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Fear Thy god!
Christianity has always been about fear of God! The ascetics that held the reins of the church brought in fear to control the new converts making them solely reliant on the Christian God for their safety and protection. The church plan was to maintain the fear from the cradle, to the grave, and many who remember the old nursery rhymes will remember they were mainly to do with shock and horror. Nursery rhymes such as Mathew, Mark, Luke and John, Ding Dong Bell, Three Blind Mice, Foxy’s Hole, Frog Went a-Courtin, Grand old Duke of York and Old King Cole, etc., to name a few. Many are ancient and based on fact, such as Old King Cole is based on the Brythonic/Old Welsh, Brenin Coel Hen (Old King Cole) 410-430 CE. [Ashley, Mike (1998), The Mammoth Book of British Kings & Queens, page 97, Carroll & Graf, New York]
However, most come from the 16th-century during the Reformation. A period of bloody heinous religious and dynastic wars (the thirty-year war). Which, came about from the Peace of Augsburg agreement, signed in 1555 as a keystone of the Reformation. The Peace of Augsburg’s important tenet was “whose realm, his religion,” which allowed the princes of states within the realm to adopt either Lutheranism, Calvinism or Catholicism within their respective domains.
Although today the words of early rhymes have been changed to suit the times, the originals were shocking with religious and man’s barbarity at the forefront. If parents today knew the original words or the origin of these nursery rhymes, I am sure that there would be a hue and cry!
The original of The Three Blind Mice, was based on Queen (Bloody) Mary I (1553-58) who torture and blinded and then executed (burnt at the Stake) three Protestant Bishops. Many scholars state the crypto-Catholic meaning for “blind Mice” refers to Protestantism.
The rhyme Grand old Duke of York is probably about Richard, Duke of York (1411–1460) who died in the battle of Wakefield Green 1460. His men held the high ground (old Norman motte), and he chose to go down and fight, his bad! He died a savage death by beheading. However, if Richard had won the battle against overwhelming Lancastrians odds, England today would have a different monarchy. Many old rhymes have been modified and readopted for 18th-century values onward.
According to the Bible, Fear of God is mentioned about 300 times, with most adherents commanded to fear their God! However, Deuteronomy 6:13 contradicts itself on fear thy God in Deuteronomy 10:12! So if the Christian God is about love as most Christians will tell you, why must followers Fear Thy God? If God is so loving?
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Stay safe!
Cofion
Jero Jones
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