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.
>
> 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