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