-Caveat Lector-
Read between the lines. Many are not doing this as a discussion of religion
but as a discussion of history. Now if you have a handicap as far as seeing
beyond the word religion - get over it.
Laura
aka The Pied Piper
-----Original Message-----
From: Gerald Harp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tuesday, December 29, 1998 10:59 AM
Subject: Re: [CTRL] June: CHRISTMAS WISHES
> -Caveat Lector-
>
>In a message dated 12/28/98 3:01:39 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
>> Caveat Lector-
>>
>> And pagan elements being incorporated into the actual structures of the
>> churches, not to forget superstitions that became part of the rituals.
>>
>
>Why are so many on this list making a big deal about the pagan elements of
>Christmas? I have been hearing this for decades with each teller under the
>impression he/she is stating some new finding. Folks, this info has been
>around for hundreds of years.
>
>The early missionaries merely coopted the pagan festivals and imagery. Of
>course, new meanings were supplied, these new meanings incorporated to a
>greater or lesser degree the underlying beliefs of Christianity. The
adults
>understand that the Christmas decorations or the determination of the
birthday
>of Jesus of Nazareth are not Christian beliefs, they are trivia that keeps
>certain people occupied.
>
>This is slightly analogous to the Israeli religious practice of using the
>common stories of their region for their purpose such as the stories of
>creation or the story of the flood. Of course the Israeli prophets charged
>them with profound and extraordinary meaning. The analogy is somewhat
shallow
>because, in the case of the early Christians, we are speaking of co-option
at
>a much shallower level. For instance, the specious claims that the
Christmas
>tree stands for the wood of the cross or that since the tree was at least
once
>alive, it stands for the living God are harmless though very weak linkages.
>
>Jerry
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