Oh it’s the ignorant correcting the forgetful then! I’m not claiming any great insight into what it is. I was just thinking about the creed from being at a funeral and the priest talking about the dead person being in heaven and I realised that this was in direct contradiction to the profession of faith and what they believed in directly before that.
I’m not really sure how religious people reconcile the contradictions of the Bible and religion (where was Jesus of Nazareth born and how to you reconcile the two utterly contradictory stories? How many days from death to resurrection? It’s different in the gospels, tiny thing maybe but it’s different because the authors had completely incompatible beliefs. How many commandments? There is not a list of ten in any of the texts and that’s why people get to pick and choose so Muslim extremists banned pictures and Orthodox people appear to actually worship icons) but that one about what happens when you die seems like a Biggie to me.
A large literature, much of it by European folklorists, bears on these subjects. … Austrians in the community we studied are quite aware of “heathen” elements being blended with Christian elements in the Saint Nicholas customs and in other traditional winter ceremonies. They believe Krampus derives from a pagan supernatural who was assimilated to the Christian devil.[3]
Besides, you’ve got two dudes with horns on their heads and beast legs with cloven hooves who look a lot alike. Do you think they introduce themselves (honestly to boot) by monologuing before taking you away?
