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From: Struan Gray <struan.gray@sljus.lu.se>
Subject: Re: Easter and Passover
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	Meir Lehrer writes:
	
>  	During the middle ages and the early years of the
> solification of the English homeland, the Celtic tribe was
> one of the most furocious. They were basically idol
> worshippers and panthiests. Their biggest holiday of the
> year, during which they performed human sacrifices, was the
> new year.  In the Catholic church's attempts to convert and
> absorb the Celtics into the strength of the Englican
> church, they struck a deal with the Celts. In return for
> joining the catholic faith, the church fathers would agree
> to allow them to keep their new-year's festival. 
	
	I don't know where to start.  Either you are a greater parodist than
any I've met or you are unwittingly making Mats' point for him.  I'm
afraid I tend to the latter view.
	
	No one is denying that Jews know all about Passover.  The point is
that *Swedes* don't learn about it at their mother's knee. Actually,
I find this odd, since the lead up to Easter in the various books of
the New Testament is rather explicit about it in all the English
versions I've read, but perhaps the Swedish Lutheran Bible forgets to
mention why Jesus was visiting Jerusalem at the time.

	Anyway, since you are so knowlegeable about the history of the
Church in England - assuming that's what you meant by 'Englican' -
perhaps you could answer the following questions:

    When did Christianity reach England?
     (Hint: a bit before the middle ages)
    Where were the Celts living at that time?
     (Hint: nowhere near the English missions)
    What form of Christianity did the Celts adopt?
     (Hint: ever hear of the Celtic Church?  St Margaret?)
	Did the Celts go in for human sacrifices?
	 (They might if you go on misrepresenting them like this)
	Were they really so furocious?
     (Weeelll, they did have big beards)

	Since we're at it, who were the bunch who definitely *did* have
human sacrifices and moaned like hell when told by their recently
converted king to give them up?  (Hint: uu.se)

    There is no reason why you should know all this stuff, especially
within the context of a cultural norms thread, but it seems a little 
over the top to castigate someone who admits they don't know much about
a particular subject and then go on to demonstrate so conclusively the
limits of your own knowledge.


Struan
