I laughed out loud at this response.

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@augieray I mean, a pagan country first, but whatever.

@augieray That is one brilliant response...! Well done.

@colorblindcowboy @augieray I wish I could shout this from the tippy tops of the hills! So many of our traditions are rooted in Paganism. As an actual Pagan, I see this as my country and all the colonising Christians as squatters.
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I'm only half serious about my last point.

@augieray If the Bedford Borough Council DID have authority over the Council, I'd suggest they focus on the rampant antisemitism (let's just say it was...not good for Jews) a little more than appeasing Mr. Why'd-you-black-out-his-name, who isn't really appeasable anyhow.

@CottonCandyandRazorblades @colorblindcowboy

Just to be clear: England is not a pagan nation. The Church of England is the established state church in England, with the Monarch serving as its Supreme Governor.

@NormanDunbar I was under the impression the Church of England was both the official religion of England and Christian. Am I wrong?

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Fun fact: Father Christmas aka Santa Claus aka Saint Nicholas of Myra has been named as an attendee at the First Council of Nicaea, which is also the source of the Nicene creed, which you'd know if you attend church.

@CottonCandyandRazorblades @augieray For sure, squatters and adapters. So many of their “foremost” traditions were just grafted onto pre-existing holidays.

@augieray But what if the Bedford Borough Council *was* responsible for the creation of the Moon and for the Council of Nicaea? How do we know? Just asking questions...

@augieray Don't mess with Bedford Borough, or at least not with Ben, who does the social media

@augieray this is doing the rounds on council WhatsApp groups everywhere. Hat off to whoever wrote it!

@augieray @colorblindcowboy I don't care

@augieray I have been rejoicing that Lent and Ramadan occur at more or less the same time. Does Judaism have a period of fasting? The religions coincide in so many other things like not killing, not stealing, not telling lies, not coveting your neighbour's stuff.

@augieray I can't actually tell the sequence of messages here.

@augieray If the council *were* responsible for the moon, it would seem explain the massive number of gigantic potholes visible from Earth, which have not been filled for many thousands of years ...