for him it has no religious overtones.

But get this, they claim that because Christ is part of Christmas that Dawkins honors Christ every time he says it. So haaha you foolish atheist you honor Christ weather you like it or not.

But that got me wondering, How do they live their everyday lives without honoring,

The Sun god,
The Moon god,
Tyr
Woden
Thor
Frige
or Saturn

Must be tricky what with not being able to honor other gods, Maybe the need to change the weekdays to:

Godday, Jesday, errmm HolyGoday arrrmm, Yawday??

Thoughts?:D

And maybe some need to rethink easter bunnies, easter eggs, trees, yule logs and all of the other pagan influences.

[nescafe]

Godday, Jesday, errmm HolyGoday arrrmm, Yawday??

Thoughts?

Nah, might get them confused with the pilots' days:
Liftday, Thrustday, Dragday, Gravday, Pitchday, Yawday, and Rollday.

[Dr Adequate]

But get this, they claim that because Christ is part of Christmas that Dawkins honors Christ every time he says it. In the same way, I guess anyone who wishes me "Merry Christmas", rather than "Merry Christholycommunion" is swearing undying allegiance to the Pope.