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	<description>I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog.</description>
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		<title>By: Sue B.</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/12/11/reason-for-the-season/comment-page-1/#comment-58938</link>
		<dc:creator>Sue B.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2007 01:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The truth of the matter...

First I want to say I am a Believer in Jesus Christ. Second most Believers are sheep being lead to slaughter. X-mas which I will call it because it has nothing to do with Christ. He was born on 9/11...check it out astronomers...

http://www.apostles-gathering.com/signsintheheavens.htm

and you believers in Jesus Christ...x-mas came into being because the Catholic church wanted the pagan romans to convert to Catholicism...they allowed them to bring their pagan traditions with them...The rest of the Believers excepted those same traditions...along with Sunday worship...which are both abominations to the Lord...God hates all so called Holidays because they are pagan and against his commandments...Read about Aaron and repent you sheepish Believers...or except your punishment.

 Jer.32:5  And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD.

 32:8  They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

Read in Galatians when Paul tells the new Believers to stop going back to their old pagan ways..He tells them he is afraid of them because they did not take Gods words to heart..

Galatians 4

  4:8  Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.
4:9  But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?
4:10  Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.
4:11  I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.

As Believers in Jesus Christ we need to study the word of God on our own...not what the church teaches...most of which is a watered down version of the word of God. Stop being sheep to man and start being sheep to the Lord!

Those who choose to not believe in the God of the universe were given that very choice by God himself...it is called free will.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The truth of the matter&#8230;</p>
<p>First I want to say I am a Believer in Jesus Christ. Second most Believers are sheep being lead to slaughter. X-mas which I will call it because it has nothing to do with Christ. He was born on 9/11&#8230;check it out astronomers&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.apostles-gathering.com/signsintheheavens.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.apostles-gathering.com/signsintheheavens.htm</a></p>
<p>and you believers in Jesus Christ&#8230;x-mas came into being because the Catholic church wanted the pagan romans to convert to Catholicism&#8230;they allowed them to bring their pagan traditions with them&#8230;The rest of the Believers excepted those same traditions&#8230;along with Sunday worship&#8230;which are both abominations to the Lord&#8230;God hates all so called Holidays because they are pagan and against his commandments&#8230;Read about Aaron and repent you sheepish Believers&#8230;or except your punishment.</p>
<p> Jer.32:5  And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD.</p>
<p> 32:8  They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.</p>
<p>Read in Galatians when Paul tells the new Believers to stop going back to their old pagan ways..He tells them he is afraid of them because they did not take Gods words to heart..</p>
<p>Galatians 4</p>
<p>  4:8  Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.<br />
4:9  But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?<br />
4:10  Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.<br />
4:11  I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.</p>
<p>As Believers in Jesus Christ we need to study the word of God on our own&#8230;not what the church teaches&#8230;most of which is a watered down version of the word of God. Stop being sheep to man and start being sheep to the Lord!</p>
<p>Those who choose to not believe in the God of the universe were given that very choice by God himself&#8230;it is called free will.</p>
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		<title>By: Voice-Of-Never-ending-thought!!!!</title>
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		<dc:creator>Voice-Of-Never-ending-thought!!!!</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2007 12:28:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Haha! I got so angry.... but my patience didn&#039;t break
this blog is just like human social evolution
gods.... (God) so angry.. people are so addicted to stealing each other&#039;s power.... and sharing is so boring... breath ha! :)
i am a telepath
stop thinking!!!!
now i am the hypocrite.... *sigh*


(oh yeah... um... kinda agnostic)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Haha! I got so angry&#8230;. but my patience didn&#8217;t break<br />
this blog is just like human social evolution<br />
gods&#8230;. (God) so angry.. people are so addicted to stealing each other&#8217;s power&#8230;. and sharing is so boring&#8230; breath ha! <img src='http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
i am a telepath<br />
stop thinking!!!!<br />
now i am the hypocrite&#8230;. *sigh*</p>
<p>(oh yeah&#8230; um&#8230; kinda agnostic)</p>
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		<title>By: Sarah</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/12/11/reason-for-the-season/comment-page-1/#comment-58936</link>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2007 02:40:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Good grief, religious people are sensitive!

How can anybody possibly be &quot;offended&quot; by this graphic? Geez, some of you really need to get a life.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good grief, religious people are sensitive!</p>
<p>How can anybody possibly be &#8220;offended&#8221; by this graphic? Geez, some of you really need to get a life.</p>
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		<title>By: Isnochys &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Reason For The Season</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/12/11/reason-for-the-season/comment-page-1/#comment-58935</link>
		<dc:creator>Isnochys &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Reason For The Season</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:53:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] einigen Tagen ist mir bei Bad Astronomy der Grund für die &#8220;Saison&#8221; untergekommen. So ganz war ich nicht damit einverstanden, deshalb [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] einigen Tagen ist mir bei Bad Astronomy der Grund für die &#8220;Saison&#8221; untergekommen. So ganz war ich nicht damit einverstanden, deshalb [...]</p>
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		<title>By: MsInformation</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/12/11/reason-for-the-season/comment-page-1/#comment-58934</link>
		<dc:creator>MsInformation</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:16:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oh Phil- we here at Geologic HQ love this! I&#039;m sending my holiday wishes online via this page of brilliance. Thanks! Step aside, Hallmark!

Merry and jolly,
Donna</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh Phil- we here at Geologic HQ love this! I&#8217;m sending my holiday wishes online via this page of brilliance. Thanks! Step aside, Hallmark!</p>
<p>Merry and jolly,<br />
Donna</p>
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		<title>By: The reason for the season &#124; Fun Anymore</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/12/11/reason-for-the-season/comment-page-1/#comment-58933</link>
		<dc:creator>The reason for the season &#124; Fun Anymore</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2007 17:51:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] to Phil Plait for providing the image, which I think he got from The Slumbering [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] to Phil Plait for providing the image, which I think he got from The Slumbering [...]</p>
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		<title>By: nonsense bob</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/12/11/reason-for-the-season/comment-page-1/#comment-58932</link>
		<dc:creator>nonsense bob</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2007 07:39:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wow, sure are a lot of crybabies &#039;round these parts. I know a lot of liberal Christians personally, and none of them would be offended in the least by this joke.

I think your infestation of &quot;liberal Christians&quot; is really a bunch of fakers, fundamentalists in disguise. Or just plain old trolls.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow, sure are a lot of crybabies &#8217;round these parts. I know a lot of liberal Christians personally, and none of them would be offended in the least by this joke.</p>
<p>I think your infestation of &#8220;liberal Christians&#8221; is really a bunch of fakers, fundamentalists in disguise. Or just plain old trolls.</p>
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