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You a protestant?
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RE: You a protestant?
(April 2, 2013 at 7:22 am)festive1 Wrote: When I celebrate Easter, I think I'm being pagan, not Catholic. I like equinoxes and solstices, no particular reason, just do Big Grin

To our ancestors who either hunted or farmed equinoxes and solstices were extremely important times of the year, so it is natural that whole myths would develop around these times of the year. So these ancient people came to believe that certain gods or goddesses would die around the winter solstice and be reborn during the spring equinox.

However Australia where I live has more a cycle of drought and flood (for example; in Australia grass grows whenever it rains, rather than stops growing when it is winter), than a cycle of true seasons a lot of the Northern Hemisphere has. Thus I find the celebration of equinoxes and solstices to be quite baffling.
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You a protestant? - by SHIN KAIRI - April 1, 2013 at 6:20 am
RE: You a protestant? - by Nine - April 1, 2013 at 7:00 am
RE: You a protestant? - by festive1 - April 1, 2013 at 8:01 am
RE: You a protestant? - by John V - April 1, 2013 at 8:11 am
RE: You a protestant? - by Rev. Rye - April 1, 2013 at 6:47 pm
RE: You a protestant? - by festive1 - April 1, 2013 at 8:14 am
RE: You a protestant? - by Justtristo - April 2, 2013 at 7:17 am
RE: You a protestant? - by Faith No More - April 1, 2013 at 8:46 am
RE: You a protestant? - by MysticKnight - April 1, 2013 at 1:49 pm
RE: You a protestant? - by MysticKnight - April 1, 2013 at 6:41 pm
RE: You a protestant? - by Tonus - April 1, 2013 at 6:50 pm
RE: You a protestant? - by The Grand Nudger - April 1, 2013 at 6:50 pm
RE: You a protestant? - by festive1 - April 2, 2013 at 7:22 am
RE: You a protestant? - by Justtristo - April 2, 2013 at 7:33 am
RE: You a protestant? - by KichigaiNeko - April 2, 2013 at 7:34 am

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