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Re:Vintage “Soviet Santa” Postcards Were Propaganda for the ... by gbear605 on Saturday January 12, 2019 @08:09AM (#18891022)
What do you think Santa Claus is? He’s certainly not in the bible.
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Re:Vintage “Soviet Santa” Postcards Were Propaganda for the ... by aasasd on Saturday January 12, 2019 @08:16AM (#18891037)
I'm pretty sure saints aren't from paganism.
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Re:Vintage “Soviet Santa” Postcards Were Propaganda for the ... by scottlocklin on Saturday January 12, 2019 @11:33AM (#18891895)
You should look a bit harder; some of them seem to be. At least elements of them. Dog faced St. Christopher. St. Brigid. Eostre taking place when it does. Heck, read 'the Heliand.' Early Church fathers were pretty explicit in their reasons for doing this.
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Re:Vintage “Soviet Santa” Postcards Were Propaganda for the ... by sorokod on Saturday January 12, 2019 @10:40AM (#18891591)
The Christian religion with its three gods (https://catholicbible101.com/theholytrinity.htm),the cult of virgin mary and multitude of saints - in what significant ways does it differ from paganism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paganism) ?
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Re:Vintage “Soviet Santa” Postcards Were Propaganda for the ... by hobgoblin1234 on Saturday January 12, 2019 @08:42AM (#18891116)
... syncretism.

Heroes with a thousand faces

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