RE: Were other European religions better than Christianity?
December 26, 2011 at 11:13 am
(This post was last modified: December 26, 2011 at 11:17 am by Epimethean.)
No, you're missing the point, KM. Christmas as a celebration simply supplanted the Saturnalia in December. There is no evidence of a christ figure born at this time: It was merely politically convenient to slide the one in in place of the other.
Not to say that it didn't harm Europe; it certainly did. It is a plus and a minus. My main reasons for feeling any kindness toward the christians stems from their preservation of Classical literature, art and architecture. Do I think any other dominant religion would have done otherwise? Unlikely, but who knows.
BTW, the joke to which I referred had nothing to do with penises and everything to do with the "fighting from afar."
Not to say that it didn't harm Europe; it certainly did. It is a plus and a minus. My main reasons for feeling any kindness toward the christians stems from their preservation of Classical literature, art and architecture. Do I think any other dominant religion would have done otherwise? Unlikely, but who knows.
BTW, the joke to which I referred had nothing to do with penises and everything to do with the "fighting from afar."
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