RELIGION: intuition (OT) ( wasRe: dreaming and remembering)

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> Can you shed any light on why the Virgin in South and Central

> American Christianity has the same focus Jesus does here and

> elsewhere? Often wondered wheather there is a cultural reason like

> matriarchy and/or it made conversion easier by appealing to the women.

Wanita,

It's because of La Virgin de Guadalupe. Do you know the story? She

appeared at the alter of an indigenous goddess, Tonanzin, speaking

Nahuatl, to a peasant whose credibility/very existence is in doubt, at

a time when the Catholic church was desparate for a way to convert the

populace. She appeared to a poor indio, speaking his native tongue,

and she had brown skin. Mass conversion ensued.

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