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		<title>By: Jay</title>
		<link>http://www.ryanhealy.com/why-we-celebrate-december-25/comment-page-1/#comment-4035</link>
		<dc:creator>Jay</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2009 05:07:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey guys, wondering if anyone can answer this, and please email it directly . 

Great info about history, religion and astronomy. Reality is cultures, religions and societies with multicultural members have base so much of their believes in the stars. 

Before Jesus there were others, in Egypt, in India, all over the pacific who fit the profile. But they were given the right to be the savior base on sacrifice and the coincidence the &quot;stars&quot; ASTRONOMY help the cause for which they were name &quot;prophets to be&quot; .

My Question is this... Which are the exact religions that base December 25 as an important date? And what&#039;s the story behind their believe and time table? 

Thanks.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey guys, wondering if anyone can answer this, and please email it directly . </p>
<p>Great info about history, religion and astronomy. Reality is cultures, religions and societies with multicultural members have base so much of their believes in the stars. </p>
<p>Before Jesus there were others, in Egypt, in India, all over the pacific who fit the profile. But they were given the right to be the savior base on sacrifice and the coincidence the &#8220;stars&#8221; ASTRONOMY help the cause for which they were name &#8220;prophets to be&#8221; .</p>
<p>My Question is this&#8230; Which are the exact religions that base December 25 as an important date? And what&#8217;s the story behind their believe and time table? </p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
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		<title>By: Jay</title>
		<link>http://www.ryanhealy.com/why-we-celebrate-december-25/comment-page-1/#comment-14395</link>
		<dc:creator>Jay</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2009 05:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey guys, wondering if anyone can answer this, and please email it directly . 

Great info about history, religion and astronomy. Reality is cultures, religions and societies with multicultural members have base so much of their believes in the stars. 

Before Jesus there were others, in Egypt, in India, all over the pacific who fit the profile. But they were given the right to be the savior base on sacrifice and the coincidence the &quot;stars&quot; ASTRONOMY help the cause for which they were name &quot;prophets to be&quot; .

My Question is this... Which are the exact religions that base December 25 as an important date? And what&#039;s the story behind their believe and time table? 

Thanks.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey guys, wondering if anyone can answer this, and please email it directly . </p>
<p>Great info about history, religion and astronomy. Reality is cultures, religions and societies with multicultural members have base so much of their believes in the stars. </p>
<p>Before Jesus there were others, in Egypt, in India, all over the pacific who fit the profile. But they were given the right to be the savior base on sacrifice and the coincidence the &#8220;stars&#8221; ASTRONOMY help the cause for which they were name &#8220;prophets to be&#8221; .</p>
<p>My Question is this&#8230; Which are the exact religions that base December 25 as an important date? And what&#8217;s the story behind their believe and time table? </p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
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		<title>By: Jeff Hendrickson</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jeff Hendrickson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:08:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hope you guys have a great 2009!

Thanks Chris and Ben for opening my eyes.  I never realized I was an atheist until you pointed it out.  I just ordered my &quot;honk if you&#039;re an atheist!&quot; bumper stickers.

Russ and JA sorry to have taken up your time and hope I didn&#039;t disturb too much of your Creed listening time.

Ryan - keep up the good and positive work.  I never meant to come off saying that there was nothing good about religion.  If it empowers people to be and Do good then I&#039;m all for it.  I totally believe in loving everyone.

Peace,

Jeff</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hope you guys have a great 2009!</p>
<p>Thanks Chris and Ben for opening my eyes.  I never realized I was an atheist until you pointed it out.  I just ordered my &#8220;honk if you&#8217;re an atheist!&#8221; bumper stickers.</p>
<p>Russ and JA sorry to have taken up your time and hope I didn&#8217;t disturb too much of your Creed listening time.</p>
<p>Ryan &#8211; keep up the good and positive work.  I never meant to come off saying that there was nothing good about religion.  If it empowers people to be and Do good then I&#8217;m all for it.  I totally believe in loving everyone.</p>
<p>Peace,</p>
<p>Jeff</p>
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		<title>By: Jeff Hendrickson</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jeff Hendrickson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hope you guys have a great 2009!

Thanks Chris and Ben for opening my eyes.  I never realized I was an atheist until you pointed it out.  I just ordered my &quot;honk if you&#039;re an atheist!&quot; bumper stickers.

Russ and JA sorry to have taken up your time and hope I didn&#039;t disturb too much of your Creed listening time.

Ryan - keep up the good and positive work.  I never meant to come off saying that there was nothing good about religion.  If it empowers people to be and Do good then I&#039;m all for it.  I totally believe in loving everyone.

Peace,

Jeff</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hope you guys have a great 2009!</p>
<p>Thanks Chris and Ben for opening my eyes.  I never realized I was an atheist until you pointed it out.  I just ordered my &#8220;honk if you&#8217;re an atheist!&#8221; bumper stickers.</p>
<p>Russ and JA sorry to have taken up your time and hope I didn&#8217;t disturb too much of your Creed listening time.</p>
<p>Ryan &#8211; keep up the good and positive work.  I never meant to come off saying that there was nothing good about religion.  If it empowers people to be and Do good then I&#8217;m all for it.  I totally believe in loving everyone.</p>
<p>Peace,</p>
<p>Jeff</p>
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		<title>By: JA</title>
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		<dc:creator>JA</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:55:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Religion has been the cause of almost every war in history &quot;

You have no scientific evidence for this assertion. In fact, Vox Day in his book The Irrational Atheist has shown that religion is statistically the cause of a only small percentage of all wars in human history.  (Vox&#039;s blog is: http://voxday.blogspot.com)

If you stack up murders, the atheist regimes in the 20th century (communists) were among history&#039;s biggest killers.

Atheism in government kills, based on statistics. This is science speaking.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Religion has been the cause of almost every war in history &#8221;</p>
<p>You have no scientific evidence for this assertion. In fact, Vox Day in his book The Irrational Atheist has shown that religion is statistically the cause of a only small percentage of all wars in human history.  (Vox&#8217;s blog is: <a href="http://voxday.blogspot.com">http://voxday.blogspot.com</a>)</p>
<p>If you stack up murders, the atheist regimes in the 20th century (communists) were among history&#8217;s biggest killers.</p>
<p>Atheism in government kills, based on statistics. This is science speaking.</p>
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		<title>By: JA</title>
		<link>http://www.ryanhealy.com/why-we-celebrate-december-25/comment-page-1/#comment-14393</link>
		<dc:creator>JA</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Religion has been the cause of almost every war in history &quot;

You have no scientific evidence for this assertion. In fact, Vox Day in his book The Irrational Atheist has shown that religion is statistically the cause of a only small percentage of all wars in human history.  (Vox&#039;s blog is: http://voxday.blogspot.com)

If you stack up murders, the atheist regimes in the 20th century (communists) were among history&#039;s biggest killers.

Atheism in government kills, based on statistics. This is science speaking.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Religion has been the cause of almost every war in history &#8221;</p>
<p>You have no scientific evidence for this assertion. In fact, Vox Day in his book The Irrational Atheist has shown that religion is statistically the cause of a only small percentage of all wars in human history.  (Vox&#8217;s blog is: <a href="http://voxday.blogspot.com">http://voxday.blogspot.com</a>)</p>
<p>If you stack up murders, the atheist regimes in the 20th century (communists) were among history&#8217;s biggest killers.</p>
<p>Atheism in government kills, based on statistics. This is science speaking.</p>
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		<title>By: Ryan M. Healy</title>
		<link>http://www.ryanhealy.com/why-we-celebrate-december-25/comment-page-1/#comment-3476</link>
		<dc:creator>Ryan M. Healy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:04:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, I go away for a couple hours... and look what happens. :-)

Here&#039;s the thing about most forms of religion:

They start with good intentions. But inevitably power-hungry men find their way into positions of authority and screw everything up.

It&#039;s pretty much the same way in government.

Whenever there is power to be had, evil men rise to the top. All the &quot;good guys&quot; don&#039;t want to be in the limelight. As a result, very few &quot;good guys&quot; end up in positions of authority, whether that&#039;s religion or government.

I think all of us could probably agree that there are both good things and bad things about religion and government.

And I think all of us could probably agree that none of us will see eye-to-eye on matters of spirituality. So let&#039;s not turn this into a finger-pointing &quot;us vs. them&quot; argument.

It is enough to respectfully share our unique points of view without resorting to any kind of ad hominem attacks.

Please be considerate of each other.

@Ben - Thanks for pointing out those statistics about religious wars. Very helpful.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, I go away for a couple hours&#8230; and look what happens. :-)</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the thing about most forms of religion:</p>
<p>They start with good intentions. But inevitably power-hungry men find their way into positions of authority and screw everything up.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s pretty much the same way in government.</p>
<p>Whenever there is power to be had, evil men rise to the top. All the &#8220;good guys&#8221; don&#8217;t want to be in the limelight. As a result, very few &#8220;good guys&#8221; end up in positions of authority, whether that&#8217;s religion or government.</p>
<p>I think all of us could probably agree that there are both good things and bad things about religion and government.</p>
<p>And I think all of us could probably agree that none of us will see eye-to-eye on matters of spirituality. So let&#8217;s not turn this into a finger-pointing &#8220;us vs. them&#8221; argument.</p>
<p>It is enough to respectfully share our unique points of view without resorting to any kind of ad hominem attacks.</p>
<p>Please be considerate of each other.</p>
<p>@Ben &#8211; Thanks for pointing out those statistics about religious wars. Very helpful.</p>
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		<title>By: Ryan M. Healy</title>
		<link>http://www.ryanhealy.com/why-we-celebrate-december-25/comment-page-1/#comment-14392</link>
		<dc:creator>Ryan M. Healy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, I go away for a couple hours... and look what happens. :-)

Here&#039;s the thing about most forms of religion:

They start with good intentions. But inevitably power-hungry men find their way into positions of authority and screw everything up.

It&#039;s pretty much the same way in government.

Whenever there is power to be had, evil men rise to the top. All the &quot;good guys&quot; don&#039;t want to be in the limelight. As a result, very few &quot;good guys&quot; end up in positions of authority, whether that&#039;s religion or government.

I think all of us could probably agree that there are both good things and bad things about religion and government.

And I think all of us could probably agree that none of us will see eye-to-eye on matters of spirituality. So let&#039;s not turn this into a finger-pointing &quot;us vs. them&quot; argument.

It is enough to respectfully share our unique points of view without resorting to any kind of ad hominem attacks.

Please be considerate of each other.

@Ben - Thanks for pointing out those statistics about religious wars. Very helpful.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, I go away for a couple hours&#8230; and look what happens. :-)</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the thing about most forms of religion:</p>
<p>They start with good intentions. But inevitably power-hungry men find their way into positions of authority and screw everything up.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s pretty much the same way in government.</p>
<p>Whenever there is power to be had, evil men rise to the top. All the &#8220;good guys&#8221; don&#8217;t want to be in the limelight. As a result, very few &#8220;good guys&#8221; end up in positions of authority, whether that&#8217;s religion or government.</p>
<p>I think all of us could probably agree that there are both good things and bad things about religion and government.</p>
<p>And I think all of us could probably agree that none of us will see eye-to-eye on matters of spirituality. So let&#8217;s not turn this into a finger-pointing &#8220;us vs. them&#8221; argument.</p>
<p>It is enough to respectfully share our unique points of view without resorting to any kind of ad hominem attacks.</p>
<p>Please be considerate of each other.</p>
<p>@Ben &#8211; Thanks for pointing out those statistics about religious wars. Very helpful.</p>
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		<title>By: Russ</title>
		<link>http://www.ryanhealy.com/why-we-celebrate-december-25/comment-page-1/#comment-3475</link>
		<dc:creator>Russ</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:49:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Jeff

Free Thinker are you.  I hate to bust your Free Thinking bubble, but that movie you linked to is so full of errors.  I&#039;d say about 98% errors and lies.

George Carlin can&#039;t RIP because according to you, he&#039;s just dead.  There is nothing else after that.

Guilt, morals and consequences are a bitch huh?  Don&#039;t like that stuff do ya?
Laws are a bitch ain&#039;t they?

You&#039;re not very good at math either because 6.92=10 in your book.

Yup, religion, especially those evil Kristyens are the worst.  Responsible for all those dead people that wouldn&#039;t convert.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Jeff</p>
<p>Free Thinker are you.  I hate to bust your Free Thinking bubble, but that movie you linked to is so full of errors.  I&#8217;d say about 98% errors and lies.</p>
<p>George Carlin can&#8217;t RIP because according to you, he&#8217;s just dead.  There is nothing else after that.</p>
<p>Guilt, morals and consequences are a bitch huh?  Don&#8217;t like that stuff do ya?<br />
Laws are a bitch ain&#8217;t they?</p>
<p>You&#8217;re not very good at math either because 6.92=10 in your book.</p>
<p>Yup, religion, especially those evil Kristyens are the worst.  Responsible for all those dead people that wouldn&#8217;t convert.</p>
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		<title>By: Russ</title>
		<link>http://www.ryanhealy.com/why-we-celebrate-december-25/comment-page-1/#comment-14391</link>
		<dc:creator>Russ</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Jeff

Free Thinker are you.  I hate to bust your Free Thinking bubble, but that movie you linked to is so full of errors.  I&#039;d say about 98% errors and lies.

George Carlin can&#039;t RIP because according to you, he&#039;s just dead.  There is nothing else after that.

Guilt, morals and consequences are a bitch huh?  Don&#039;t like that stuff do ya?
Laws are a bitch ain&#039;t they?

You&#039;re not very good at math either because 6.92=10 in your book.

Yup, religion, especially those evil Kristyens are the worst.  Responsible for all those dead people that wouldn&#039;t convert.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Jeff</p>
<p>Free Thinker are you.  I hate to bust your Free Thinking bubble, but that movie you linked to is so full of errors.  I&#8217;d say about 98% errors and lies.</p>
<p>George Carlin can&#8217;t RIP because according to you, he&#8217;s just dead.  There is nothing else after that.</p>
<p>Guilt, morals and consequences are a bitch huh?  Don&#8217;t like that stuff do ya?<br />
Laws are a bitch ain&#8217;t they?</p>
<p>You&#8217;re not very good at math either because 6.92=10 in your book.</p>
<p>Yup, religion, especially those evil Kristyens are the worst.  Responsible for all those dead people that wouldn&#8217;t convert.</p>
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