Is there stuffing with the roast donkey? Have a poor Christmas.

Saw this on the Freethought and Rationalism Discussion Board.

CNN has a piece on debates in the US about the Prosperity Gospel with some folks arguing that Jesus was born into a wealthy family.

[Rev. C. Thomas] Anderson says Jesus couldn’t have been poor because he received lucrative gifts — gold, frankincense and myrrh — at birth. Jesus had to be wealthy because the Roman soldiers who crucified him gambled for his expensive undergarments. Even Jesus’ parents, Mary and Joseph, lived and traveled in style, he says.

“Mary and Joseph took a Cadillac to get to Bethlehem because the finest transportation of their day was a donkey,” says Anderson. “Poor people ate their donkey. Only the wealthy used it as transportation.”

Ah, there is nothing like inventing a past to justify one’s present or hoped for future!

Merry Giftmas!

And lets not  forget the other image of Christmas!

CERTAIN POOR SHEPHERDS

A Preacher of the Poperity Gospel

Passyer Freeflo Dollars

What Jesus really needed to preach the gospel, a fitness magazine to peddle!

Oh, and Rev. Anderson reminds everyone that Jesus and his band of apostles had a bag of money, so that proves they were rich. Oh yeah, but who was carrying it?

Judas

That’s right! Judas kept the loot, and betrayed Jesus with a kiss! Not sure how the Mistletoe got involved, but there you go. See, there really is a biblical warrant for giving the clergy all your money!

MERRY CHRISTMAS, AND TO ALL A GOOD PARKING SPOT FOR THE BOXING DAY SALES!

And so lets have some music!

Christmas Suck, Arrogant Worms!