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In reply to the discussion: All this talk about Co-opting pagan rituals is starting to sound a wee bit over the top.... [View all]WCGreen
(45,558 posts)One set of Pagans is conquored by another and they in turn usurped the power of their gods and folded them into their god and on and on and on...
Here in this country, you are free to worship pretty much how you like. But even the most irreligious people I know celebrate the start of the return of the bounty of spring.
We have free speach, as well, and that also extends to displays of dangling crosses, sprigs of misteloe and festive Christmas Tree pins.
Here is the real deal for the United States, there is no legal decree that you or anybody else can not practice the rites of winter, spring, summer and fall. Please don't decry people who are celebrating this time of year with trees and festivities because it's part of our nature.
I could see your point if pagan worship was outlawed, but don't blame the rest of us for what the romans Catholics did 1600 years ago.
The changing of the seasons are still important, ingrained, if you will, to us now even if we don't celebrate harvest rituals. The rhythms of the world are the same now as they were in ancient times.
Foist your anger at the ass holes on Fox News, if you will, but in the rest of America, they are just enjoying the Holiday Season when we get together and drink too much, fight and storm home mad just like everyone has done for tens of thousands of years...