Ahoy Mateys!My crew and I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy 2015!Cheers,Hook

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Ahoy, Captain Hook!May your Ships be fastYour Doubloons plentiful,Your Rum strong, andYour ladies lovely (and loving!) in 2015 Above all, endeavor to stay out of the Brig!

Keeping with the maritime theme as well as the seasonal one -- skål! The significance of the line (in old Norwegian, aka Danish, "linie") is that the aquavit has to cross the equator in order to be properly mellowed to be ready to be consumed. Of course, it has to cross the equator a second time to get back to its main market, which is not Australia... Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Jesus was not born in a stableHappy Christmas

QuoteOriginally posted by: daveangelJesus was not born in a stableHappy Christmasthe grinch that stole christmasthe church of england seems to be unique in that its priests do not believe in jesusluke tells us that jesus was laid in a manger, which your friend's theory does not seem to account for, and it does seem to be the case that Jesus was born in the animals' sleeping quarters not the people's sleeping quarters.Animals' sleeping quarters = stable, and it does not seem to make a lot of difference if the stable was a room of the house rather than a separate building, either way it was a stable, and the point would be that Jesus was born in the animals' sleeping quarters not the people's sleeping quartersincidentally, the Church of the Nativity inside the town, built by St. Helena, contains the cave-manger site traditionally venerated as the birthplace of Jesus

QuoteOriginally posted by: ppauperQuoteOriginally posted by: daveangelJesus was not born in a stableHappy Christmasthe grinch that stole christmasthe church of england seems to be unique in that its priests do not believe in jesusluke tells us that jesus was laid in a manger, which your friend's theory does not seem to account for, and it does seem to be the case that Jesus was born in the animals' sleeping quarters not the people's sleeping quarters.Animals' sleeping quarters = stable, and it does not seem to make a lot of difference if the stable was a room of the house rather than a separate building, either way it was a stable, and the point would be that Jesus was born in the animals' sleeping quarters not the people's sleeping quartersincidentally, the Church of the Nativity inside the town, built by St. Helena, contains the cave-manger site traditionally venerated as the birthplace of JesusI think the debate is about the word "kataluma"...

QuoteOriginally posted by: daveangelQuoteOriginally posted by: ppauperQuoteOriginally posted by: daveangelJesus was not born in a stableHappy Christmasthe grinch that stole christmasthe church of england seems to be unique in that its priests do not believe in jesusluke tells us that jesus was laid in a manger, which your friend's theory does not seem to account for, and it does seem to be the case that Jesus was born in the animals' sleeping quarters not the people's sleeping quarters.Animals' sleeping quarters = stable, and it does not seem to make a lot of difference if the stable was a room of the house rather than a separate building, either way it was a stable, and the point would be that Jesus was born in the animals' sleeping quarters not the people's sleeping quartersincidentally, the Church of the Nativity inside the town, built by St. Helena, contains the cave-manger site traditionally venerated as the birthplace of JesusI think the debate is about the word "kataluma"...the headline was "Jesus was not born in a stable", and he seems to be arguing semantics: if a room in a house is set aside for animals, is that a stable?

QuoteOriginally posted by: ppauperQuoteOriginally posted by: daveangelQuoteOriginally posted by: ppauperQuoteOriginally posted by: daveangelJesus was not born in a stableHappy Christmasthe grinch that stole christmasthe church of england seems to be unique in that its priests do not believe in jesusluke tells us that jesus was laid in a manger, which your friend's theory does not seem to account for, and it does seem to be the case that Jesus was born in the animals' sleeping quarters not the people's sleeping quarters.Animals' sleeping quarters = stable, and it does not seem to make a lot of difference if the stable was a room of the house rather than a separate building, either way it was a stable, and the point would be that Jesus was born in the animals' sleeping quarters not the people's sleeping quartersincidentally, the Church of the Nativity inside the town, built by St. Helena, contains the cave-manger site traditionally venerated as the birthplace of JesusI think the debate is about the word "kataluma"...the headline was "Jesus was not born in a stable", and he seems to be arguing semantics: if a room in a house is set aside for animals, is that a stable?you missed the point of the storyQuote For Paul, the significance of his reinterpretation of the story is that it undercuts the idea that what made Jesus remarkable was that he was born to humble, outcast parents. ?In the Christmas story, Jesus is not sad and lonely, some distance away in the manger, needing our sympathy. He is in the midst of the family, and all the visiting relations, right in the thick of it and demanding our attention,? he writes.

QuoteOriginally posted by: daveangelQuoteOriginally posted by: ppauperQuoteOriginally posted by: daveangelQuoteOriginally posted by: ppauperQuoteOriginally posted by: daveangelJesus was not born in a stableHappy Christmasthe grinch that stole christmasthe church of england seems to be unique in that its priests do not believe in jesusluke tells us that jesus was laid in a manger, which your friend's theory does not seem to account for, and it does seem to be the case that Jesus was born in the animals' sleeping quarters not the people's sleeping quarters.Animals' sleeping quarters = stable, and it does not seem to make a lot of difference if the stable was a room of the house rather than a separate building, either way it was a stable, and the point would be that Jesus was born in the animals' sleeping quarters not the people's sleeping quartersincidentally, the Church of the Nativity inside the town, built by St. Helena, contains the cave-manger site traditionally venerated as the birthplace of JesusI think the debate is about the word "kataluma"...the headline was "Jesus was not born in a stable", and he seems to be arguing semantics: if a room in a house is set aside for animals, is that a stable?you missed the point of the storyQuote For Paul, the significance of his reinterpretation of the story is that it undercuts the idea that what made Jesus remarkable was that he was born to humble, outcast parents. ?In the Christmas story, Jesus is not sad and lonely, some distance away in the manger, needing our sympathy. He is in the midst of the family, and all the visiting relations, right in the thick of it and demanding our attention,? he writes.I think your friend misses the point of the storyjesus was born in a room full of animals and laid in a manger.It is the humbleness of this birth that is the message, and we can argue till we are blue in the face whether the stable was inside the house or outside,

QuoteOriginally posted by: ppauperQuoteOriginally posted by: daveangelQuoteOriginally posted by: ppauperQuoteOriginally posted by: daveangelQuoteOriginally posted by: ppauperQuoteOriginally posted by: daveangelJesus was not born in a stableHappy Christmasthe grinch that stole christmasthe church of england seems to be unique in that its priests do not believe in jesusluke tells us that jesus was laid in a manger, which your friend's theory does not seem to account for, and it does seem to be the case that Jesus was born in the animals' sleeping quarters not the people's sleeping quarters.Animals' sleeping quarters = stable, and it does not seem to make a lot of difference if the stable was a room of the house rather than a separate building, either way it was a stable, and the point would be that Jesus was born in the animals' sleeping quarters not the people's sleeping quartersincidentally, the Church of the Nativity inside the town, built by St. Helena, contains the cave-manger site traditionally venerated as the birthplace of JesusI think the debate is about the word "kataluma"...the headline was "Jesus was not born in a stable", and he seems to be arguing semantics: if a room in a house is set aside for animals, is that a stable?you missed the point of the storyQuote For Paul, the significance of his reinterpretation of the story is that it undercuts the idea that what made Jesus remarkable was that he was born to humble, outcast parents. ?In the Christmas story, Jesus is not sad and lonely, some distance away in the manger, needing our sympathy. He is in the midst of the family, and all the visiting relations, right in the thick of it and demanding our attention,? he writes.I think your friend misses the point of the storyjesus was born in a room full of animals and laid in a manger.It is the humbleness of this birth that is the message, and we can argue till we are blue in the face whether the stable was inside the house or outside,but he was born amongst friends and not all by himself... you missed all the other references to why he wouldn't have had to stay at an inn.

QuoteOriginally posted by: trackstarAhoy, Captain Hook!May your Ships be fastYour Doubloons plentiful,Your Rum strong, andYour ladies lovely (and loving!) in 2015 Above all, endeavor to stay out of the Brig!HURRA!

QuoteOriginally posted by: daveangelQuoteOriginally posted by: ppauperQuoteOriginally posted by: daveangelQuoteOriginally posted by: ppauperQuoteOriginally posted by: daveangelQuoteOriginally posted by: ppauperQuoteOriginally posted by: daveangelJesus was not born in a stableHappy Christmasthe grinch that stole christmasthe church of england seems to be unique in that its priests do not believe in jesusluke tells us that jesus was laid in a manger, which your friend's theory does not seem to account for, and it does seem to be the case that Jesus was born in the animals' sleeping quarters not the people's sleeping quarters.Animals' sleeping quarters = stable, and it does not seem to make a lot of difference if the stable was a room of the house rather than a separate building, either way it was a stable, and the point would be that Jesus was born in the animals' sleeping quarters not the people's sleeping quartersincidentally, the Church of the Nativity inside the town, built by St. Helena, contains the cave-manger site traditionally venerated as the birthplace of JesusI think the debate is about the word "kataluma"...the headline was "Jesus was not born in a stable", and he seems to be arguing semantics: if a room in a house is set aside for animals, is that a stable?you missed the point of the storyQuote For Paul, the significance of his reinterpretation of the story is that it undercuts the idea that what made Jesus remarkable was that he was born to humble, outcast parents. ?In the Christmas story, Jesus is not sad and lonely, some distance away in the manger, needing our sympathy. He is in the midst of the family, and all the visiting relations, right in the thick of it and demanding our attention,? he writes.I think your friend misses the point of the storyjesus was born in a room full of animals and laid in a manger.It is the humbleness of this birth that is the message, and we can argue till we are blue in the face whether the stable was inside the house or outside,but he was born amongst friends and not all by himself... you missed all the other references to why he wouldn't have had to stay at an inn.to me the message is humbleness not aloneness.

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