Easy to be Entreated

We sang this at fellowship last Sunday. Lilly and I think it is great! "God Rest Ye, Unitarians" Lyrics by the Rev. Christopher Gist Raible of the First Unitarian Church of Worcester God rest ye, Unitarians, let nothing you dismay; Remember there's no evidence there was a Christmas Day; When Christ was born is just not known, no matter what they say, O, Tidings of reason and fact, reason and fact, Glad tidings of reason and fact. There was no star of Bethlehem, there was no angels' song; There could have been no wise men for the trip would take too long. The stories in the Bible are historically wrong, O, Tidings of reason and fact, reason and fact, Glad tidings of reason and fact! Our current Christmas customs come from Persia and from Greece, From solstice celebrations of the ancient Middle East. We know our so-called holiday is just a pagan feast, O, Tidings of reason and fact, reason and fact, Glad tidings of reason and fact.

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When was Jesus born? 1)Before 4 BCE. Matthew 2:1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king. Luke 1:5 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth. Note: Herod the Great died in 4 BCE. Wikipedia: Herod the Great ------- 2) After 6 CE. Luke 2:1-2 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) Note: Quirinius (in Greek, Cyrenius ) became governer of Syria in 6 CE, ten years after king Herod's death. Wikipedia: Quirinius The Gospel of Luke mentions the census taken by Quirinius when he was governor of Syria, as part of a census of the "whole world", in connection with the birth of Jesus. However Luke and the Gospel of Matthew date the birth to ...

The first question I want answered from each religious candidate is: "How do your religious beliefs influence your policy decisions and vision for the country?" As with any employee, if their religious beliefs are completely separate from their job performance, I don't care what they believe. This might be possible in a presidential candidate if the person doesn't really take their religion seriously (i.e., a Christmas and Easter only attending Christian). But, I think that is nearly impossible for the devoutly religious. For the devoutly religious, their whole world view is filtered through their religious beliefs. Their understanding of world events and how they should be solved is influenced by their religious beliefs. The worldview of a presidential candidate is relevant. Their epistemology (how they learn truth) is relevant. Their views on social issues are relevant. All of these things can be shaped by religious views, which makes the candidate's religion ...

Lilly (code name for my wife) and I took a big step today. We decided to post a link to this blog from my Facebook page. Why is this a big step? Although all of our family knows that we left the LDS Church over a year and a half ago, many of our friends don't, but they will as soon as they visit here. Futhermore, even though our family members know we left, I don't think they realize the extent of our activity among the post-Mormon community and the DAMU message boards. But, this is who we are. We are not asking anyone to read this blog, but if they want to, it is here. We are always willing to talk about anything here. If anyone is interested how much traffic this site gets: VISITS Total 3,913 Average Per Day 25 Average Visit Length 3:23 Last Hour 0 Today 3 This Week 173 PAGE VIEWS Total 6,386 Average Per Day 47 Average Per Visit 1.9 Last Hour 0 Today 8 This Week 331