Zone1 Blessed Beltane to you all.

[bodecea]

Christians haven't stolen any pagan traditions. Pagans have not been deprived of their precious customs on account of Christians. Christians have only borrowed them.

"only borrowed them".............well, time to give them back then.

 

[norwegen]

"only borrowed them".............well, time to give them back then.

Um, where did the rites come from that your little pagan friends in the OP are practicing?

 

[WinterBorn]

It has Occult ties, you'll live.

The definition of "occult" is "supernatural, mystical, or magical beliefs, practices, or phenomena". All religions, except Buddhism, worship mystical and/or magical beliefs. Pagan faiths are not "supernatural", since they derive their significance from the natural world.

 

[WinterBorn]

Adam was the first man. There were no others before him. No Pagans existed before him. The land was not yet divided and there were no British Isles or separation of Northern Europe at that time.

Genesis 10:25
25 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.

Peleg came after the days of Noah, over a thousand years after Adam and Eve left the Garden of Eden. Unto Noah was born Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Unto Shem was born Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram. And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber. and Eber begat Peleg. Thus the earth wasn't divided until several generations after Noah.

Completely irrelevant to the statement I made.

 

[bodecea]

Um, where did the rites come from that your little pagan friends in the OP are practicing?

We've had them long before the christians came rampaging thru Western Europe.

 

[norwegen]

We've had them long before the christians came rampaging thru Western Europe.

So, no one stole them, you say.

 

[Zebra]

happy beltane!