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Jack Albertson
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The X in X-mas
#7782077 - 12/20/07 03:34 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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what the fuck does it stand for?
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jewunit
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X - Mas = Christ - Mas +Mas +Mas X=Christ
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Wow...
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Re: The X in X-mas [Re: jewunit]
#7782097 - 12/20/07 03:42 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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there's some significance behind it involving greek letters or something. like X P (chi rho) stood for christ way back when during the birth of the roman catholic church.
a super catholic friend of mine got a tatoo with X superimposed on P and alpha and omega on either side of the symbol.
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Jack Albertson
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thank you . that's what i was looking for. the origins, not the meaning.
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When the printing press came out they used a lot of abbreviations and started using the symbol X (chi) for christ.
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Cowgold
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Mary and Joseph were shity parents. Especially Joseph that was pissed about Mary's virgin baby. He didn't buy "god's story" and due to neglect Jesus never learned to read or write. (He was basicly a retard)When asked to sign his name he could only sign his name with a big X. When Jesus died the other illiterates honored him by keeping the tradition.
Edited by Cowgold (12/20/07 05:35 PM)
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Atheist
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i always thought it meant CHRIS as in criss-cross (thus the X)
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Re: The X in X-mas [Re: Atheist]
#7782526 - 12/20/07 05:34 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Christ Files.
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SDSTAFF Mac replies:
Well, that letter may look like an "X" and walk like an "X" and quack like an "X," but it isn't an "X." That's the Greek letter "chi" which is pronounced about like "ch" was in Old English ... which is to say, about how it's pronounced in German today, or in a few imported words, like "Christ" or "Christmas," for example.
"X" (as in chi) was used as an abbreviation for Christ from early times, perhaps initially as a camouflage for the religion. It was the first letter of the word Christos (meaning "the anointed one," e.g., the Messiah) and fortuitously was cross-shaped, so there seemed to be some symbolism or double meaning. It's been used as a scholarly and not-so-scholarly abbreviation since.
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Re: The X in X-mas [Re: Cowgold]
#7782692 - 12/20/07 06:21 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Cowgold said: Mary and Joseph were shity parents. Especially Joseph that was pissed about Mary's virgin baby. He didn't buy "god's story" and due to neglect Jesus never learned to read or write. (He was basicly a retard)When asked to sign his name he could only sign his name with a big X. When Jesus died the other illiterates honored him by keeping the tradition.
on top of that, Joseph accused mary of whoring around and called her shennanigans on her story of "uh uh uh god hath blessed me with a child with divine seed" thus slamming a shovel over..
lol but yeah
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Xmas is gay.
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Re: The X in X-mas [Re: Merkin]
#7782702 - 12/20/07 06:24 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Christ Cross will make you JUMP JUMP uh huh , uh huh...yeah that was lame. By the way X-mas looks like algebra to me
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December 25th is a pagan holiday the church adopted long ago, even though that has nothing to do with this topic.........
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We got "No X-ing" road signs. I always just figured "X" was an interchangeable "criss" or "cross" kind of thing.
Either that or maybe you're thinkin' Futurama?
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Re: The X in X-mas [Re: The_Ghost]
#7783550 - 12/20/07 09:28 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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The_Ghost said: Christ Files.
bahaha! wtf sounds like something from williams street productions
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Re: The X in X-mas [Re: The_Ghost]
#7783556 - 12/20/07 09:30 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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The_Ghost said: Christ Files.
Que the X-Files themesong
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AlteredAgain
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interesting.
i always used to think it stood for the variable x, as in "insert preferred name for holiday."
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Nobody knows wtf Christmas is.. I don't know why anyone even celebrates it.
Peace on Earth man, Happy Holidays, GG
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Re: The X in X-mas [Re: jewunit]
#7784880 - 12/21/07 09:08 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
jewunit said: X - Mas = Christ - Mas +Mas +Mas X=Christ
3(X) = 3(Christ)
Edited by kidaihuan (12/21/07 03:25 PM)
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