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Re: Muslim woman teacher sues U.S. school after being denied three weeks unpaid leave

I'm not "anti-Christian". The Gospel of John suggests that 14 Nisan was the day of Jesus's execution. Outside of the Roman province of Asia, 14 Nisan was the Preparation Day for the seven-day Feast of Unleavened Bread that begins on Nisan 15, now also called Passover.

Dies Natalis Solis Invicti means "the birthday of the unconquered sun". John Chrysostom commented on the connection: "They call it the 'Birthday of the Unconquered'. Who indeed is so unconquered as Our Lord . . .?"

It is generally accepted that Jesus was not born on Dec. 25. It may not have been chosen to "compete" with Pagan holidays or even Jewish holidays. Most likely it was because the Church saw a discrepancy because of Mary being visited by Gabreil in the sixth month after John the Baptist's conception which was considered to be around Autumnal Equinox, placing his birth around Summer Solstice. I've seen different thoughts on Jesus's actual birthday that contradicts this. May 20, April 19, or April 20 would render this scripture to be fallable. While the Church merely chose Dec. 25 for the celebration of Jesus's birth, it still seems arbirtrary to me. Sure, Jewish tradition often celebrates births and deaths (beginnings and endings) and this was held over from that tradition, most people don't believe that the Annunciation is the accurate time that Jesus was conceived.


So you speak for "most people" of faith then? Or, is that "most people", people that are like minded with your opinion?


j-mac
 
Re: Muslim woman teacher sues U.S. school after being denied three weeks unpaid leave

So you speak for "most people" of faith then? Or, is that "most people", people that are like minded with your opinion?


j-mac

:rofl

Go get a calender and do the math yourself.
 
Re: Muslim woman teacher sues U.S. school after being denied three weeks unpaid leave

Just can't let Christianity have its religion can we?...

If this were a Muslim holiday we were talking about....Oh wait...it is....


j-mac
Repeating history to dispel someone trying to be revisionist is being anti-Christian?
 
Re: Muslim woman teacher sues U.S. school after being denied three weeks unpaid leave

:rofl

Go get a calender and do the math yourself.


why does it matter, Don't Christians have the right to worship on whatever day they want? Or is that just every other religion real or fake as long as it isn't Christianity?


j-mac
 
Re: Muslim woman teacher sues U.S. school after being denied three weeks unpaid leave

Repeating history to dispel someone trying to be revisionist is being anti-Christian?


I am sure people smarter than both of us has been debating this longer than we have, why should I believe anyone in here spouting an opinion that is put forth with prejudice?


j-mac
 
Re: Muslim woman teacher sues U.S. school after being denied three weeks unpaid leave

I am sure people smarter than both of us has been debating this longer than we have, why should I believe anyone in here spouting an opinion that is put forth with prejudice?

j-mac
What are you going on about? I have no problem with Christianity and I'd correct anyone who tried to re-write history to make their lot sound better.
 
Re: Muslim woman teacher sues U.S. school after being denied three weeks unpaid leave

why does it matter, Don't Christians have the right to worship on whatever day they want?

Of course they can celebrate it whenever they want. How on earth did you get the impression that I thought they couldn't? :confused:

Or is that just every other religion real or fake as long as it isn't Christianity?


j-mac

Or is it that the Scarecrow was your favorite character in The Wizard of Oz?

(If we are going to strawman each other at least make it entertaining. :lol:)
 
Re: Muslim woman teacher sues U.S. school after being denied three weeks unpaid leave

Alright, a great deal of Christian thought and imagery is based off of older pagan ideas. Our modern word "Easter" comes from an Old English word used to describe a time of celebration to Eostre, an Anglo-Saxon goddess. We still have the Germanic form of the word around as one of the Sabbats in some forms of modern Paganism, Ostara. This was a time of fertility, birth, and renewal. Rabbits were a symbol of fertility because of their ability to breed prodigiously and eggs were a symbol of new life. Easter is a pagan invention, like it or not.

And so the English word for the holiday, for the Anglo-centric like yourself, governs the origins of the holiday? Sorry, it is older than the English language is. Look at languages like French and Spanish and you will see that the name of the holiday derives from the word for PASSOVER... shesh... the linguistically challenged strike again...
 
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And so the English word for the holiday, for the Anglo-centric like yourself, governs the origins of the holiday?
No, but the ideas contained in what we now consider Easter ARE still very pagan. We use the Anglo-Saxon word for it still which gives you an idea of the roots of the holiday. And I really hate the word Anglo-Centric, it's a bs word that means absolutely nothing. Talking about something that IS Anglo-Saxon in origin is not being "Anglo-Centric"

Sorry, it is older than the English language is. Look at languages like French and Spanish and you will see that the name of the holiday derives from the word for PASSOVER... shesh... the linguistically challenged strike again...
Ok, we arent talking about Romance languages. A great deal of modern English is Germanic and Anglo-Saxon in origin, including the word for the April holiday known as "Easter." The concept of Easter is different in different places, many of the Romance languages got the word from Latin and they had the more Semitic view of Easter. We, however, use the Anglo-Saxon "Easter" and consequently the Easter that we in the US celebrate is much more pagan in origin and practice.
 
Re: Muslim woman teacher sues U.S. school after being denied three weeks unpaid leave

Why do you hate Jesus, IT?

He ruined my fantasy football team.
 
Re: Muslim woman teacher sues U.S. school after being denied three weeks unpaid leave

Yeah, we can tell:

Which is hating hatred. Nothing wrong with that , and everything right with it. It's like hating mosquitos, fleas and the flu virus.
 
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Bad move, posting in a thread you were thread banned in...

Moderate consumption is meat is part of a HEALTHY diet...

A bad move NOT deliberatly. I didn't know I had banned already. I don't check my messages too often.
 
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A bad move NOT deliberatly. I didn't know I had banned already. I don't check my messages too often.

And yet when your temp ban is lifted, you still post in the thread...
 
Re: Muslim woman teacher sues U.S. school after being denied three weeks unpaid leave

No, but the ideas contained in what we now consider Easter ARE still very pagan. We use the Anglo-Saxon word for it still which gives you an idea of the roots of the holiday. And I really hate the word Anglo-Centric, it's a bs word that means absolutely nothing. Talking about something that IS Anglo-Saxon in origin is not being "Anglo-Centric"

We are NOT talking about a holiday whose origins are Gemano-Anglo, we are talking about a holiday with origins in Judeo-Christianity. Yes, there are people who infuse non-Christian rituals into the holiday, but it doesn't change the fact that the holiday itself has a religious origin.

Ok, we arent talking about Romance languages. A great deal of modern English is Germanic and Anglo-Saxon in origin, including the word for the April holiday known as "Easter." The concept of Easter is different in different places, many of the Romance languages got the word from Latin and they had the more Semitic view of Easter. We, however, use the Anglo-Saxon "Easter" and consequently the Easter that we in the US celebrate is much more pagan in origin and practice.

No, it is not. Easter is Judeo-Christian in origin. You can't change that fact no matter how you try to use semantics. The Catholic Church has regarded this as a holy day on the Christian calendar long before Christianity ever reached the Anglo-Saxon people. It is the same holiday in the Catholic world wherever it is celebrated... it is the paschal triduum... Easter is a Christian holiday and the date (which is what we were talking about) predates any consideration about the pagan Germano-Anglo celebrations.

So, nice try, but what you are saying really doesn't make any sense...
 
Re: Muslim woman teacher sues U.S. school after being denied three weeks unpaid leave

So ? The ban is only for a few days. After that, no ban, right ?

Moderator's Warning:
No. The thread ban is forever. Stop posting on this thread.
 
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