Is this actually true?

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When challenged with these OFF THE WALL charges INSIST that the accuser PROVE their claims.

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Patrick
 
I got an A in my French 102 class and still barely learned anything, yet even I know that that is bad French.
 
vsedriver said:
The site is bogus. For example:
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The website has no reference of the “about/bio page” or ability to contact the author. Lacking in such information, does not give a good first impression, it lacks validity and professionalism.

One questions if the information is that of the author or regurgitation of the referenced books.

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Proto-Indo-European society is the hypothesized culture of the ancient speakers of Proto-Indo-European, a reconstructed ancestor language common to all Indo-European languages.

Theories about the culture are based primarily on linguistics and not ethnic, social, or cultural study. There is no direct evidence of the nature of a “Proto-Indo-European society”, as such. Any conclusions in this article or otherwise are only inferences, and not established fact. Link
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SalamKhan said:
Were pagan gods made into Christian saints?
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There is a possible case in Ireland, though it is not certain: Saint Brigid. This from Wikipedia:
There is some debate over whether St Brigid was a real person. She has the same name, associations and feast day as the Celtic goddess Brigid, and there are many supernatural events, legends and folk customs associated with her.

Some scholars suggest that the saint is a Christianization of the goddess, others that she was a real person whose mythos took on the goddess’s attributes. Medieval art historian Pamela Berger argues that Christian monks “took the ancient figure of the mother goddess and grafted her name and functions onto her Christian counterpart”. Professor Dáithí Ó hÓgáin and others suggest that the saint had been chief druid at the temple of the goddess Brigid, and was responsible for converting it into a Christian monastery. After her death, the name and characteristics of the goddess became attached to the saint.

– Wikipedia Brigid of Kildare
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As has already been noted, the Buddha was made a Christian saint: Saint Josaphat.

rossum
 
First of all, Wikipedia is not trustworthy, since the problem is is that even though there are supposed to be standards for some sources, some folks just like to source anything they like. So, there are some articles that have people’s blogs as citations. I was a Wikipedian for several years.
 
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Second of all, the citation given, in the new advent article, came from German or at least German speaking theologians during the 19th century (I didn’t finish reading it, because I kept getting a pop up) ,you sure you want to go that route? Since, it’s pretty well-known that German theologians during the 19th century were extremely theologically liberal.
 
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I have a hard time swallowing explanations for Bríd - I personally believe that this goddess’s following was so strong in Ireland (and perhaps Scotland as well) that the church simply could not eradicate her veneration and so effectively “transformed” her into a saint. In doing so, they had to come up with a back-story of sorts which, in my opinion, is rather sketchy at best.
 
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