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To: conserv13
Sorry, but Valentine's Day was about lust for at least a thousand years before the church tried to co-opt it.

So9

12 posted on 02/08/2006 10:31:11 AM PST by Servant of the 9 (Trust Me)
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To: Servant of the 9
From Wikipedia:

In Roman mythology, Cupid is the god of erotic love. He is equated with the Greek God Eros and one of his Latin names is Eros. He is also called Amor, Latin for love.

and:

In Ancient Rome, the day of February 15 was Lupercalia, the festival of Lupercus, the god of fertility, who was represented as half-naked and dressed in goat skins. As part of the purification ritual, the priests of Lupercus would sacrifice goats to the god, and after drinking wine, they would run through the streets of Rome holding pieces of the goat skin above their heads, touching anyone they met. Young women especially would come forth voluntarily for the occasion, in the belief that being so touched would render them fruitful and bring easy childbirth.

13 posted on 02/08/2006 10:37:08 AM PST by conserv13
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To: Servant of the 9

Leaving off the "saint" is not the most worrisome attack on the Christian aspect of this holiday. This is: http://www.vday.org/main.html.

Right now, at my "conservative" southern, state-run university, the campus is plastered with flyers for "The V----a Monologues," sponsored by the university's center for women's studies... Try explaining to your kid why they can't go see this play or what a v----a is.... Tasteless, tactless and just plain gross.


14 posted on 02/08/2006 10:40:11 AM PST by DogwoodSouth (Not feeling the love from Cameron...)
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To: Servant of the 9
Prior to the Incarnation, lust abounded. Still does.

Doesn't mean one ought abandon hope or stop trying to reach souls: does it?

23 posted on 02/08/2006 3:49:28 PM PST by bornacatholic
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