Merry Xmas

[CatalystiCam]

merry christmas everyone, I sent everyone gifts for the shop, if I forgot you let me know and I"ll send you something, hope you all enjoy your holiday :)

cam

[DrunkN]

What, do you not understand how to spell Christ?

[CatalystiCam]

no all the messages weren't the same I sent some merry Xmas and others merry christmas ;) ;)

[Metricus]

I heard there was actually some historical reason for saying X-Mas insted of CHristmas, but I couldn't find it.

[CatalystiCam]

If I forget you tell me here, PLEASE don't resort to smiting and telling me there I looked and there is only one reason there that I EVER should have gotten smited out of those six, and metricus I hadn't heard that but back to smites I really should have +2/-1 but down this path it's going to end up +6/-346 seriously if you're going to smit, I"m not a mod but you should have a good reason to smite or aplaud, I always do but... I'm being a big downer here, so I DO hope you all enjoy you're gifts, and have fun with them ;D

Merry chritmas
Cam

[count100]

Well I should have never had one smite.

I expected the first smite to come from Tenser but no Tenser didn't want to do that ;D

[Dudebro]

Thanks for the thought Cameron. I don't like Xmas but I'm not a scrooge.

Don't worry about the smites, I doubt any of those will carry over when the site updates.

[The Good Doctor]

Well I should have never had one smite.

I expected the first smite to come from Tenser but no Tenser didn't want to do that ;D
just in case i helped you get another smite also i beat your ikariam score

[count100]

Well thats ok I will just give them back.. ;D

[TrakMastaTom]

Happy Kwanzaa everyone.

[Kong]

Don't worry about the smites, I doubt any of those will carry over when the site updates.

Correct.

The Greek word for Christ is Χριστος. X sounds like Ch in Greek. Christian have used the abriviation Xtian for themselves for over a thousand years.

I don't know how long Xmas has been used but it is very common.

This is the closest Wikipedia article I could find.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi_Rho

Happy Winter Holiday?

[Tails]

Too early!

[jim5cents]

I believe that Kong is correct. There is documentation in Anglo-Saxon manuscripts that uses the xmas abbrivations since around 1000 AD. Commerically, the recent trend of using Xmas could be an attempt at the secularization of christmas.

[Dudebro]

Damn it. I was using xmas to piss off christians, now I have to find another way.

Maybe I'll start bringing up how they stole most of the ideas for xmas from "pagan" religions. Think that'll work?

[CatalystiCam]

ha ha ha kind of funny ;D :(
but I"m prodestant like the lesser version of catholics I believe, I'm not too into religion though ;)

[Dudebro]

Sorry if you misunderstood me, I wasn't joking.

[Tails]

Well, we never take you seriously Dudebro. :P

[Dudebro]

Yeah I know that Tails.

[CatalystiCam]

Hey dudebro I can't control what You do and like I said I'm not all that religous I don't go to church but I do believe in something that created all of this, of course I believe in evolution still before anyone asks :P

[Dudebro]

Yeah but you said my post was funny. I was letting you know I was being serious.

but I"m prodestant like the lesser version of catholics I believe, I'm not too into religion though ;)

This was confusing. Not sure what you were trying to say. Are you saying as a protestant my post was kind of offensive or because you're protestant it didn't offend you?

[TrakMastaTom]

but I"m prodestant like the lesser version of catholics I believe, I'm not too into religion though ;)


Did you just say Protestantism is a lesser version of Catholisism....? ???

[CatalystiCam]

or christian see I'm not all that religous I just had prodestant explained last year and it fits with me ???

[Dudebro]

Are you drunk? I'm not being mean I just really can't understand what you're trying to say.

Edit- Yeah also what TMT said. Calling one religion lesser is insulting. I'm not really offended but it's very condescending.

[CatalystiCam]

what!/ I"m referring to myself and I'm 13 and not dumb enough to drink... this young

[TrakMastaTom]

I was just confused with the wording.

Catholisism is Christianity. Protestantism is Christianity. Catholisism is not Protestantism. Protestantism is not Catholisism.

Baptist, Church of Christ, Methodist etc. are all Protestant. None of these things are Catholic and Catholic is none of these things.

I am just confused as to what you meant by the statement. It sounded to me like you were saying Protestantism is a lower level of Catholisism.