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|B.C./A.D.
|B.C./A.D.
|B.C.E./[[C.E.]]
|B.C.E./[[C.E.]]<sup>1</sup>
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|Christmas
|Christmas
|Xmas
|Xmas<sup>2</sup>
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|Christmas Holy Day
|Christmas Holy Day
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|Resurrection Sunday
|Resurrection Sunday
|Easter
|Easter<sup>3</sup>
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|Saint Patrick's Day
|Saint Patrick's Day
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|Shrove Tuesday
|Shrove Tuesday
|Fat Tuesday
|Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras, Carnival
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|Thanksgiving
|Thanksgiving
|MLK Day
|MLK Day
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|Washington's Birthday
|Washington's Birthday<sup>4</sup>
|President's Day
|President's Day
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|One nation under God
|One nation under God
|One nation
|One nation<sup>5</sup>
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|Praise the Lord
|Praise the Lord
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|Abortion
|Abortion
|Birth control
|Birth control<sup>6</sup>
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|Act of God
|Act of God
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|Witchcraft
|Witchcraft
|Wicca
|Wicca, (Neo-)Pagan
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|With child
|With child
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==Notes==
* <sup>1</sup> Sometimes C.E. is an abbreviation for "Christian era" instead of "common era", but this [[CE|also conceals the historical basis]] due to Jesus Christ being Jewish. Christianity would not exist as a separate religion until much later.
* <sup>2</sup> The 'X' in "Xmas" was originally an abbreviation for the Greek letter "chi" translated as "Ch", though the abbreviation eventually became a means of "[[Liberal censorship|crossing out Christ]]".
* <sup>3</sup> Easter was originally a pagan festival, upon which Christianity would later apply the [[Resurrection]] of Christ and surrounding events (such as the [[Crucifixion]] on [[Good Friday]]). "Resurrection Sunday" is often used to emphasize the Resurrection of Christ rather than the pagan holiday.
* <sup>4</sup> Washington's Birthday was February 11th in the Julian calendar, while Lincoln's Birthday was February 12th in the Gregorian. Under the Gregorian calendar, Washington's Birthday would be February 22nd. Thus Washington's birthday would be more accurate. ([http://usparks.about.com/od/historicalparks/a/Presidents-Day.htm|source])
* <sup>5</sup> This was part of the original [[Pledge of Allegiance]]. "Under God" was added in the 1950s at the request of President [[Eisenhower]]. [http://www.ushistory.org/documents/pledge.htm|source] However, atheists such as [[Michael Newdow]] have been trying to remove the phrase "under God" from the Pledge through the federal courts ([http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=138325|source])
* <sup>6</sup> [[Pro-choice]] people often use the phrase "birth control" regardless of whether conception has occurred.
==See Also==
==See Also==