*nodnod* That sure sounds similar. Catholicism seems to have sanitized a lot of the terror that I think can be found in the Bible, and that I'm sure was part of the religion in the first few centuries of its practice. Comes of being the dominant religious power for a millennium, I suppose. *wry*
No spring-specific holidays at all? I mean, Christian Easter isn't technically about the triumph of spring over winter, it's about the resurrection of Christ -- but since we appropriated pagan spring holidays to make conversion easier ("You're going to celebrate the day of your death on a different day every year depending on where the moon is! If that's not pagan, I'll eat my hat!"), I feel justified in the comparison.
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*nodnod* That sure sounds similar. Catholicism seems to have sanitized a lot of the terror that I think can be found in the Bible, and that I'm sure was part of the religion in the first few centuries of its practice. Comes of being the dominant religious power for a millennium, I suppose. *wry*
No spring-specific holidays at all? I mean, Christian Easter isn't technically about the triumph of spring over winter, it's about the resurrection of Christ -- but since we appropriated pagan spring holidays to make conversion easier ("You're going to celebrate the day of your death on a different day every year depending on where the moon is! If that's not pagan, I'll eat my hat!"), I feel justified in the comparison.