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Podcast: Union of the Unknowns
Episode: 12 - Halloween Special: The Christianity and Paganism Cage Fight
Description: Have you ever wondered why we celebrate Halloween when we do and why it is associated with witches flying on broomsticks? And which is the scarier costume: yellow and purple minions, Justin Trudeau in black face, or Paul Pelosi’s hammer attacker?
We can’t answer all those questions – particularly the last – but in this episode the Unknowns do dig into the history of paganism and Christianity. We investigate connections between the two and how the latter has incorporated elements of the former, possibly with the intention of usurping it altogether.
We encounter such esoteric topics a...