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 Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 2:21 pm
Did you know that St.Valentines day is the celebration of the death day of this certain catholic saint?
Sorry guys if I have not been on in a while... good old university is catching up to me crying
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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 2:34 pm
Supposedly, in Greek Mythology, February 14th is also the day Aphrodite gave birth to the demigod Eros, but this is not a fully proven fact yet.
Amazing what Ancient History 101 can teach you about holidays.
Did you know that Santa Claus is modeled after Saint Nicholas, patron saint of sailors, merchants, archers, children and students? He was never officially canonized, but his reputation developed amongst the faithful, as it often did. He was known for anonymously giving gifts, which is what Santa Claus is based on.
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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 2:41 pm
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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 2:42 pm
Dude, I thought the holiday was a desperate attempt by the Catholics to get Pagans to stop being Pagan?
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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 2:45 pm
hmm that's interesting Canckookie. valentines day is sad for me, i never have someone to be mine.
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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 2:47 pm
Having a boyfriend or girlfriend is totally overrated. People shouldn't sweat Valentine's day so much.
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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 3:01 pm
heroes never die Dude, I thought the holiday was a desperate attempt by the Catholics to get Pagans to stop being Pagan? Actually, that's Christmas. Valentines Day is (nowadays) a corporate shill, what I like to call a Hallmark Holiday.
*Edit: And nothing will ever stop people from choosing their own religions, no matter how much die-hard Christians wish otherwise xD
**Edit Edit: This is just my opinion. Not the opinion of everybody.
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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 3:10 pm
The Scarlet Woman heroes never die Dude, I thought the holiday was a desperate attempt by the Catholics to get Pagans to stop being Pagan? Actually, that's Christmas. Valentines Day is (nowadays) a corporate shill, what I like to call a Hallmark Holiday.
*Edit: And nothing will ever stop people from choosing their own religions, no matter how much die-hard Christians wish otherwise xD
**Edit Edit: This is just my opinion. Not the opinion of everybody. Actually, most Christian holidays were taken from "pagan" holidays. In this case the Roman holiday Lupercalia, celebrated on February 15th, was overshadowed by the Catholic holiday that celebrated the life of some obscure guy named Valentine that nobody really knows much about. But the point is that it wasn't pagan, heaven forbid. rolleyes
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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 3:24 pm
Carnemire The Scarlet Woman heroes never die Dude, I thought the holiday was a desperate attempt by the Catholics to get Pagans to stop being Pagan? Actually, that's Christmas. Valentines Day is (nowadays) a corporate shill, what I like to call a Hallmark Holiday.
*Edit: And nothing will ever stop people from choosing their own religions, no matter how much die-hard Christians wish otherwise xD
**Edit Edit: This is just my opinion. Not the opinion of everybody. Actually, most Christian holidays were taken from "pagan" holidays. In this case the Roman holiday Lupercalia, celebrated on February 15th, was overshadowed by the Catholic holiday that celebrated the life of some obscure guy named Valentine that nobody really knows much about. But the point is that it wasn't pagan, heaven forbid. rolleyes Goodness Gracious.
It is such a refreshing change to see somebody who actually knows the truth behind the holidays. And all religion started with neo-paganism, really.
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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 4:22 pm
The Scarlet Woman Carnemire The Scarlet Woman heroes never die Dude, I thought the holiday was a desperate attempt by the Catholics to get Pagans to stop being Pagan? Actually, that's Christmas. Valentines Day is (nowadays) a corporate shill, what I like to call a Hallmark Holiday.
*Edit: And nothing will ever stop people from choosing their own religions, no matter how much die-hard Christians wish otherwise xD
**Edit Edit: This is just my opinion. Not the opinion of everybody. Actually, most Christian holidays were taken from "pagan" holidays. In this case the Roman holiday Lupercalia, celebrated on February 15th, was overshadowed by the Catholic holiday that celebrated the life of some obscure guy named Valentine that nobody really knows much about. But the point is that it wasn't pagan, heaven forbid. rolleyes Goodness Gracious.
It is such a refreshing change to see somebody who actually knows the truth behind the holidays. And all religion started with neo-paganism, really. Well yeah, it really did smile But now "Pagan" often seems to just be a term that people exchange freely with Polytheistic... like the Romans! :3
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Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 5:49 am
Well this is the first year where I do celebrate it wit ha boyfriend, but I celebrated all the other valentines day with friends and family and I still had fun.
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Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 10:36 am
well,i didn't know that...
but i do know that a masacure took place on v-day....
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