Re: Why not 13 months? (Was La Systeme Metrique)

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In article <AC60215896686BCBD6@ehrice.his.com>,
ehrice@his.com (Edward Rice) wrote:

> . . . .
>
>
> In article <41dnbr$rr@hermes.cair.du.edu>,
> ruhl@phoebe.cair.du.edu (Robert A. Uhl) wrote:
>
> > Icons are _not_ pagan. Veneration of the Theotokos is _not_ pagan.
> > The Eucharist is _not_ pagan. The Sacraments are _not_ pagan. I
> > challenge you to name one practice of either church which is pagan.
>
> Christmas trees. Easter eggs. Not Easter itself, or Christmas itself, but
> plenty of the practical components of each.
>
>

The very name, Easter, is of course the name of a pagan Goddess. I've always
found this very strange. Icons, etc., are of course graven images.

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Doug Weller 

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