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Biblical Mumsnet

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BlameItOnTheChoirOfAngels · 06/12/2012 10:59

TheVirginMary: AIBU to think that dh could have at least booked a hotel?

Relationships: DH is coveting our neighbours DW, should I LTB or wait for God to smite him?

Good Housekeeping: Feck! How do I get rid of a plague of locusts?

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SomeTiggyPudding · 09/12/2012 00:00

OK. I'll tell Mo to keep the 10 he's got and not to go back for the other 4.

fraktion · 09/12/2012 00:05

Feminism: is anyone else fed up of the objectification of women round here? I can't believe we all have to go and be looked over tomorrow so some man can have a new wife, just because the last one looked at him the wrong way so he had to get rid! I refuse to be treated as a commodity!

jessiegeesusinamanger · 09/12/2012 00:09

10 is enough already! How many of the bloody things does he think he/we need for God's sake? Boys and their toys eh.

thewhistler · 09/12/2012 11:20

AIBU

My best friend refused to share her lighter with me at this party and I got thrown out. Should I never speak to her again? Just because it was a duff purchase at the poundshop shouldn't mean she goes all snobby?

ATouchOfStuffing · 09/12/2012 19:48

AIBU: Not to want to wash his fecking feet or have to eat the crumbs from under the table at mealtimes?

timetosmile · 10/12/2012 13:46

Health: DW has suddenly been taken very unwell. I don't think it can be diabeters because that's to do with sugar. She's very flakey and I'm hoping one of you could help crystallise things for me, thanks, Lot

Holidays: see my TripAdvisor review of my stay in the Jordan Valley, with all inclusive raven-delivery food. Great, apart from significant water shortages toward the end.

Mental health. My whole family are dead, my business and life generally in tatters around me and I have an incurable and rather nasy dermatitis. My mates think its all my fault. I'm tempted to curse God and die.

AIBU or does that Pharisee (the one with the loud voice by himself at the front of the Temple)that's always boasting about how good he is, really p**s you off too?

Children: is a tooth for a tooth a reasonable exchange to you? DD(6) was expecting 50p under her pillow Sad

AIBU: Middle age has take its toll on my once-youthful figure. Kylie Minogue has just bought a house across the road from me. AIBU to covet my neighbour's ass?

aliphil · 10/12/2012 14:20

Really worried about newborn DS. He never cries, even when the cattle wake him with their lowing. WWYD? DH says we should just enjoy the peace while we can, but then DS isn't his child ...

JugglingMeYorkiesAndNutRoast · 10/12/2012 14:59

Has he had his newborn hearing test yet, or are you planning that for when you get back to your home town ? Perhaps he cannot hear the lowing cows ?
Otherwise maybe you just got lucky ! Enjoy ! Xmas Smile

Joybelles · 10/12/2012 16:47

Hey I'm up for a laugh like the rest of you and love, for example (along with a few glasses or more of wine!) the Bethleheminian Raphsody but a lot of us Mumsnetters love and worship Christ and it wouldn't hurt, in this age of tinsel and best selling tablets, to remember Christ was born to poor parents in an animal stable. Christ came to show God's love. Let's do that this Christmas, cos it's wonderful and true x

LRDtheFeministDude · 10/12/2012 18:07

What did you think this thread was about, joy? Confused

I assumed it was about the bible story of Christmas, among other things.

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BlameItOnTheChoirOfAngels · 10/12/2012 18:16

Ummmm, okaaaay...

I love tinsel.

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SirBoobAlot · 10/12/2012 20:38

You believe its true. Not everyone does. And actually there is an impressive amount of biblical knowledge here.

In the top ten rules of MN - if you don't like it, don't read it.

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BlameItOnTheChoirOfAngels · 10/12/2012 20:43

I'm very impressed by how knowledgable many posters are!

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fraktion · 11/12/2012 09:24

Joy you're unlikely to be the only Christian poster on this thread, in fact I know you're not. If you want to look at this positively it's making parts of the bible relevant to modern everyday life, the things we complain about and showing that biblical figures had issues that if you look at them worked out because God is good - a bit of perspective, if you like.

SchnappsDamnYou · 11/12/2012 11:57

My dad is a vicar and he laughed.

EmpressOfTheNorthPole · 11/12/2012 23:23

I think this is a pretty respectful thread, Joybelles. And it's definitely both clever and funny.

SolidGoldFrankensteinandmurgh · 13/12/2012 00:07

To many --rational- people the Nativity is just a charming myth (there's certainly no evidence whatsoever for it being a true account of historical events), even though there are certainly great chunks of the Bible which are revolting and deserve all the pisstaking they get. But the majority of posters on this thread are mocking the mythology with affection, and have every right to do so.

TheSilverPussycat · 13/12/2012 12:08

TheVirginMary: We arrived with very little, but people have been so kind! Am eating well, obv I need to, with EBF PFB. But it's getting a bit boring now - anyone got any good recipes for cold lamb?

The family has come into a bit of money, too (and got given some lovely smellies). should I ask for a room upgrade now we can afford it?

Joybelles · 13/12/2012 15:35

Hey, thanks to all who replied, sorry for delay, job as a legal eagle is a jealous master! Understand the sentiment behind most of the posts, just thought it good to point out that God gave it for good and we give pressies to remember His - best present of all- Christ who really can save, solve, redeem and restore. Isn't this the best news in times of continuing recession and worry....at least I know it's true in my own life. Merry Christmas everyone and a peaceful 2013 [fmsile] xxxx

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BlameItOnTheChoirOfAngels · 13/12/2012 15:37

most people are aware of the origins of Christmas, and I actually resent having it pointed out to me like I'm some sort of imbecile.

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JugglingMeYorkiesAndNutRoast · 13/12/2012 15:50

Well, I'm happy to share some of your joy and hope Joy even when I probably don't share your faith ( That would depend on just how broadly anyone was interpreting things )

I do understand too why it could be annoying to you OP Xmas Smile

LRDtheFeministDude · 13/12/2012 15:54

It is nice to get genuine good wishes at Christmas.

I did feel joy, perhaps unintentially, was rather rude. No doubt her job keeps her terribly busy (as jobs tend to ...), but if she'd had time to read the last few posts since her first one, she'd see several posters clearly do not 'give pressies to remember ... Christ'.

I am religious but I cringed a bit at that and I do hope, joy, you can perhaps take this in the spirit it is meant and realize that it can be a little bit offputting to people when you presume your beliefs are accepted by everyone else, instead of politely recognizing people's differences.

It does feel inappropriate on a light-hearted thread.

GrimmaTheNome · 13/12/2012 16:06

Anyone who wants to bah-humbug should start a Dickensian christmas thread Grin

EmpressOfTheNorthPole · 13/12/2012 16:13

The God giving Jesus bit is a matter of opinion and faith. The innkeeper sending the poor parents in animal stable bit though - there's no Biblical basis for that at all. Even Luke, whose Gospel the Nativity is based on, doesn't mention stables. Or innkeepers. Manger, yes, but that's it.

He says the place with no room for Jesus was a 'kataluma' which can mean inn, but the only other time it appears in the Gospels it means a furnished 'upper room' (the upper room of the Last Supper) in a private house. The upper area of Joseph's family home for instance.
Also, it was quite normal in those days for some animals to be kept inside the house. Excavations in Israel have found a lot of evidence of carved or stone mangers in what would have been ground floor rooms. If the elder members of the family were filling the kataluma, maybe that meant Mary and Joseph had to go in with the animals.

Also, if the shepherds were watching their flocks by night it wasn't December!

EmpressOfTheNorthPole · 13/12/2012 16:16

Oh and there's also the Grotto of the Nativity in Bethlehem which is meant to be where Jesus was born. Which is a cave. So the Nativity is a lovely story but apart from that...