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Is Christmas fake news? [View all] Douglas Kawasaki Dec 2016 OP
Really ? You feel compelled to go down this road on Christmas Day ? Chill. Trust Buster Dec 2016 #1
Actually, it's an excellent time to go down this road. stopbush Dec 2016 #3
Congratulations.... Now you're down. Bucky Dec 2016 #31
Speaking of Ebenezer, his use of the word "humbug" is misunderstood. stopbush Dec 2016 #34
Um, yeah? Douglas Kawasaki Dec 2016 #4
It's true. Jesus didn't exist. There are millions of people stopbush Dec 2016 #2
Don't let it bother you. TheCowsCameHome Dec 2016 #7
And all the laws they are going to pass edhopper Dec 2016 #9
this!!!! Grey Lemercier Dec 2016 #16
Hateful things done in the name of religion are still hateful. we can do it Dec 2016 #18
This is the problem. old guy Dec 2016 #27
Right on! InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2016 #37
Er, it should bother everyone when make believe is used as a basis stopbush Dec 2016 #14
Second time I had to post this today Drahthaardogs Dec 2016 #15
Your sources? stopbush Dec 2016 #28
Well, Drahthaardogs Dec 2016 #45
What does believing a Q document existed have to do with stopbush Dec 2016 #46
Okay, I guess you know more than Wells Drahthaardogs Dec 2016 #47
Ad hominum attack. stopbush Dec 2016 #48
I saying he knows more than YOU Drahthaardogs Dec 2016 #50
I won't bother listing the Biblical scholars who know as much as Wells stopbush Dec 2016 #51
Oh, sources are required for my argument but not for yours? Drahthaardogs Dec 2016 #52
Wells from Wiki: stopbush Dec 2016 #54
Wiki... and you balked at my sources? Drahthaardogs Dec 2016 #55
Shorthand is all. stopbush Dec 2016 #57
If your argument is for the existence of Jesus, then, yes, the evidence stopbush Dec 2016 #56
The evidence strongly supports a historical Jesus Drahthaardogs Dec 2016 #58
Oh dear. You really need to be educated. stopbush Dec 2016 #61
The Vatican is full of people who would not agree Drahthaardogs Dec 2016 #62
When the Revised Standard Version of the Bible was released in 1952, stopbush Dec 2016 #64
Oh, but the eggnog is so good. !! pangaia Dec 2016 #35
Those stupid and destructive people gave me shelter when I was homeless FrodosNewPet Dec 2016 #39
I thought he existed but just exaggerated facts a bit yeoman6987 Dec 2016 #5
Actually edhopper Dec 2016 #10
Thanks! yeoman6987 Dec 2016 #11
Wikipedia has a pretty good edhopper Dec 2016 #12
Thank you. yeoman6987 Dec 2016 #13
Why? former9thward Dec 2016 #63
Seriously? left-of-center2012 Dec 2016 #6
Pretty sad, isn't it ? Merry Christmas to you my friend. Trust Buster Dec 2016 #8
I anxiously await your hit piece on Muhammad. nt B2G Dec 2016 #17
Muhammad probably has better evidence of existing treestar Dec 2016 #20
it is not based on his existence but belief in his existence treestar Dec 2016 #19
Jesus almost certainly existed ismnotwasm Dec 2016 #21
Well said! mcar Dec 2016 #30
Actually, the article itself is an example of fake news. rug Dec 2016 #22
Yup ismnotwasm Dec 2016 #24
It's right up there with the Horus/Jesus meme which is consistently debunked. rug Dec 2016 #25
Heh! ismnotwasm Dec 2016 #26
Exactly right. The whole "Jesus is a cookie cutter example of an old god" argument stopbush Dec 2016 #33
Ah, someone who's bookmarked the Horus/Jesus chart. rug Dec 2016 #40
Yeah, if you would bother to explore my link stopbush Dec 2016 #43
Intense study? On the contrary, most historians go along to get along stopbush Dec 2016 #32
My understanding is that he existed ismnotwasm Dec 2016 #36
Of course it is - it's a Pagan Saturnalia. But Merry Christmas just the same. tenorly Dec 2016 #23
Well then, Merry (fake) Christmas to everyone on DU. TheCowsCameHome Dec 2016 #29
A Trolly Jolly Christmas to you too. tenderfoot Dec 2016 #38
+1 pintobean Dec 2016 #44
Merry Christmas to you pintobean. tenderfoot Dec 2016 #49
Read, study, & decide for yourself based on ACTUAL historical research. And have a Happy Yule!! malchickiwick Dec 2016 #41
No. Christmas is not fake news radical noodle Dec 2016 #42
Christmas is not fake news. the NORAD Santa tracker is fake news. 0rganism Dec 2016 #53
We can accept that he existed. HassleCat Dec 2016 #59
Christmas is an important Japanese gift giving holiday. McCamy Taylor Dec 2016 #60
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