Ed Leafe <> wrote: > On Dec 16, 2006, at 9:35 AM, Helio W. wrote: > >> Noah's tale is believed to have a summerian origin. > > Global flood tales are nearly ubiquitous in different cultures. > Well, maybe not desert peoples, but most cultures have such a story > in their folklore. > >> BTW, good reading about christmas : >> >> http://www.stevethepro.ukf.net/xmas/articles/spirit1.htm > > That's certainly the pattern with Christian holidays: co-opt > existing popular holidays and add a religious meaning to them. As a > result, the symbols used in the current Christian versions are > somewhat confused. The winter solstice festivals, which universally > used some form of light to stave off the increasing darkness, became > Christmas, and we use trees and lights and yule logs and Santa, even > though they don't have any religious meaning. Easter is an attempt to > co-opt the universal fertility festivals marking the beginning of > spring; hence that holiday symbolism is now filled with bunnies and > eggs.
Easter as in the holliday with the bunny, or Easter the third day after Good Friday? Stephen Russell DBA / .Net Developer Memphis TN 38115 901.246-0159 "Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men." Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. http://spaces.msn.com/members/srussell/ -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.21/589 - Release Date: 12/15/2006 _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
