Thanksgiving Day: Why Do We Do It

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Sat, 31 Mar 2007 13:17:54 +0100

Thanks for the kind words, sneha. - Rey

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Thu, 18 Jan 2007 21:16:41 +0100

this article was very nice because it had different was talking about different cultures and how they celebrated thanksgiving.It tells you when they celebrated and the name they called it.It was really cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - sneha

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Mon, 06 Feb 2006 12:38:31 +0100

Brother! thanks for the clarification there and I updated the post accordingly, rock on. - Rey

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Mon, 06 Feb 2006 11:43:46 +0100

Good post Rey. I think you could tighten the reason why it is \"to be expected that so many religious systems have a thanksgiving around the same general time\" as it pertains to America. What I mean is: there is a reason that the 1621 celebration was a week long... they pulled Sukkot from Scripture.

First Fruits is a spring feast (with Passover and Unleavened Bread) where Sukkot is a fall harvest festival. I wasn\'t sure if that\'s really the tie in you wanted to make? Sukkot would seem to be the fit you are looking for.

Also, I think you do a good job of illustrating the different focus of His appointed times (not \"the Jews\"... Lev 23) versus the pagan\'s. I was really unsure what you were implying but you pulled it together nicely. A little literary drama/suspense?

Oddly, I posted some Sukkot pictures on my blog today and decided to check out your page just after! - Shane