tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390394575366745462.post3837152072920690170..comments2023-09-26T15:33:23.150+02:00Comments on The modern dictator: Season's greetings from the Modern DictatorThe Modern Dictatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05070582623280366498noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390394575366745462.post-23638943442487007382010-01-05T02:16:34.259+01:002010-01-05T02:16:34.259+01:00First time for me here ... i would have not commen...First time for me here ... i would have not commented at all about this post if i hadn't read your 'Lebanon' post, so here goes the history lesson for today:<br />it is not even Jesus's birthday...jesus was not born on december 25th & all biblical references point to different dates for his birth, some in early fall and others in late spring. celebrating jesus's birth was chosen (by the church) on dec 25th to make dec 25th more religious because it used be a pagan holiday (all saints day was done the same way)<br />if you are interested in a well-researched article, i can refer you to <br />http://al-akhbar.com/ar/node/58031<br />and http://www.al-akhbar.com/ar/node/170726 (this second one comes with very 'interesting' comments)<br />hope u had a nice xmas :) (oh, also: the x in xmas actually comes from Χριστος - which is greek for "christ" ... i always laugh when some people get pissed off bcz they want everyone to celebrate CHRISTmas and not Xmas & they are too ignorant to read - even Wikipedia can confirm that! - that they are the same thing)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390394575366745462.post-28382781668514967182009-12-24T22:20:25.760+01:002009-12-24T22:20:25.760+01:00LOVE YOU! :DLOVE YOU! :DCharbelhttp://darkredbbb.deviantart.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390394575366745462.post-51486555922722472382009-12-23T14:23:11.724+01:002009-12-23T14:23:11.724+01:00a bit harsh, but not untruea bit harsh, but not untrueNadinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390394575366745462.post-85797425721510753212009-12-22T13:42:07.009+01:002009-12-22T13:42:07.009+01:00first time ever i see xmas and climate change link...first time ever i see xmas and climate change linked in an article. weird!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com