a year later

And another 2023 Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from me. Hoping there are lots of shiny new chastity belts out there.

A belated Merry Christmas to everyone.
I had a nice dinner with family and enjoy my free days until next year.
I wish all a happy new year and that the next year will be better than this year.

    Joh I had a nice dinner with family

    something i could really enjoy again, i.e. eating really freely, even if my belly feels 10 kilos heavier 😂

      Marry Christmas everyone

      Edit: Maybe we get some new members who want to try chastity as new years resolution

      Max9

      X has been used as a scholarly abbreviation for Christ since antiquity. The Roman alphabet X derives from the Greek letter Chi, which was the first letter in "Christos," meaning "anointed."

      I once tried to explain that to an American woman who was claiming that "Xmas" was an attempt by "certain people to remove Christ from Christmas." Her response to my etymology was that we shouldn't use Greek words for Jesus because "the Bible was written in English."

      Deadass. I had to walk away to keep from laughing.

          WriterAlexis I mean, only the part about Jesus was originally written in Greek. The other stuff was originally Hebrew. Unfortunately, it is the greek parts where ΧĪÎšĪƒĪ„ appears most of the time.

              WriterAlexis I once tried to explain that to an American woman who was claiming that "Xmas" was an attempt by "certain people to remove Christ from Christmas."

              I actually also had this assumption. Interrestimg to learn it's actually the opposite.

                WriterAlexis

                youdontknowme
                Actually only parts of the New Testament were originally in Greek. The largest part was originally written in Aramaeic, which was at the time of Jesus the language of the common people in that region. Only those with high education were able to speak Greek (even fewer to read and write).

                      WriterAlexis Her response to my etymology was that we shouldn't use Greek words for Jesus because "the Bible was written in English."

                      You would be astounded to learn that many Americans (meaning U.S.) are not aware there is a world outside their borders (maybe just Canada / Mexico). But I bet when you randomly pick 100 people from the U.S., not even half of those could correctly point out Germany, France, India or Japan on a world map.

                          curious Actually only parts of the New Testament were originally in Greek. The largest part was originally written in Aramaeic, which was at the time of Jesus the language of the common people in that region.

                          The sources used by NT writers, yes. The gospels have some quotes in aramaic (most of which are immediately translated into Greek or whatever bible translation you are reading).

                          But both the gospels and the epistles were written to "make disciples of all nations" (as Mt put it), to spread the faith throughout the Roman empire. So while they had lots of Aramaic sources at their disposal (the gospels were written many decades after Jesus's works, after all, and the epistles were mostly directed at communities far from Judea), the books that eventually made it into the NT have pretty much all been written in Greek.