“You might very well think that. I couldn’t possibly comment.”
According to Catholics, Lent is derived from the 40 days Yeshua spent fasting in the wilderness, but it is admitted that the observance of Lent was unknown to the disciples and it did not find its way into the church until several centuries after the time of the Messiah. Lent was an indispensible preliminary to the great annual festival in commemoration of the death and resurrection of Tammuz — which was celebrated by alternate weeping and rejoicing. So the 40 days of Lent is connected with the Babylonian goddess Ashtoreth/ Astarte/Ishtar (the origin of the word Easter), and the worship of Tammuz.
but of course you knew this...
“You might very well think that. I couldn’t possibly comment.”
I’m giving up all popish traditions for lent.
The foolishness is starting early this year.
Most of the people between Babylon and England didn't speak English, and none of them call Easter by a name that sounds anything like "Easter" or "Ishtar". Those in France, Italy, and Greece all call it by name that sounds like the Hebrew "pesach". Can your theory explain how this allegedly "Babylonian" influence jumped several thousand miles, centuries before air travel?
One of the fascinating tidbits that pseudo-scholars like Alexander Hislop never bothered to consider.
Your theory is quite fascinating, I'm sure.