Posted by Anne Onymous on Tue, 12/05/2000 - 12:31pm.
Archived comment by Arlene:
That Snopes site is great. I love knowing how rituals & traditions got started. Actually, there are some Christian churches that would not have a problem with this discussion (ie the origin of certain Christian/Christmas traditions). Most Unitarians (tho not all) welcome discussions like this.
As for the devil, according to a Jewish friend of mine, in the OT he wasn't a fallen angel, he was just an angel who didn't like humans, he was the 'advocate for the opposition' (a _real_ devil's advocate).
That Snopes site is great. I love knowing how rituals & traditions got started. Actually, there are some Christian churches that would not have a problem with this discussion (ie the origin of certain Christian/Christmas traditions). Most Unitarians (tho not all) welcome discussions like this.
As for the devil, according to a Jewish friend of mine, in the OT he wasn't a fallen angel, he was just an angel who didn't like humans, he was the 'advocate for the opposition' (a _real_ devil's advocate).