On Mon, 2 Oct 2017 03:30:15 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Sunday, October 1, 2017 at 4:55:26 PM UTC-4, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>> On Sun, 1 Oct 2017 12:05:36 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >On Sunday, October 1, 2017 at 2:09:43 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
>> >> On Sunday, October 1, 2017 at 6:40:27 AM UTC-10, Roy wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > Blessing animate or inanimate objects is a throw-back to when our forebears
>> >> > (monkeys) were scared living in the jungles. Dem wild cats had big teeth.
>> >> > Blessing anything is a frickin waste of time and effort.
>> >> > =====
>> >>
>> >> These rituals and beliefs have it's origins in man's earliest days and are buried deep within our DNA. We cannot cast them off any more than we can rid ourselves of the remnants of our ancient physiology. You could say that the human spine is stupid and a frickin waste of time but as far as I know, we're stuck with it for the next few hundred thousand generations.
>> >
>> >Perhaps not you, but some of us can cast them off. I have no truck with
>> >superstition.
>> >
>> >Cindy Hamilton
>>
>> How about tradition? I think it helps define us, securing our
>> memories of who we are and where we came from.
>
>I am me. I am the sum of my experiences. Those experiences contain
>less and less superstition every year. When I was a child, I believed
>in Santa Claus. No need for him anymore.
>
>Cindy Hamilton

I said nothing about superstition. I said tradition. I must assume
then that you do not acknowledge in any form of traditional meals or
gift giving or greetings for any holidays or births, weddings or
burials celebrated by others. Do you refuse invitations to these
events? These are all rituals based on superstition or religion.
Oktoberfest is a lovely celebration, isn't it? All that beer :-)
Janet US