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Botany

(72,590 posts)
3. Same half baked crap that "they" used to say that the reason the dogwood tree's wood is weak is ....
Thu Dec 26, 2019, 07:51 AM
Dec 2019

.... 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.



Botany

(72,590 posts)
5. Funny on how all those really white Northern Europeans showed up for the birth of a white Jesus.
Thu Dec 26, 2019, 09:18 AM
Dec 2019

Botany

(72,590 posts)
7. The myth expands, but it remains a myth. A legend.
Thu Dec 26, 2019, 11:21 AM
Dec 2019

Kind of like the little white baby Jesus born to African/Middle Eastern Parents.

MineralMan

(147,829 posts)
8. Yes. The True Miracle Is
Thu Dec 26, 2019, 11:30 AM
Dec 2019

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.
Thu Dec 26, 2019, 11:59 AM
Dec 2019

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

(147,829 posts)
10. They still do not grow in the Holy Land.
Thu Dec 26, 2019, 12:05 PM
Dec 2019

It's a made up story. Didn't happen. That's a lot like all of those stories - made up.

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