There is a War on Christmas—In the History Books

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[Genoa]

The Puritans regarded a wedding as primarily a civic ceremony; it was not a sacrament in their system. They viewed the wedding ring as a Roman Catholic adoption of a pagan custom. On top of that, they didn't wear jewelry anyway, which they regarded as worldly and ostentatious.

Some Puritans are on record as having pointed out the pagan origin of the names of days of the week, and at least one unsuccessful proposal was made to change them.

I won't debate the "stupid bigots" part of your post, except to say that there was (and still is) plenty of bigotry to go around.

[vladimir998]

“The Puritans regarded a wedding as primarily a civic ceremony; it was not a sacrament in their system.”

That’s completely irrelevant in this discussion.

“They viewed the wedding ring as a Roman Catholic adoption of a pagan custom.”

Yet they adopted to hold onto pagan days and months. They were inconsistent and hypocrites.

“On top of that, they didn’t wear jewelry anyway, which they regarded as worldly and ostentatious.”

And they were still inconsistent and hypocrites.

“Some Puritans are on record as having pointed out the pagan origin of the names of days of the week, and at least one unsuccessful proposal was made to change them.”

Wow, then it was even worse than I thought in regard to their inconsistency and hypocrisy. Thanks for posting that fact that shows how hypocritical and inconsistent they were.

“I won’t debate the “stupid bigots” part of your post, except to say that there was (and still is) plenty of bigotry to go around.’

People who ban ancient Christmas celebrations are bigots. The Puritans did that.

[Genoa]

They were certainly set against Rome. :-)