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The Quaking Aspen Tree (Original Post)
Cartoonist
Dec 2019
OP
The lie brought to us by Catholic "Research" Center and Catholic "University". . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Dec 2019
#2
Same half baked crap that "they" used to say that the reason the dogwood tree's wood is weak is ....
Botany
Dec 2019
#3
Botany
(72,494 posts)1. Quaking Aspens do not grown in the middle east
Bernardo de La Paz
(50,928 posts)2. The lie brought to us by Catholic "Research" Center and Catholic "University". . . . nt
Botany
(72,494 posts)3. Same half baked crap that "they" used to say that the reason the dogwood tree's wood is weak is ....
.... because its flower is in the shape of a cross and because that was the shape of the thing that
caused Jesus's death so the tree felt shame.
trotsky
(49,533 posts)4. Lying for the Lord has a long, awful history. n/t
Botany
(72,494 posts)5. Funny on how all those really white Northern Europeans showed up for the birth of a white Jesus.
MineralMan
(147,606 posts)6. Indeed they do not.
The myth expands, but it remains a myth. A legend.
Botany
(72,494 posts)7. The myth expands, but it remains a myth. A legend.
Kind of like the little white baby Jesus born to African/Middle Eastern Parents.
MineralMan
(147,606 posts)8. Yes. The True Miracle Is
that anyone believes any of it, really.
Look up "Passion Flower Jesus" for another example of bogus nonsense that pretends to be true.
guillaumeb
(42,649 posts)9. We have an aspen tree on our property.
Aspen wood would be suitable for making a cross.
And the sound of the leaves shaking is very restful if one is sitting on a porch.
MineralMan
(147,606 posts)10. They still do not grow in the Holy Land.
It's a made up story. Didn't happen. That's a lot like all of those stories - made up.
Cartoonist
(7,532 posts)11. He, showed me his tomb
Isn't it good?
New Aspen wood.
guillaumeb
(42,649 posts)12. No that is funny.
Points for the reference.
Was the author more poplar than Jesus?