To be amused at a discussion I can overhear?

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At work and currently listening in on a discussion where one woman is trying to explain to a colleague that Jesus was Jewish. Colleague isn't having it

Obviously Jesus was jewish.

waits for someone to come along and explain why Xmas is actually a more accurate word than Christmas

Because the "X" symbolises "Chi" the first (Greek) letter οf the word "Christos" ("Χριστοs") meaning the Anointed/Chosen One/

You're welcome,

MrsDoyle wins the thread

Yay schadenfreude

You are ALL wrong. Jesus was an Indian.

This thread is excellent! I’m Judas, though I’m an atheist and clearly know nothing about religion. Paul Battersea O’Grady and Thora Cream Cracker Hird founded Christianity and a PP named Cardinal Sin - one of the most important and influential Catholic Archbishops of Manila - declares there’s no evidence Jesus really existed. I need a glass of red and a flimsy wafer.......

My ex at various times thought:

1. that he knew a boy-girl pair of identical twins.
2. that spiders are insects.
3. that snakes are invertebrates.

Oxford science graduate!

I'll just leave this here for all the people reading this thread all day!

I'll get me coat ...

If I told you that the original meaning of virgin is unmarried (not unshagged)...

What about the fact that the Immaculate Conception was not when Mary got a BFP with Jesus.....?

Jesus’ surname was Christ.
And he received communion.

Oh. My. Goodness.

< Carefully not blaspheming on thread about Jesus >

And Christian means follower of Christ so Jesus being a Christian wouldn't make sense.

Well, his surname was Christ. Andrew Lloyd Webber said so in the secret 5th Gospel.

Not a lot of people know that.

I thought it was Jesus H Corbett? Thats what I shout when I stub my toe anyway.

I've been so disappointed in some of the awful tone on so many threads recently. All the goading and so on.

But oh my, this thread is just brilliant and uplifting and has renewed my faith (ha!) in mumsnet.

Thank you all.

Sorry Sprogletsmuvva in rare cases, it has been recorded that ‘identical’ twins are of opposite sexes.

With regard to twins, identical means they come from one egg. Occasionally an egg contains three sex chromosomes XXY.

This is opposed to the usual XX for a girl or XY for a boy.

If this XXY egg splits it can lose a Y in the process, leaving one embryo with a girl’s XX combination and her identical twin as an XY boy.

That's his cousin, whose mother was well known beaver and light entertainer Harry Secombe.

It's an easy mistake to make though, especially in a poorly lit environment.

And before anyone credits Peter Capaldi/Malcolm Tucker, it was Rik Mayall/Richie Richard who said it first!

This is the best thread in ages - I’ve nominated it for classics as it should be preserved for all eternity for the quality of religious debate

Hare Krishnas believe dolphins are fish because they swim in the sea, and bats are a type of bird. It Is Written apparently, and in old sanskrit which is far more believable than any of this new fangled rubbish they have nowadays.

also, they don't eat onions!
I think because they are too stimulating

Who doesn't eat onions?

Actually many Hindus don't eat garlic, onions and mushrooms, not just Hare Krishnas.

Molly I know it can happen (life sciences degree here), but pretty sure it didn’t in this case. Part of ex’s argument was that “they looked so alike - the same height and everything.” But of course 2 people who were identical except for the 2nd X/ Y would look different due to that - a couple of inches on height for the boy, for example.