Thursday, April 26, 2012

Thursday

It is Thursday.  "Thor's Day".  It seems our days of the week are named after PAGAN GODS!!  Why hasn't our "Rabid-Radical-Religious-Right" railed against this "paganism"?

Why hasn't the "Family Research Council" made even a token attempt to "Christianize" the days of the week?

Let's say, something like, Maryday, Trinityday, Lukeday, Markday, Peterday, Jesusday, God-day.  Of course, you can use Paulday instead of any of the others.

Of course, then they would also start a movement against so many of our "Cherished Christian Holidays", and many of the holiday "traditions"  --  like the "Yule Log", "Christmas Tree", "Easter Bunny", "Easter Eggs", etc., etc., etc.

Many "Fundamentalist Protestant Churches" opposed "Christmas"  --  this from Wikipedia  --  "The first documented Christmas controversy was Christian-led, and began during the English Interregnum, when England was ruled by a Puritan Parliament.[50] Puritans sought to remove elements they viewed as "pagan" (because they were not biblical in origin) from Christianity (see Pre-Christianity below). In 1647, the Puritan-led English Parliament banned the celebration of Christmas, replacing it with a day of fasting and considering it "a popish festival with no biblical justification", and a time of wasteful and immoral behavior"

In addition:  " In Colonial America, the Puritans of New England disapproved of Christmas, and celebration was outlawed in Boston from 1659 to 1681.[55] The ban by the Pilgrims was revoked by English governor Edmund Andros, however it was not until the mid-19th century that celebrating Christmas became fashionable in the Boston region.[56] By the Declaration of Independence in 1776, it was not widely celebrated in the US".

The entire "Christmas Controversy" has raged on for many , many years.  Most often the entire holiday has been attacked as "Popish" - a Roman Catholic Holiday, not celebrated by many Protestants.

That's only Christmas.  How about "Easter"?

Here's a taste:  " The modern English term Easter developed from the name for the goddess Ēostre, the goddess of fertility. The Old English word Ēastre or Ēostre (IPA: [ˈæːɑstre, ˈeːostre]), which itself developed prior to 899.
Since Grimm's time, linguists have identified the goddess as a Germanic form of the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European goddess of the dawn, *Hausos and theories connecting Ēostre with records of Germanic Easter customs (including hares and eggs) have been proposed.".

However, instead of focusing on truly Christian aspects of our world  --  these "fundamentalist christians" choose to focus on "Gay" Marriage, equal rights for all people (they oppose them), and all sorts of other insane political crap.

these folks call a CONSERVATIVE Democrat, like Obama, a "Communist".  they oppose health insurance that is a boon for the PRIVATE INSURANCE COMPANIES because they seem to see it as "Socialized Medicine".

They oppose ALL Women's Rights.  They oppose abortion, contraception, and some even oppose the right of Women to VOTE!!

These folks, who claim such "Godliness" just can't seem to concentrate on their much vaunted "Christianity".  It's always about other folks, and how those other folks are to blame for EVERYTHING.

Don't you all get a bit tired of all this crap?



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