Re: virus: Martians and Xian memes

Sean Morgan (sean@lucifer.com)
Tue, 13 Aug 1996 23:52:23 -0700

'Xian' reminded me of a factoid I came across recently. During my baptist
upbringing (I got over it), I was told the Xmas abbreviation was used by
atheists who didn't want to wish someone a Merry Christmas. However,
according to Deb and Jen's Land o' Useless Facts
(http://www-leland.stanford.edu/~jenkg/useless.html):
"Xmas" does not begin with the Roman letter X. It begins with the
Greek letter "chi," which was used in medieval manuscripts as an
abbreviation for the word "Christ" (xus = christus, etc.) [...]

Ken Pantheists wrote:

>He said there is a passage in the Bible-- and I am paraphrasing it--
>that says "I have other worlds of which you know naught".

There's a boolean Bible search tool on web at
http://www.hti.umich.edu/relig/kjv/bool.html
but I couldn't find the "other worlds" reference.

You could use it to find these other important points though (these aren't
the King James Version's wording):

"No man whose testicles have been crushed or whose organ has been
cut off may become a member of the assembly of the Lord." -- Deuteronomy 23:1.

"You are not to extract interest on anything you lend to your fellow
countryman." -- Deuteronomy 23:19.

"You are not to cut off the hair from your temples." -- Leviticus 20:27.
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