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And your point is?
Point?
Ok, well, so many talk of the church as being all light and no darkness...but actually the church does have 'darkness' and it's not evil...
Sure, if you shut all the lights off, it's dark in a church...
Does make you wonder why clergymen and judges and the likes wear black.
Found this on a site talking about why priests wear black, more specifically, Catholic priests, on this particular website:
The Roman collar symbolizes obedience; the Sash or cincture around that waist, chastity; and the color black, poverty. Moreover, black is a color of mourning arid death for the priest, the symbolism is dying to oneself to rise and serve the Lord as well as giving witness of the Kingdom yet to come.
Coolness associated with darkness? Seriously? So when it snows this year, everybody will be like "Oh look how dark, isn't that dark?" Or "Anybody up for a dark drink?"
haha, that would be a sight my friend...
Ironically, in many cultures, white has been (and some still maintain this) the color of mourning, to reflect a celebration of life. Other colors have also been used as mourning colors, for different reasons. Black came primarily from the Roman and Victorian eras. I can't find much on the protection against ghosts and the likes, but I did find one site that did not seem TOO credible, that said that black dates back to the Pagan ways of the Roman Empire, where they would use black to protect themselves from the ghost of the person who had died because they feared death...they were afraid the ghost would come back and also kill them, or take their life, so black was used out of fear. Lotsa stuff out there, don't know what to believe.
Kinda wish this conversation had stayed where it was...it was much more helpful to me...I have an open mind but this all is going over my head.
Ironically, in many cultures, white has been (and some still maintain this) the color of mourning, to reflect a celebration of life. Other colors have also been used as mourning colors, for different reasons. Black came primarily from the Roman and Victorian eras. I can't find much on the protection against ghosts and the likes, but I did find one site that did not seem TOO credible, that said that black dates back to the Pagan ways of the Roman Empire, where they would use black to protect themselves from the ghost of the person who had died because they feared death...they were afraid the ghost would come back and also kill them, or take their life, so black was used out of fear. Lotsa stuff out there, don't know what to believe.
Kinda wish this conversation had stayed where it was...it was much more helpful to me...I have an open mind but this all is going over my head.
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