I understand both were regarded as being sacred in druid(Indeed some believe the word druid comes from a word meaning oak.
I n view of the pagan connection,should a jw use them
should jws use oak /yew wood?
by badboy 13 Replies latest jw friends
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SpannerintheWorks
Oaky, I just knew yew wood come up with another of these!
Spanner
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mike047
Wood yew clarify that?
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Gopher
Yew gotta be "oaking".
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Pathofthorns
LOL! My sense of humor must be completely f@#$ed up!
Wood yew clarify that?
I'm sorry... LOL so lame but so funny!
Path
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badboy
U know me,I seek those damn elusive pagan connection here, I seek them there,I seek them everywhere,R there in heaven or R there in hell,those damn elusive pagan connections?
Do U know what pagan connections r out there,do u like the pagan connections I HAVE SHOWN u,DO u KNOW?
U SHOULD KNOW ME BY NOW,EVERYONE,I can B very bad
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SpannerintheWorks
Hey, Badboy,
Just as a matter of interest, just why have you latched on to the JW/Pagan thing?
Do you have a special interest in this subject, or is there more to this than can be deduced by
what you have thusfar posted?
I await your response in due course.
Kind regards,
Spanner
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Gopher
My theory is that nearly EVERYTHING has a pagan connection, and therefore strict avoiders of anything pagan (such as the J-dubs) ought to just stay home, do nothing and cower in the corner of their room.
Except... there probably is a pagan God of "doing nothing".
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NeonMadman
In researching the subject , I found this interesting historical tidbit:
History of "The Finger" ("Giving The Bird")
Before the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, the French, anticipating victory over the English, proposed to cut off the middle finger of all captured English soldiers. Without the middle finger it would be impossible to draw the renowned English longbow and therefore be incapable of fighting in the future. This famous weapon was made of the native English Yew tree, and the act of drawing the longbow was known as "plucking the yew" (or "pluck yew").Much to the bewilderment of the French, the English won a major upset and began mocking the French by waving their middle fingers at the defeated French, saying, "See, we can still pluck yew! PLUCK YEW!" Over the years some 'folk etymologies' have grown up around this symbolic gesture. Since 'pluck yew' is rather difficult to say (like "peasant mother pheasant plucker", which is who you had to go to for the feathers used on the arrows for the longbow), the difficult consonant cluster at the beginning has gradually changed to a labiodental fricative 'F', and thus the words often used in conjunction with the one-finger-salute are mistakenly thought to have something to do with an intimate encounter. It is also because of the pheasant feathers on the arrows that the symbolic gesture is known as "giving the bird."