So it's ok for Christians to usurp pagan traditions but not the other way around?
Here's a crash course, explaining why so many movies today seem to be following a very familiar and popular forumula: A Practical Guide to The Hero With a Thousand Faces

YEA YEA YEA.....your catholic...skeptic's atheist let's just get down to the real reason we're in this topic
  WHAT'S YOUR PHONE NUMBER    

Did someone say my name?

According to who?
Break the circle.

I won't call it usurping... Early Christians adapted - to survive because of persecution.  It's a disguise. 

Religion morph through time and culture.  So Religion, like all other concepts, are not absolute but deeply ingrained through other aspects of the individual and society.  It's even a tell-tale sign of history.

You have done very well pointing out Religion flaws, from your previous posts - that I must admit.  But disregarding it to the point of imploring leaving Religion out of people's lives is another.  Practicing belief or worship of God (or any other God/s) is a basic human right.  It could be outdated - I don't know.  But everyone's got their own opinion shaped by history and politics in favor to the powerful with spoils to the most charismatic gentleman.

If you ask me, society could exist without God (or a God or gods)?  Could be.  But if you're living during the early times, can you tell that to your tribesmen?  How will you explain the forces of nature and the sign of times?  How will you lead your people with your limited knowledge of the still unknown? 


(   seriously, I have respect for intellectual individuals like you skepticguy; but, I must tell you frankly why these debates keep going on and on - you lack enough charisma, !  Work on it.  He he he)

YEA YEA YEA.....your catholic...skeptic's atheist let's just get down to the real reason we're in this topic
  WHAT'S YOUR PHONE NUMBER    

Yeap GOD! WE did. We are so confused whether you are really existed in this world.

Hey God!!!!!!!!!!!! Are you really here in our universe???

You just have to know it all, don't you?

I'm always glad to reveal the secrets of the universe to you poor mortals. It's not as easy as it seems, you see. 'Cuz I always like to tell each person a different story and then watch them kill each other over it.

You will have to understand. Watching the damned being tortured sometimes gets distasteful--Don't judge me. You'd know how I feel if you'd been watching unattractive 60 years-olds getting fried for 6000 years.

As to your question, do I exist in this universe? It is indeed an intricate question, the answer of which is too great to be conceived by mortals. That's why you need prophets, you know.

We just moved to Texas.

Oh God!
That is the standard answer your followers ( Catholic priests and nuns) answer us when we raise any question that they can't reply us logically. 

GOD AND CHICKENS: Tyson Foods Sells Religion to Cover Up Its Dirty Doings

Ad Age reports today that the giant international mega-conglomerate Tyson Foods -- twice as large as any competitor in the meat-and-chicken industry -- is now trying to sell God along with its chickens, beef, and pre-prepared frozen meals. Tyson is distributing "mealtime prayer booklets" for a variety of faiths all over the world.

"What started out as the internal manifestation of Tyson’s mission statement -- a set of core values that includes 'striving to be a faith-friendly company…and to honor God…' -- has over the last few years morphed into placing 128 part-time chaplains in 78 plants across the country and, now, the external marketing initiative to play a part in mealtime prayer." Tyson's chairman, born-again John Tyson, Ad Age notes, is a sometime drug addict and alcoholic.

All this godbothering is, of course, designed to cover up Tyson's dirty record as a rapacious, union-busting, exploitative corporation that endangers the lives of its workers, exploits immigrant labor, and doesn't stop at utilizing violence and fraud to achieve its reactionary goals. Blood, Sweat and Fear, a recent report by Human Rights Watch, condemned Tyson for violating the basic human rights of its workers by allowing unsafe working conditions at many of its production facilities and using illegal means to stop their joining unions: Tyson workers "contend with conditions, vulnerabilities, and abuses which violate human rights," said the January, 2005 HRW report.

God! seriously, how do you look like? Huge or small? Handsome or not handsome?
I want to know.

Because God is a He, not She

Well, ignorance is bliss...especially if you are the beneficiary of other people's ignorance.

Take the God-friendly, worker-hostile Tyson Foods for example:
A model for all good Christians, don’t you think? Spreading the gospels while making good use of the slaves.

But, like one of my faithful supporters here (whose cheerful presence brings true joy to every corner of my heart) mentioned, suffering is a part of life…So, I’m officially off the hook.

Now you know why I like my believers so much? They make my life such a breeze even when I make Hell on earth.
Hey I’m conscious about my weight.

GOD is too fu-king ugly inside and out to be a woman

OMG god is here 

*runs and hides*

GOD is too fu-king ugly inside and out to be a woman

OMG god is here 

*runs and hides*

GOD is too fu-king ugly inside and out to be a woman

OMG god is here 

*runs and hides*

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^LoL I like your humor,
hey, let's ask god what he thinks about priests sexually abusing children.

Where is the old fat guy when you need him??
*Looks around*

:Yells:
HEYYYYY GOD!!!

Oh yea, I forgot, he doesn't exist. 

In the Netherlands there are many religions and a lot of people believing in it. But i'm not one of them

seriously, I have respect for intellectual individuals like you skepticguy; but, I must tell you frankly why these debates keep going on and on - you lack enough charisma, !  Work on it.  He he he)

Charisma? Dude, I ooze charisma! I rolled an 18!!

Though sometimes it's the people that matters, not the idea. Because to non-believers, there wasn't any great deal of respect for the idea anyway. It would all seem alien to most atheists.

Anyway, I am still new to Buddism. I see it as a way of life than regard it as a religion.

Hey SUSAN12, were you molested by the Catholic priest? Why you hate God so much? 

Hey SUSAN12, were you molested by the Catholic priest? Why you hate God so much?  Oh wait, you don't believe in the existence of God, the "Catholic" God. I'd like to share with you a pix from one of your clowns. I think it's hella funny.



Thanks to the Bloody boy, Red$hitOverChina for this pix! 2  2  2

Yes, people, I too am Roman Catholic, just on the verge of leaving the church.

Here are the following reasons why (to say the very least):

--the Holy Crusades

--the Inquisitions

--the genocide of Native Americans

--anti-Semitism (to the point that it became a European tradition -- my source was my Irish former World History teacher)

...and, of course, this guy (and even his associates) happened to be one of us:

...and that's the damn truth.

Tell me, are you  leaving the church because of the institution or because of the ideal of Roman Catholicism?

Most likely the institution.

In case you people didn't listen to me:

HITLER IS ROMAN CATHOLIC!

Well... not all Roman Catholics are Hitlers either...

You're a smart guy ATL...just thought I'd say that.

Thanks dude i was starting to think everybody on here hated me or something. 

Say what??? Me? Hate you?

Most likely the institution.

In case you people didn't listen to me:

HITLER IS ROMAN CATHOLIC!

then all christians should stop being christians because judas is one of the twelve apostles. no need look at the other 11. one member is enough to convict the entire gang. that's great! let's kill every religion in this manner. all you need to do is look for one evil member and "voila".