Comments on: Might King Will and Queen Kate restore pagan tree-worship to its rightful place in British culture? http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/2011/04/29/might-king-will-and-queen-kate-restore-pagan-tree-worship-to-its-rightful-place-in-british-culture/ News and debate from Gardenvisit.com Sun, 20 May 2012 04:57:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tom Turner http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/2011/04/29/might-king-will-and-queen-kate-restore-pagan-tree-worship-to-its-rightful-place-in-british-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-9020 Tom Turner Sat, 30 Apr 2011 17:04:49 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=6853#comment-9020 I agree about the trees looking beautiful in the Abbey and kept thinking of the wonderful 'husband and wife' statuary in medieval cathedrals eg http://www.executedtoday.com/images/John_Tiptoft_tomb.jpg Christianity grew out of paganism and was never respectful of its ancestors in the way Islam was respectful of its non-pagan ancestors. I agree about the trees looking beautiful in the Abbey and kept thinking of the wonderful ‘husband and wife’ statuary in medieval cathedrals eg http://www.executedtoday.com/images/John_Tiptoft_tomb.jpg

Christianity grew out of paganism and was never respectful of its ancestors in the way Islam was respectful of its non-pagan ancestors.

]]> By: christine http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/2011/04/29/might-king-will-and-queen-kate-restore-pagan-tree-worship-to-its-rightful-place-in-british-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-9012 christine Sat, 30 Apr 2011 03:26:12 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=6853#comment-9012 The trees in the Abbey looked truly beautiful. I am not sure what Edward the Confessor would think of pagan tree worship...but I am sure he would approve of the wedding. Two prominent trees in Judeo-Christianity are the tree of knowledge (of good and evil) and the tree of life (everlasting), both of which grew at the centre of the Garden of Eden. For the Celts the Yew tree is the symbol of immortality. What species I wonder were the two trees in the Gardn of Eden? The trees in the Abbey looked truly beautiful. I am not sure what Edward the Confessor would think of pagan tree worship…but I am sure he would approve of the wedding.

Two prominent trees in Judeo-Christianity are the tree of knowledge (of good and evil) and the tree of life (everlasting), both of which grew at the centre of the Garden of Eden.

For the Celts the Yew tree is the symbol of immortality. What species I wonder were the two trees in the Gardn of Eden?

]]> By: Tom Turner http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/2011/04/29/might-king-will-and-queen-kate-restore-pagan-tree-worship-to-its-rightful-place-in-british-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-9007 Tom Turner Fri, 29 Apr 2011 12:05:56 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=6853#comment-9007 Yes, there should be no protest against the wedding - and I have not heard that anyone wishes to protest. But protesting against the heavy-handed policing we have had in London recently, foreign despots and wanton public spending are other matters. Yes, there should be no protest against the wedding – and I have not heard that anyone wishes to protest. But protesting against the heavy-handed policing we have had in London recently, foreign despots and wanton public spending are other matters.

]]> By: Roy Brewster http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/2011/04/29/might-king-will-and-queen-kate-restore-pagan-tree-worship-to-its-rightful-place-in-british-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-9004 Roy Brewster Fri, 29 Apr 2011 09:17:33 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=6853#comment-9004 Here in the USA freedom of speech is protected by our constitution, what is often forgotten(even by our supreme court) is our freedom of religion is also protected. A wedding IS a religious rite(as is a funeral), to protest at one is to trample on the religion of those participating. There is a time and place for everything, and protesting during someone elses religious rite is not the right time to protest in my opinion. Respectfully, Roy Brewster Here in the USA freedom of speech is protected by our constitution, what is often forgotten(even by our supreme court) is our freedom of religion is also protected. A wedding IS a religious rite(as is a funeral), to protest at one is to trample on the religion of those participating. There is a time and place for everything, and protesting during someone elses religious rite is not the right time to protest in my opinion.

Respectfully,
Roy Brewster

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