Penny, I asked the same question about bttt when I started here. it means "Back To The Top". When anyone, including you, writes a post, it goes to the top of the "active topics" list. If you post, and click on "active topics", your post will be at the bottom of the first page, which is really the top...(huh)? 

Oh, and if you click on the smily face when you are writing a post, you can choose an icon to put in your post, as I have done. Just click on it.

Pagan origin <> This reminds me of what my daughter said when I asked why she wasn't going to celebrate Thanksgiving with us this year. ...You guessed it...Pagan origin. I asked her to explain, but she couldn't.

Hubert

Pagan Origins?  So what?   Western Civilization as we know it is the offspring of  "Pagan Origins" ;   our  Western culture is   descendent of the ancient Roman Empire.  Our customs, culture and  form of government  are all patterned on ancient Rome. Our city grid patterns, our architecture, our Patriarchial families ( that may be changing) ., our  structure of governmen; both Federal and local.   We may not have a slave culture ( not  literally, anyway) but come close in some respects.

Pagan Origins?  So what; lets celebrate and have some fun!

Do spellcheck by typing your replies in Word.  That will do it.  I don't think we have it here..............at least I haven't found it.

Any kind of a decorative wreath is pagan, and sexual in origin.

That is the sound that is made when you stick out your tongue and blow.  Btttttttttt!!! 

Regarding the spell check... I just copy the text into MS Word, do a spell check, and then I copy it back.

 

The game of Bowling is from Pagan origin , it used to symbolize bowling down the demons.

Chess and checkers are war games. Chess has been found in many ancient civilizations including chinese and egyption(?) and is over 3000 years old.

Wedding cake. Middle european custom. Guests would bring sweet cakes and they would be stacked. The bride and groom were to kiss over the cakes. This lead to the tiered wedding cake.

European guage rail road tracks... the width of the track is based on a horse cart. The width of the wheels on the horse cart was to run in the ruts in the road. The ruts in the road were of Roman origin.

Circumcision is a hebrew/jew religious disfiguration and hence removed from religious necessity by the Christ.

Ear piercing.

Eye liner, and makeup in general. Egyptian.

Astronomy - discovered and developed by the Chinese, Egyptians, Polynesians, and American indians, and others. Astronomical "clocks" to identify the solstices and equinoxes. Remember, the memorial is the first full moon after the spring equinox....

Celestial navigation first developed by the Polynesians and Vikings

Wedding veil. Hiding or disquising the woman on her wedding day, holdover of arabic and hebrew chattel days.

Eastern herbal medicine, accupuncture, moxa, massage, reflexology. Chinese/Japanese healing arts

Tai Chi - marshal art

Basketball - Aztec

Pentangle - 5-pointed star. Pagan AND used by the Rosecrucians

6 pointed star of david

Oh, I'm sure there's more, but these are all I can think of at this time.

-Brenda

PS Fireworks - Chinese, for use in celebration and in war. gunpowder used in firearms.

i DID A LOT OF POSTS pointing out pagan connection with a lot of things.