"John Knight" <johnknight at usa.com> wrote in message
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>> "Joseph A Nagy Jr" <pagan_prince at bigfire-hsv.org> wrote in message
> news:3D50AE9A.202 at bigfire-hsv.org...> > Shadow Dancer wrote:
> > > I am top-posting because I only have a comment or two.
> > >
> > > One - Bravo, well said, and
> > > Two - The Catholic Church did, in fact, steal our holidays and
rituals.
> I
> > > will expand in alt.religion.wicca if you'd like to know more.
> > >
> > > The Shadow Dancer
> > <snip>
> >
> > I know, like I said in an earlier thread, I've been studying paganism in
> > general (Wicca in particular) for over 4 years.
> >
>> oh, wow, then certainly you're an expert on "Wicca", and the billions of
> Christians who've been studying Christianity for the last 2,000 years just
> don't count.
>> Thanks for clearing that up.
>> John Knight
I bet you don't realize that other major religions view Christianity as
being split with the advent of St. Paul and his obviously bigoted and
chauvinistic attitudes.
Prior to Paul, the Christians were far different, they didn't hijack other
religon's rituals, they practiced peace and love as Jesus preached.
After Paul, women were suppressed, other cultures were either "assimilated"
or shunned, even killed. Very similar to your own attitude.
With the rise of the Roman Empire and their Crusades, spreading their
particular "brand" of Christianity, one of the methods they used to
assimilate others, especially the Celts, was to "overshadow" the ancient
pagan holidays with Christian holy days (and yes, there is abundant
historical evidence that dates were indeed moved to do this, quite on
purpose). They destroyed temples of worship and built churches on the spots
which often incorporated the symbology of Celtic spirituality (the spirals,
the "green man", the knotwork, use of incenses to purify, etc.).
Before sounding off, I highly suggest you do a bit of research beyond the
end of your own nose.
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