Please - Hijack this thread

Post by **garyb** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:48 pm

traditionally, christmas was the time that the poor rioted and burned the well-to-do's neighborhoods, at least as much as possible. in fact, the holiday celebration was banned in NYC at one point and "stille nacht" was written to try and convince the rabble to make christmas a family holiday instead of a beg for money, food, and alchohol and then riot day.....

the "current "traditional" christmas is the fesitval of Tammuz(or Horus), son of Semaramis(or Astarte or Ishtar or Isis). in fact the "christmas tree" is traditionally a "Tammuz tree"......

and Astarte or Ishtar? Easter is named after her.....

astroman · Post by **astroman** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 1:07 pm

garyb wrote:... in fact the "christmas tree" is traditionally a "Tammuz tree"....

cool - in fact the name of that tree in german is Tannenbaum
(the 'baum' syllabe means 'tree')

interesting, Tom

Post by **hubird** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 6:38 pm

stardust wrote: And also the agnostics enjoy the mystic feelings of Halloween and Santa.

even Bingo?

Post by **garyb** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 6:47 pm

stardust wrote:As to the 'pagan' historic relations:

the midwinter and the Rauhnaechte have been either sun rebirth festivals or similar to the celtic samhain around 1st Nov the time where the doors to the realms of the spirits (Otherrealms) were open.

There are lots of such habits embedded in the christian rituals nowadays.
And also the agnostics enjoy the mystic feelings of Halloween and Santa.

those celtic(which have their roots in germanic, bohemian culture. celtic poeople come from bohemia...) and other sun festivals are the same festivals the sumerians, babylonians, egyptians, greeks and romans celebrated. humans are nortoriously bad innovaters. rituals and lore are just updated for each "new" civilization....

traditionally, Tammuz was born on or about Dec. 25th. Jesus was not....

Post by **garyb** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 2:17 pm

whatever, celts claim bohemian lineage and the bagpipe certainly bears them out, so does mitachondrial dna...

...and the religions are the same regardless of the romance involved or the age.

Post by **garyb** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 11:54 pm

that's not religion until you worship those things.
theories about how these things start is one thing, but not necessarily what happened. if the San people hadn't been wiped out by city life after the fall of apartheid, you could have witnessed the genuine stoneage religion lived by the original stoneage people in the world...

Zer · Post by **Zer** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 3:49 am

http://www.jungewelt.de/serveImage.php? ... o&ext=.jpg

Zer · Post by **Zer** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 6:57 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXY_6Mdm72c

Zer · Post by **Zer** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 9:47 am

I`m drinking Jägermeister, because my dealer is in jail.

One for all.

Zer · Post by **Zer** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 4:17 am

picture of the year:

The wedding

Zer · Post by **Zer** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 9:48 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYA7n0_KAfA&NR=1

Post by **hubird** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 6:50 pm

stardust wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DUoldLCARA&NR=1

that's not funny anymore...

Zer · Post by **Zer** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 3:24 am

stopngo clip:

http://www.slide.com/r/wosrDHlZ6T91Xo5CZApVipl3-3T01fuT

Zer · Post by **Zer** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 3:46 am

stopngo different:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-Po8uJeoUw

Zer · Post by **Zer** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 11:23 am

Do you fancy for tetris?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0LtUX_6IXY

ouch

Zer · Post by **Zer** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 11:35 am

which one?

Zer · Post by **Zer** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 11:48 am

I already thought so

Zer · Post by **Zer** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 10:57 am

Zer · Post by **Zer** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 5:27 am

wayne · Post by **wayne** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 3:27 am

A Cyclone is brewing, top end of the state. here, it's been crazy - 44C+ temperatures, beer in slurry of ice in esky