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February 1971
cation on the fortieth day after the day
of birth. The fortieth day after January
6 -
Nimrod's original birthdate -
takes us to February 15, the celebration
of which began on the evening of Feb–
ruary
14 -
the Lupercal ia or St.
Valentine's Day.
On this day in February, Semiramis,
the mother of Nimrod, was said to have
been
purified
and to have appeared for
the first time in public with her son
as
the original "mother and child."
The Roman month February, in fact,
derives its name from the
febl'lla
which
the Roman priests used in the rites cele–
brated on the Lupercalia.
The
feb·
ma
wcre thongs from the skins of
sacrificial animals used in rites of puri–
fication on the evening of February
14.
Cupid Makes His Appearance
Another name for the famous child
who became a hunter was "Cupid" -
meaning "desi re"
(Encyclopt~edia
Bri·
tannica,
art. "Cupid"). lt is said that
when Nimrod's mother saw him as a
young boy she
de.rired
him - !usted
after him. Nimrod became her cup id -
her desired one - and later her Valen–
tine! So evil was Nimrod's mother that
Íl
is
Jflid she married her
0 1111
JOJJ!
Inscribed on the monuments of ancient
Egypt are inscriptions saying that Nim–
rod ( the Egyptians called him Osi ris)
was "the husband of his mother."
As Nimrod grew up, he became the
child-hero of
many
women who
desired
him . He was their Cupid! In the book
of Daniel he is called the ''desire of
women" (Dan. 11:37). Moffatt trans–
Jates the word
as
Tammuz - a Semitic
name of Nimrod. He provoked so
many women to
jealomy
that an ido! of
him was often caJled the "image of
jealousy" (Ezek. 8:5). No wonder the
pagans commemorated their hero-hunter
Nimrod, or Baal, by sending heart–
shaped !ove tokens to one another on the
evening of February
14
as a symbol of
him!
This, then, is the origin of Valen–
tine's Day.
Why should we continue teaching
children these pagan customs, derived
from ancient and outdated pagan sex–
and hero-worship? Why not teach
them, instead, what h istory and the
Bible real!y say?
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Prime Minister Sato was very much
interested in our campaign against pol–
lution of our natural environment. But
he pointed out that these problems are
of such a nature as to be beyond the
ability of nations to resolve them
immediately. He evcn mentioned his
deep concern about pollution of the
oceans. He also mentioned deep concern
over "air-wave pollution" - via tele–
vision and radio - and
I
certainly
agreed with him.
Mr.
Sato said he
believed we at Ambassador were in a
good position to make a great contribu–
tion toward preventing the continued
pollution of our children's minds
through print, television, radio, etc.
Also the Prime Minister agreed that
education in the schools and universities
"is not enough and that our type of edu–
cation in the home at all levels through
mass media is desperately needed in
every country.
And now
1
asked him a question.
1
asked if he would explain the reasons
for Japan's great economic recovery and
progress.
He said the Japanese people are no
different from other pcoples. But he
mentioned a recent book, which he rec–
ommended to me. In it, the Japanese
people are compared with, and identi–
fied wjth, the Jewish peoplc. He said he
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agreed with the author's point of view.
1 then mentioned sorne statistical facts
published by our government on educa–
tion in the United States. The Jewish
people have perhaps the most solid
family structure in the United States,
with the Japanese people in America a
very close second. The remaining white
Americans were considerably lower,
with the black Americans at the bottom.
There is an exact parallel between this
and the ratio of attendance at colleges
and universities. Of all people between
the ages of
18
and
23
inclusive, the
Jewish people have the highest per–
centage of students ( according to their
population) in higher education, the
Japanese almost egua!, the white Ameri·
cans considerably lower, and the black
Americans thc lowest percentage.
Then the chief executive of the Japa–
nese Government said this about Japa·
nese rccovery -
and
the
FACTS
he
presentcd sound a grave warning which
the people of the United States will do
well to heed.
Japan, as a nation, he said, was
almost utterly destroyed by World War
II.
Without the assístance of the United
States they could not have recovered. He
said the Japanese people were very
grateful for this help. Then he bricfly
traced the high points of the history of
Japanese-American relations.
The Japanese people were also vcry
grateful after Commodore Perry opened
Jap:lll to Western intercourse in
1854.
But after the Russo-Japanese war of
L904-1905,
settled by the Treaty of
Portsmouth, mediated by tbe United
States and President Theodore Roosevclt,
the feeling of gratitude toward the
United States waned. Concmrently the
United States ceased fostering the trends
which had led to cooperation between
tht two nations in economic affairs.
He pointed particularly to anti·
immigration policies, competing rail–
road intcrests in Manchuria, and
general cconomic and trade wars leading
directly to World War II.
Once again, the Prime Minister said
that the Japanese nation could not have
recovered from that war without Ameri–
can aid, and reiterated the gratitude of
the Japanesc people.
And then he pointed to certain trends
which indicated that both peoples had