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Let's move on (Was: Passover/Easter (was: Italogallic in Zera,andother languages.))

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Saturday, April 29, 2000, 22:32
Raymond Brown wrote:
> My dictionary defines 'pagan' as: "one who is not a Christian, Jew or > Muslim."
From what I gather, a lot of people use it to include some sort of nature-worship, either animism or worship of some sort of nature deit(-y/-ies)
> There is no evidence that I'm aware of that Jesus of Nazareth practiced any > of the non-Jewish religions around him or subscribed to any of their > beliefs.
Indeed not. Certainly not in the Bible, and very little extrabiblical evidence exists to judge. -- "If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore, and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God!" - Ralph Waldo Emerson ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTailor