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| JJenson |
Posted - 14 December 2006 : 22:53:03
I saw a reference to this but I cannot find anything on it? Is this HuwR's portal mod? ALso I tried to do a archive search and it timedout. Anyone have any ideas what this is? Thanks< |
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| Kent |
Posted - 16 December 2006 : 17:16:23
quote:
Originally posted by HuwR
my "Portal Mod" was abandoned a very long time ago I'm afraid. It has not been available for download for quite some time.
Abandoned sounds so very harsh, Huw!  
I'm actually having Etymon update my portal now. I've customized it so much with custom code and other mods that it would very difficult to try to package it as an install...
I'd suggest that if people are looking for an updated version of this portal to use one of Image's versions, since it appears to still be supported -- while most of the other variants (Crash, etc.) seem to have also been abandoned. < |
| HuwR |
Posted - 15 December 2006 : 13:39:45
in terms of religion Christianity is very very new, being only some 2000 years (+ a bit) old, don't forget being Christian means you believe that Jesus was the son of god. but religions in one form or another have been around for a very long time, most if not all the ancient religions were however matriarchal rather than patriarchal, it is only the modern religions which are patriarchal, and is almost certainly related to the point at which the human Psyche realised that shagging created babies< |
| JJenson |
Posted - 15 December 2006 : 11:57:48
I didn't know that about the x in front of xmas. I actually just assumed it was a sign of the cross so to speak or in some way. Thanks for that info.
I always enjoy talking with people who have a greater knowledge on information than me makes me smarter  < |
| Shaggy |
Posted - 15 December 2006 : 11:51:38
Oh, religion has definitely been around for as long as we've been able to worship people or things; paganism itself can be considered a religion. And, yes, the word Christmas is a contraction of "Christ's Mass" (derived from the Middle English "Christemasse" and Old English "Cristes Mæsse". Incidentally, the word xmas, which so many of my christian friends berate me for using because it replaces "Christ" with, what some see as a generic "x", actually comes from the Greek word for "Christ" which begins with X.
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| JJenson |
Posted - 15 December 2006 : 11:37:23
Blame me shaggy. I like to open cans of worms so to speak. Like I said I know he was not born in december and I know winter soltace is where it comes from. But still the meaning whereever it has come from was adopted and is now generally accepted as Christ B-day.
not saying you believe in him or debating the fact he existed more just that this is the general feeling of christmas at least as I know it here in the US.
But on a side note I do believe religion has been around since the beggining of existance. But this is just opinion not factual things to back this up just a feeling. So I think any of pagan or non pagan celebrations or practices have actually come about by different beliefs so to speak so personally I don't think either one predates each other I think they came around at the same time. But churches and religions that come up over time definanlty adopt practices and beliefs from those who have gone on before them.
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| Shaggy |
Posted - 15 December 2006 : 11:24:25
Evidence would suggest that he was born (if he even existed, of course) in late spring or early summer. There was a census on at the time and people would have had to travel great distances to their home towns to be counted so, more than likely, they would have arranged the timing so that people could travel in the spring before it got too hot in the summer or started to get cold in the autumn/winter.
How did we get on to this from discussing Huw's Portal?!
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| HuwR |
Posted - 15 December 2006 : 11:18:02
it is in actual fact the celebration of the midwinter solstice which occurs around the 22nd of December, nobody actually knows when christ was born, once again it is an example of the early christians co-opting the pagan festivals as their own. It is also interesting to note that nearly all old churches in the UK have a Yew tree (pagan place of worship) in there grounds and which generally predates the church by a thousand years or so  < |
| JJenson |
Posted - 15 December 2006 : 10:42:39
Lol well just funny to hear even though it may be a pagan holliday still the meaning to lots is christ's birthday (Even though I know he was not born on christmas)
Sorry for the wrong spelling that could be a meme < |
| HuwR |
Posted - 15 December 2006 : 10:40:41
oh you mean memes which bit were you referring to as being a meme, being festive, the .net Snitz or Christmass itself (a pagan not christian festival by the way)< |
| JJenson |
Posted - 15 December 2006 : 10:30:44
Wait I thought they were called mimi's? or are they Wiki's I can't remember you were telling me about them when we were talking about religion.< |
| HuwR |
Posted - 15 December 2006 : 09:59:39
well, I've not seen davids portal, so can't comment, but most of the others are based on my old portal format anyway.
what's a mimi ?< |
| JJenson |
Posted - 15 December 2006 : 09:47:52
Oh lol ok just heard some references to it and thought I would see what it is. I have used davids portal but it jsut doesn't give the feel and look I want. I saw kent I think his name was and liked the look and feel of that one so I thought I would see. I guess I will try to convert one from somowhere into snitz Like i was talking about earlier.
On a side note HuwR I was wondering you said since christmas was coming you were going to give a teaser cause you are getting into the festive part. I just want to know is that a mimi? just ribbing you a bit. Looks great< |
| HuwR |
Posted - 15 December 2006 : 04:22:13
my "Portal Mod" was abandoned a very long time ago I'm afraid. It has not been available for download for quite some time.< |
