That's why Halloween is the best holiday. All other holidays have a "reason." You're always celebrating because of the new year, or flags, or jesuses.
1) "Jesuses" is not an acceptable plural or possessive form of the Lord's name, much as Jeez-its is not an acceptable way to refer to communion wafers.
2) Halloween is actually a Christian Holiday, All Saints/ All Hallow dates way, way back as official holiday of the church 13-1400 year ago, that it's got a lot of connections to various harvest festival and local pagan traditions is kind of irrelevant except insofar as it influenced local practices. The Eve or 'een for Halloween is a touch more recent, though has reliable dating to the Middle Ages.
Trick or treating as a major regular US event is basically post WWII and has since become a 6 billion dollar industry. Essentially it is best summed up to various uncivilized foreign devils as a chance for children under a monstrous costume's veil of threatening anonymity to engage in extortion to support their sugar addictions on threat of vandalism, as well as an opportunity for young women to dress as scantily as possible and get drunk without fear of social disapproval.
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.
- Albert Einstein
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Chancellor of the Landsraad, Archduke of Is'Mod
- Albert Einstein
King of Cairhien 20-7-2
Chancellor of the Landsraad, Archduke of Is'Mod
It's so weird trying to explain Halloween to people who didn't grow up with it
01/11/2011 02:26:52 PM
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For a sec I was gonna go into the specifics for you...
01/11/2011 04:32:18 PM
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But its always just been an excuse to make a fire on the top of a hill.
01/11/2011 05:32:57 PM
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Yup. I know there are various pagan origins, but honestly, fuck'em
01/11/2011 08:17:12 PM
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I'm not going to do a history lesson, but...
01/11/2011 09:22:59 PM
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What would you say is the proper plural form of Jesus?
01/11/2011 09:51:31 PM
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Claudii is an established plural, actually.
01/11/2011 10:02:52 PM
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I want to reread Lamb: The story of Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal now
01/11/2011 11:38:26 PM
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Jesī *NM*
01/11/2011 10:06:29 PM
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Minor addendum: it seems to be a defective fourth declension. The plural should still be Iesūs.
01/11/2011 10:44:08 PM
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He is singular in nature
01/11/2011 10:08:43 PM
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I thing attempting to discuss the plurality of Jesus precludes any serious discussion
01/11/2011 10:41:01 PM
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Well, Zombie Jesus seems a legit matter for theological discussions
02/11/2011 01:03:38 AM
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Lots of Mexican guys in one room could still be "Jesuses". *NM*
01/11/2011 10:47:03 PM
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So is it Jesūs, Jesii, or Jesuses then?
02/11/2011 01:04:58 AM
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Well, in English I'd assume it's Jesuses. In Latin it would be Iesūs.
02/11/2011 01:06:09 AM
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As I mentioned above, the Latin plural would not be Jesi, but Jesūs.
01/11/2011 10:46:18 PM
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Halloween isn't a Christian holiday, at least not originally.
01/11/2011 10:26:58 PM
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I know all of this, and care not.
01/11/2011 11:37:12 PM
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Again halloween is a world thing, not US property
02/11/2011 12:01:25 AM
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Not according to the Defense of Halloween Act of 1997! We own all IP rights and residuals.
02/11/2011 01:12:22 AM
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Pagans and Satanists care a great deal about religion around Halloween.
02/11/2011 01:10:42 AM
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All Saints' Day is huge in New Orleans, as well. Lots of replastering and whitewashing cemeteries. *NM*
02/11/2011 02:14:40 AM
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It seems internationally understood from what I can tell.
01/11/2011 10:48:02 PM
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Aren't morbid celebrations to ward away spirits pretty common throughout the world? *NM*
01/11/2011 11:20:45 PM
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That's not what Halloween is in the US, though. Not anymore. *NM*
01/11/2011 11:34:27 PM
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