On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 4:33 PM, Paul Hill <paulroberth...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 10:30 PM, Michael Madigan <mmadi10...@yahoo.com> > wrote: >> Why would Thanksgiving be a pagan festival? > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving > > When Europeans first arrived to the Americas, they brought with them > their own harvest festival traditions from Europe, celebrating their > safe voyage, peace and good harvest > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvest_festival > ----------------------------
Why not look at those people instead? Despite the colony's relatively short history, Plymouth holds a special role in American history. Rather than being entrepreneurs like many of the settlers of Jamestown, a significant proportion of the citizens of Plymouth were fleeing religious persecution and searching for a place to worship as they saw fit. The social and legal systems of the colony became closely tied to their religious beliefs, as well as English custom. Many of the people and events surrounding Plymouth Colony have become part of American folklore, including the North American tradition known as Thanksgiving and the monument known as Plymouth Rock. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_Colony> >From the people who were members of the colony I feel that your references to the holiday are inaccurate. This is Wikipedia and the rules for submission and your background lead me to think that an atheist wrote the article and intentionally neglected the population of the colony. YMMV -- Stephen Russell 901.246-0159 cell _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CAJidMY+EA4o9rMFbdO6FKTQP=8jh0vey5hect9c1uaavakt...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
