Well, well, well, it's that time of year again where boys and girls and women and men get all lovey-dovey with one another and dedicate the entire day to romance, love, intimacy, and good ole lust! I speak of none other than Valentine's Day - a day where a lot of women will receive boxes of chocolate, flowers, cards, and perhaps a nice candle lit dinner in a romantic setting at some posh restaurant before the real delicacy of the day jumps off - good ole hot buttered sex!
 What would Valentine's Day be without sex? After all, the origin of Valentine's Day is founded upon pagan sex rituals. Is it not?
Most of our holidays here in the Western and Christian world are based upon ancient pagan sex rituals, however, after Christianity merged with paganism it totally sanitized the ancient pagan customs and rituals.
Don't get mad at me for saying Christianity merged with paganism because the proof is recorded in history. What do you think the Council of Nice (Nicea) in 325 A.D. was all about? Emperor Constantine had to restore order between Christians and pagans and what better way to restore order than to come to a grand compromise?
Christianity overtook paganism and paganism corrupted Christianity and that's why we can always find traces of paganism in almost all Christian customs and rituals.
For example, America is an alleged Christian nation but the days of the week are named in honor of pagan gods and not Christian saints or the apostles of Jesus.
Monday is named in honor of the Moon (Moon's Day). Tuesday named in honor of the God Tiwaz (Tiwaz Day). Wednesday is named in honor of the god Odin, or Wodin (Wodin's Day). Thursday is named in honor of the god, Thor (Thor's Day). Friday is named in honor of the goddess Frigg or Freya (Freya's Day). Saturday is named in honor of Saturn (Saturn's Day). And Sunday is named in honor of the Sun (Sun's Day).
But how come the seven days of the week are not named in honor of Christian saints, or better yet, the disciples of Jesus? Shouldn't we have days of the week such as Luke's Day? Matthew's Day? John's Day, Mark's Day, etc.?
Look at the 12 months of the year and how they too are named in honor of pagan gods. January is named in honor of Janus, the 2-faced god. February for Februa, goddess of the fever. March for Mars. April for Aprilis. May for Maia. June for Juno. July for Julius Cesar. August for Augustus Cesar, and on and on.
Why does a purported Christian nation acknowledge pagan gods every day and every month of the year? What's up with that?
The above is something folks need to think on, especially Christians.
It's no mystery that Christianity (its leaders) converted all pagan idols (gods) into saints and converted all pagan holidays into Christian holidays. Valentine's Day was no exception!
The pagan forerunner to the Christian Valentine's day was the Roman festival called 'Lupercalia', a festival of sexual license.
The custom of drawing names on Valentine's Day, something I learned in elementary school whereby boys and girls would draw names and exchange Valentine's Day cards and candy, was derived from Lupercalia's drawing of billets whereby young men chose partners for erotic games and for some, sexual intercourse, by drawing billets (small papers) with women's names on them.
Now who was Saint Valentine and what's the history behind this dude?
 Saint Valentine, actually a bishop, was considered a holy priest of Rome. He assisted the martyrs during the persecution they suffered under the rule of Claudius Goth II (also known as Claudius the Goth). During this particular time in Roman history, Rome was involved in many bloody, brutal, disfavored, and unpopular campaigns and because Claudius the Goth II found it difficult to recruit male soldiers for the Roman army, he issued a decree that no one was to marry or be engaged.
It was difficult to recruit males into Claudius' military league due to the fact that many Roman males were adverse to leaving their families or loved ones behind for military campaigns.
Claudius tyrannically cancelled all marriages and engagements within the empire of Rome.
However, Bishop Valentine ignored the degree of Claudius and continued to perform wedding ceremonies, but in secret.
But when it was discovered that Bishop Valentine was defying Claudius' decree, Valentine was arrested and dispatched by Claudius to the Perfect of Rome who attempted to compel Bishop Valentine to renounce his faith in Christianity. When the bishop refused to do so, he was ordered to be killed by way of clubbing, stoning, and then beheading.
While imprisoned, Bishop Valentine corresponded with those under his care by sending letters and love notes to his parishioners. During his incarceration, the bishop fell in love with the jailer, Asterius, blind daughter named Julia, who visited him during his confinement. It is alleged that Valentine helped Julia to restore her eyesight.
On February 14, c. 269 or 270 A.D., Bishop Valentine was removed from his jail cell and transported to his final destination in the flesh on this earth. Bishop Valentine had written his love a farewell message, one last love note that contained a closing that has now transcended time: "From Your Valentine."
It is reported that the bishop was clubbed, stoned, and then beheaded. His heart was cut out and sent back to Claudius who took a bite out of Bishop Valentine's heart and sent the remaining part of the heart, saturated in coagulated blood, in a box with a note to Valentine's love, Julia.
Julia opened the box, grabbed the note, and in shock and dismay at what she discovered (Valentine's bloody heart), dropped the box. Julia then read the note which had three words inscribed on it: "From Your Valentine."
Hmmmm! So now you know the origin of sending your love a box of chocolate on Valentine's Day. The box of chocolate symbolizes the coagulated blood of Valentine's heart in a box and the Valentine's Day card symbolizes the note that read "From Your Valentine."
I really hate to rain on people's parade but I figure if you celebrate something then you at least should know the history and origin of that which you celebrate. After all, it's the intelligent thing to do. I would think so at least!
And if you don't care about the origin of that which you celebrate then you at least should be concerned about the fact that chocolate contains RAT FECES! It sure does! A lot of chocolate will be bought and consumed during the Valentine's Day season. So if you are giving your loved one a box of chocolate-coated rat boo boo, then I guess your loved one really is your 'boo' so to speak.
But at any rate, Happy Valentine's Day!
Article compliments of Dherbs.com.
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