Comments on: Xmas is nigh – and God fiddles with an egg to remind us of the ‘reason for the season’ http://freethinker.co.uk/2009/12/05/xmas-is-nigh-%e2%80%93-and-god-fiddles-with-an-egg-to-remind-us-of-the-%e2%80%98reason-for-the-season%e2%80%99/ The voice of atheism since 1881 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:36:37 +0000 hourly 1 By: Nunuv Yerbiznezz http://freethinker.co.uk/2009/12/05/xmas-is-nigh-%e2%80%93-and-god-fiddles-with-an-egg-to-remind-us-of-the-%e2%80%98reason-for-the-season%e2%80%99/comment-page-1/#comment-25294 Nunuv Yerbiznezz Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:56:06 +0000 http://freethinker.co.uk/?p=10193#comment-25294 Sometimes you wonder if the nonreligious <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/619D8913-4BF1-4F9B-9D15-47AE9D51ECF9/" rel="nofollow">see things where they're not</a>. Sometimes you wonder if the nonreligious see things where they’re not.

]]> By: h. allison http://freethinker.co.uk/2009/12/05/xmas-is-nigh-%e2%80%93-and-god-fiddles-with-an-egg-to-remind-us-of-the-%e2%80%98reason-for-the-season%e2%80%99/comment-page-1/#comment-25255 h. allison Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:21:48 +0000 http://freethinker.co.uk/?p=10193#comment-25255 It's Texas for goodness sake, no more needs to be said. It’s Texas for goodness sake, no more needs to be said.

]]> By: barriejohn http://freethinker.co.uk/2009/12/05/xmas-is-nigh-%e2%80%93-and-god-fiddles-with-an-egg-to-remind-us-of-the-%e2%80%98reason-for-the-season%e2%80%99/comment-page-1/#comment-25235 barriejohn Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:47:25 +0000 http://freethinker.co.uk/?p=10193#comment-25235 Where's Esther Rantzen when you need her, eh? Where’s Esther Rantzen when you need her, eh?

]]> By: Stonyground http://freethinker.co.uk/2009/12/05/xmas-is-nigh-%e2%80%93-and-god-fiddles-with-an-egg-to-remind-us-of-the-%e2%80%98reason-for-the-season%e2%80%99/comment-page-1/#comment-25230 Stonyground Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:13:42 +0000 http://freethinker.co.uk/?p=10193#comment-25230 Actually I think that the egg is quite interesting and extremely unusual. The problem being that it is obviously no more than that. To read some deep religious significance into it shows the same kind of ignorance and stupidity that probably gave birth to religions in the first place. Actually I think that the egg is quite interesting and extremely unusual. The problem being that it is obviously no more than that. To read some deep religious significance into it shows the same kind of ignorance and stupidity that probably gave birth to religions in the first place.

]]> By: barriejohn http://freethinker.co.uk/2009/12/05/xmas-is-nigh-%e2%80%93-and-god-fiddles-with-an-egg-to-remind-us-of-the-%e2%80%98reason-for-the-season%e2%80%99/comment-page-1/#comment-25222 barriejohn Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:35:52 +0000 http://freethinker.co.uk/?p=10193#comment-25222 You're just egging us on now, @mikespeir. You’re just egging us on now, @mikespeir.

]]> By: mikespeir http://freethinker.co.uk/2009/12/05/xmas-is-nigh-%e2%80%93-and-god-fiddles-with-an-egg-to-remind-us-of-the-%e2%80%98reason-for-the-season%e2%80%99/comment-page-1/#comment-25220 mikespeir Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:18:27 +0000 http://freethinker.co.uk/?p=10193#comment-25220 Why was it a cross? My not a manger or a Star of Bethlehem? Why was it a cross? My not a manger or a Star of Bethlehem?

]]> By: Stuart W http://freethinker.co.uk/2009/12/05/xmas-is-nigh-%e2%80%93-and-god-fiddles-with-an-egg-to-remind-us-of-the-%e2%80%98reason-for-the-season%e2%80%99/comment-page-1/#comment-25218 Stuart W Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:26:08 +0000 http://freethinker.co.uk/?p=10193#comment-25218 Can see why you filed it under 'You Couldn't Make It Up', but actually somebody did (sort of) many years ago. In his short story 'The Inspired Chicken Motel', Ray Bradbury wrote of religious-looking symbols appearing on egg shells at a run-down farm. Real life is still barmier than fiction, then. If you ask me, the life of a farmyard bird is quite symbolic of those of Islamic fundies' wives. The lucky ones might not need to be kept caged via 'battery' methods, but still exist for little more than to produce food and babies. Can see why you filed it under ‘You Couldn’t Make It Up’, but actually somebody did (sort of) many years ago. In his short story ‘The Inspired Chicken Motel’, Ray Bradbury wrote of religious-looking symbols appearing on egg shells at a run-down farm. Real life is still barmier than fiction, then.

If you ask me, the life of a farmyard bird is quite symbolic of those of Islamic fundies’ wives. The lucky ones might not need to be kept caged via ‘battery’ methods, but still exist for little more than to produce food and babies.

]]> By: Angela_K http://freethinker.co.uk/2009/12/05/xmas-is-nigh-%e2%80%93-and-god-fiddles-with-an-egg-to-remind-us-of-the-%e2%80%98reason-for-the-season%e2%80%99/comment-page-1/#comment-25216 Angela_K Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:34:50 +0000 http://freethinker.co.uk/?p=10193#comment-25216 Looks like that old perv god has been involved in a bit of bestiality. Looks like that old perv god has been involved in a bit of bestiality.

]]> By: Robert Stovold http://freethinker.co.uk/2009/12/05/xmas-is-nigh-%e2%80%93-and-god-fiddles-with-an-egg-to-remind-us-of-the-%e2%80%98reason-for-the-season%e2%80%99/comment-page-1/#comment-25215 Robert Stovold Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:28:26 +0000 http://freethinker.co.uk/?p=10193#comment-25215 You'd think God would have waited until Easter to perform his miracle involving eggs, wouldn't you? A misformed chocolate in a box of Milk Tray would have been more in keeping with the festive season. Was it a virgin hatching, or was there a cock involved? You’d think God would have waited until Easter to perform his miracle involving eggs, wouldn’t you? A misformed chocolate in a box of Milk Tray would have been more in keeping with the festive season.

Was it a virgin hatching, or was there a cock involved?

]]> By: barriejohn http://freethinker.co.uk/2009/12/05/xmas-is-nigh-%e2%80%93-and-god-fiddles-with-an-egg-to-remind-us-of-the-%e2%80%98reason-for-the-season%e2%80%99/comment-page-1/#comment-25214 barriejohn Sun, 06 Dec 2009 10:55:04 +0000 http://freethinker.co.uk/?p=10193#comment-25214 Once in some far Texan city Stood a lonely chicken shed, Where a bantam laid her ova In the straw placed for their bed. Jesus said: "This will be fun - See the cross come out her bum!" All the Christians had a field day - Wet their knickers at the sight Of the cross upon the ovum; Gazed upon it with delight. But the bantam was quite wild: <i>"Do not ridicule my child!"</i> (No apologies to Mrs C. F. Alexander) Once in some far Texan city
Stood a lonely chicken shed,
Where a bantam laid her ova
In the straw placed for their bed.
Jesus said: “This will be fun -
See the cross come out her bum!”

All the Christians had a field day -
Wet their knickers at the sight
Of the cross upon the ovum;
Gazed upon it with delight.
But the bantam was quite wild:
“Do not ridicule my child!”

(No apologies to Mrs C. F. Alexander)

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