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I dont think its because it is tedious to type the whole word. I understand cuting 'super cali fragil listic expi ali doshes' short, but "Christian"?
Why?
Why?
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I dont think its because it is tedious to type the whole word. I understand cuting 'super cali fragil listic expi ali doshes' short, but "Christian"?
Why?
xtian
meaning christian
the x comes from latin and is the latin letter for christ, i.e. x-tian means christ-tian or christian
also xmas meaning christ-mas
Sheesh. Go figure.It seems Christians are about the only group left that it is still socially acceptable to insult.
Where is my pontoon boat?It seems Christians are about the only group left that it is still socially acceptable to insult.
Using the Greek X is a perfectly acceptable abbreviation. The "Chi-Rho" symbol has been use by the church for centuries. Why are you taking exception to it???Why abreviate it? I understand abreviating God to G-d. The word Christian isnt a holy word. Its a title for someone who has a relationship with Christ. Why abreviate Christmas? To many christians, that is one of the most important days of the year, the time Christ was born.
I suspect it has to do with a couple of things...Using the Greek X is a perfectly acceptable abbreviation. The "Chi-Rho" symbol has been use by the church for centuries. Why are you taking exception to it???
It just bugs me. I dont know personal reaaons why people today do it.Using the Greek X is a perfectly acceptable abbreviation. The "Chi-Rho" symbol has been use by the church for centuries. Why are you taking exception to it???
Far too many Xtians don't have enough information to know when they're being insulted or not.I suspect it has to do with a couple of things...
their faith is so weak they cannot handle the "removal" of Christ from Xmas...
Far to many Christians have to feel persecuted in order to feel secure in their faith...
Thats powerful there.I suspect it has to do with a couple of things...
their faith is so weak they cannot handle the "removal" of Christ from Xmas...
Far to many Christians have to feel persecuted in order to feel secure in their faith...
It's an abbreviation. That's all. It's like using 1 Cor. for "the First Letter of Paul to the Corinthians."It just bugs me. I dont know personal reaaons why people today do it.
For example, some say Jehovah rather than Jesus. They say 'because' that is the name of Christ and it seems they are proud to use that name instead.
A lot of Jews use G-d. They say because it would be insulting God to write His whole name because it can be abused.
They gave me reasons that are understandable. I dont see that reason "from people today." Why use that instead of the full word? For respect? Popular?
It seems irrelevent. A lot of books in the bible are long. I havnt seen Xtian used until almost recently. Kind of the same as the wave of peoplen saying "I am not a christian, I have a relationship with Christ" and, I dont know when this happened, people are divorcing themselves from the word religion.It's an abbreviation. That's all. It's like using 1 Cor. for "the First Letter of Paul to the Corinthians."
It seems Christians are about the only group left that it is still socially acceptable to insult.
I've never seen Xtian or Xian used as an insult.It seems Christians are about the only group left that it is still socially acceptable to insult.
It seems Christians are about the only group left that it is still socially acceptable to insult.
xtian
meaning christian
the x comes from latin and is the latin letter for christ, i.e. x-tian means christ-tian or christian
also xmas meaning christ-mas
Hi Lyndon......Jehovah is used in place of Lord God, not Jesus, no one calls Jesus Jehovah, they call God Jehovah, and most Christians are well aware that Jesus could not have been born on Christmas day, as the Shepherds were keeping their flocks in the fields, it could not have been winter, where they would have been kept indoors or in a pen to stay warm, I think.