At 04:29 PM Sunday 4/8/2007, Julia Thompson wrote: >Charlie Bell wrote: > > On 09/04/2007, at 6:08 AM, Julia Thompson wrote: > > > >> Interesting how the name of the holiday more resembles that of a pagan > >> goddess than anything having to do with Christ.... > >> > >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eostre > >> > >> Just sayin'. > > > > I'm sure you know this, but it's 'cause Christianity is a big megamix > > of a lot of religious traditions it absorbed as it spread, and then > > purified by committee. > > > > Charlie > >I know. I just like annoying people with that sort of thing. > >(I used to play "devil's advocate" in Sunday school -- not that I was >literally advocating the devil, per se, but I'd argue anything to death, >and take whichever side wasn't already taken. Got good at pushing >certain people's buttons with that sort of thing, as well.) > > Julia
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