2007-01-13 00:27:35 · 5 answers · asked by supreeth k 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Valentine's Day
I'm pretty sure that Valentines Day has Pagan origins. Historically, it was a day when different communities would come together and the young singles of those communities would express a particular attraction to girls from differing communities. A way of preventing in-breeding and to disersify the gene-pool.
2007-01-13 00:35:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Valentines is a pagan holiday, and also a christian one. It was pagan first, of course, to celebrate fertility and the like. Then the pope got ahold of it and decided that it would be the day to remember Saint Valentine who was martyred
2007-01-13 07:13:56 · answer #2 · answered by dj _ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Valentines is a pagan holiday, and also a christian one. It was pagan first, of course, to celebrate fertility and the like. Then the pope got ahold of it and decided that it would be the day to remember Saint Valentine who was martyred
2007-01-13 00:41:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Saint Valentines Day got canceled in 1969 (nearly 30 yrs ago) by the RCC who started it in the first place. Funny thing is, six nations still actively celebrate what got canceled l-o-n-g ago; And these six nations notably also celebrate the law which also got canceled (abolished: Eph 2; done away: 1Cor 13, 2Cor 3; taken away: Heb 10) nearly 2000 yrs ago. Go figure. And of these six nations who still celebrate what got canceled long ago, two claiming to be United nations also started the war in Iraq, and three others joined in. Funny thing is these nations claiming to be Christ-ian nations United with Christ[the end of the law: Romans 10:4], seem to be UNAWARE that Christ is our "peace" (not war) who hath "abolished" the law(enmity): Ephesians 2: 14,15.
As to what's unfair (of unfair and fair), many parents say to their children: I know it's not fair, but it's the law. So they know law is unfair (imperfect, faulty, corruptible); Yet they go on observing laws, when even Jonah, in his Great Fish story, said from the belly(midst) of the great fish: "they that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy", which is to allegory say they who observe laws forsake their own grace. Not to mention Paul The Apostle said: by the using of ordinances(law) all perish: Colossians 2:20-22. All perish is extinction, not salvation. Salvation is by grace, not law. So the end of the shew is:
The GRACE of our Lord Jesus Christ with you all. Amen.
2007-01-13 01:57:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes according to me its fair to celebrate. Really it is not a blind imitation....
2007-01-13 01:14:39 · answer #5 · answered by afk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋