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On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 7:17 PM, Geoffrey Heard wrote:
> Actually, I would say it is more human to attribute human qualities to the
> rich, famous, and powerful. Good King Wenceslas forsooth -- PR spin, the
> dead were many and even the flkp side of the poor man gathering wood is that
> the king made him poor! I would suspect the notion of bring nice about the
> dead comes from the fear of spirits coming back for vengeance in early
> spirit worship, translated later into the notion of them sitting up there in
> heaven with the ear of the god person.
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> But meu deus, I'm just a cynical animal! :)
Maybe, a little bit... :-)
But in a general sense, I think you are ot to far away from the truth.
> Cheers, geoff
Have a nice weekend.
G. Beurlen
Rio de Janeiro Brazl
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