Posted by Hey Zeus on December 20, 2005 at 14:54:22 (PST):
In Reply to: Re: Merry Mythmass posted by ? on December 20, 2005 at 14:07:16 (PST):
I have never heard of that one. Ha, Ha. A non-flowering trees suddenly flowered? Whatever. But here IS what the bible says and as far as I know it is the only reference to a christmas tree in the bible. Read on:
> Jeremiah 10:2-8 "Thus saith the Lord, Learn not the way of the heathen,
> and be
> not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.
> For
> the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the
> forest,
> the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. They deck it with
> silver
> and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move
> not.... They are altogether brutish and foolish."
>
And as for the correction on my spelling of literally....so what, fartface... I had a typo. And I never said I've ever won a spelling bee anyway. I'm sure that wont be the only miss-spelled word of mine you'l ever see. Is that the best you can do?