From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
   In article ,   
   Blueshirt  wrote:   
   >The True Melissa wrote:   
   >   
   >> Verily, in article , did   
   >> blueshirt@indigo.news deliver unto us this message:   
   >> >   
   >> > The True Melissa wrote:   
   >> > >   
   >> > > It really feels like they wanted to mark that date for   
   >> > > other reasons (it was a pagan holiday?), came up with   
   >> > > several different pretexts, and then glommed all of them   
   >> > > together.   
   >> >   
   >> > Correct! January 6th was originally a Pagan festival,   
   >> > something about worshipping the rising of the sun...   
   >> >   
   >> > Like a lot of Christian festivals it was stolen/adapted...   
   >> > delete as appropriate.   
   >>   
   >> That sounds more like the solstice celebration. This would be   
   >> something a bit afterwards, but it's much too early for   
   >> Candlemas.   
   >   
   >Possibly. There's something about the sun anyway on or around   
   >the 6th January in ancient pagan times in Europe, but I'm not   
   >actually a Pagan. (Howling at the full moon is not me being a   
   >pagan, it just happens of its own accord!) The fact the   
   >Christian church decided to impose their own festival(s) on that   
   >actual day was all part of the 'conversion' process of the time,   
   >so there was definitely some sort of pagan festivities on that   
   >date.   
      
   Do you know the origins of paganism?   
      
   Also do you recall how Doctor 1963 to 1989 adddressed   
   religion and faith issues?   
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