RE: Fighting for god(s)
August 17, 2016 at 4:37 pm
(This post was last modified: August 17, 2016 at 4:42 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
They were, actually (trying to make people "forget" about those holidays - but more accurately re-purposing them as a coercive pressure). There was a school of thought, at the time, that they could christianize and make holy these pagan holidays, thereby cleansing the land and people of pagan evils. You can probably understand why this strategy was employed. Getting people to switch religious clubs is actually pretty easy - getting them to give up parties and traditional celebrations...is not.
The early history of christian cultural expansion reads like a procedural on what would happen if the world were suddenly overrun with murderous used car salesmen.
The early history of christian cultural expansion reads like a procedural on what would happen if the world were suddenly overrun with murderous used car salesmen.
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