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To: Grainne who wrote (98908)	3/20/2005 9:15:22 PM
From: cosmicforce	Respond to of 108807

It is like Easter happening very close to the equinox and the "Easter" egg pre-dating the Christians. The fact that the early church organized itself around existing holidays is well known. This is extremely common in South America where the Andean villagers will frequently have "patron saints" (read: local pagan gods) that are imbued with the attributes of some off-the-shelf member of Catholic panoply of saints.

To: Grainne who wrote (98908)	3/20/2005 9:32:39 PM
From: Alan Smithee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

why on earth can't pagans celebrate their festivities and get the same amount of time off, on dates that are authentic to them and go back to the beginning of time? Because Christianity represents the dominant religion in the United States (and in Western Europe, I daresay), whereas individuals who actively practice paganism probably constitute a fraction of one percentage point of the population?

To: Grainne who wrote (98908)	3/20/2005 9:42:57 PM
From: Augustus Gloop	Respond to of 108807

I don't think people should only get religious holidays off. There are many non religious holidays that we all get off and thats fine. But I'm troubled by a small but loud segment of society who would criticize Christianity, proclaim their lack of association with it, ask that festivities not be public and then take the paid time off. I'll give you an example....its not a holiday but it works to a degree for an analogy. Each year in Madison we have a rather large gay parade. I could protest it but I don't. It doesn't hurt me anymore than a nativity scene hurts someone else. I don't happen to regard the parade as overly relevant because these people are basically celebrating who they have sex with. Now, some fairly outlandish things happen at this parade (it is Madison) but no harm no foul. My point is I wish the atheists and agnostics of the US could have the same view. Now not all Madison residents are as laid back about this parade as I am. But I'm just as ashamed and irritated with them as I am the people who want to tear down Christmas. I think I'm REALLY fair about most stuff until I have someone screaming civil rights in my ear. We have to scream as a group, a nation united, about some civil rights - thats progress. But show me a person or a couple of people that have stooped to civil rights as their last line of defense and I'll show you a few people who are more than likely just trying to stir things up and make a name for themselves. Think about that Doctor in California who wanted "Under God" removed from the Pledge. It was all about his daughters rights. Come to find out...it was never about that at all. She had no problem with it....he just wanted to stir things up.