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Atheists & Agnostics

defacto7

(13,746 posts) Wed Dec 25, 2019, 05:26 PM Dec 2019

A little holiday confusion... [View all]

Whose virgin birth are we supposed to celebrate today? There are so many:

Horus
Ethiopia-Sudan, 3,000 BCE
Zarathustra
Iran 1,000 BCE
Krishna
India, 900 BCE
Hercules
Greece, 800 BCE
Mithra
Persia, 600 BCE
Buddha
Nepal , 563 BCE
Dionysus
Greece, 500 BCE
Thammuz
Babylonia, 400 BCE
Hermes
Greece, 200 BCE
Adonis
Phoenicia, 200 BCE
And the one in 2 CE ...you know.

But then there are deities from non-virgin births on Dec. 25th:

Ela-Gabal
Syrian Sun God
Sol Invictus
Roman Sun God

Hmm... which one to choose?

.....Merry Mythmus!

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A little holiday confusion... [View all] defacto7 Dec 2019 OP

All of the above - covering my bases. alittlelark Dec 2019 #1

You know that liberal democracies are a myth too. Myth is a human way to be. applegrove Dec 2019 #2

Yeah, but wouldn't it be nice to organize around science, defacto7 Dec 2019 #6

Yes, that is the hope of all of us here at the DU and beyond. applegrove Dec 2019 #8

That's an equivocation fallacy, at best. Voltaire2 Dec 2019 #11

one more dweller Dec 2019 #3

Wow, now I'm really confused... defacto7 Dec 2019 #4

Argh shadowmayor Dec 2019 #5

hard to believe anyone believes in "virgin birth" Skittles Dec 2019 #7

I don't see why it's interesting defacto7 Dec 2019 #9

it is just plain misogyny Skittles Dec 2019 #10

Agreed defacto7 Dec 2019 #12