Re: virus: Re: why religious

zaimoni@ksu.edu
Mon, 18 Nov 1996 19:57:51 -0600 (CST)


On Wed, 28 Aug 1996, David Leeper wrote:

> Ken Pantheists,
>
> > > D.Leeper:
> > > Then we got smart and realized
> > > it took the sun 365 days to circle the earth. To explain this
> > > discrepancy,
> > > priests made the 359'th day the birthday of the Sun God. Through the
> > > power
> > > of his birth we got an extra five days.
> > > -------------------------------------------------
> >
> > I have never heard this.
> >
> > What culture are you speaking of? What years? Who are "we"? And I still
> > don't get the connection to Lucifer.
> >
> > Do you have a source?
>
> Frazer's "The Golden Bough". Somebody said I was wrong about this being
> Lucifer. It's been five or so years since I read the book, so maybe I
> am wrong about "Lucifer".
>
> The Christians took over the holiday, so I would guess it's pre-christian.

It is.

This is an example of Roman Catholic/Orthodox long-term planning: "We'll
try this change, then wait 50 years and evangelize." It kept the Church in
business when Rome was sacked, so there's *some* point to it.

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