Re: Passover/Easter (was: Italogallic in Zera,and other languages.)

On Fri, 28 Apr 2000 23:58:23 +0200 BP Jonsson <bpj@...> writes:
> True only if _pagan_ means "traditional ethnic religion", since in
> that
> case Judaism can (perhaps with some stretching) fit into that
> definition,
> as would Hinduism and Shinto.  The question is whether you can go
> with it,
> or the Jewish people following this thread (if any are left)?  This
> Buddhist uses _pagan_ in that sense, as opposed to _revealed
> religion_, and
> IMO Judaism and Mazdaism (aka Zoroastrianism) are border cases
>  B.Philip Jonsson
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I've always used "paganism" as a synonym for "polytheism" or
"animism"...sort of an imprecise category of "many deities or powers".
But i've hardly ever used the term, so...


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  that you touch perfect speed.  And that isn't flying a thousand
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