>>>First I appreciate your responses, but I am still not sure where you are coming from. Your remarks about birthdays, Christmas, etc. remind me of a Jehovah's Witness, but they do not believe in putting their trust in Jesus Christ, so you can't be that.<<<<<

"Lo this only have I found, that God hath made man upright but they have sought out many inventions."
(Ecclesiastes 7:29)

INVENTION:

The ancient fertility ritual still practiced in February provides confectioneries and merchants with the means to literally unload tons of heart shaped boxes full of chocolates and candy for people they "love"... Millions of innocent schoolchildren are indoctrinated to exchange 'valentine' cards and florists consider
February 14--St. Valentine's Day --
one of their best business days. Everyone who celebrates this Ritual has "love" in their "hearts".

A fable concerning this "tradition of men" claims the 'holiday' of Valentine's Day stems from a martyred Catholic "saint" by the name of 'Valentine'. Although in truth a man by that name may have been martyred--why in the world (otherwise "of the world"), would anyone (other than Catholics), want to worship a dead Catholic "saint". And speaking of "Catholics"...is there a more sinister and real connection? (There usually is...)

The Roman (Pagan) festival "Lupercalia" provides a much clearer definition of this much celebrated day we now call "St. Valentine's Day".
"Of the several saints named Valentine, the most important were a Roman priest and a bishop of Terni, both of whom were executed in Rome in the third century. That their feast day is also the day set aside for lovers seems to be merely a coincidence. The Roman festival Lupercalia, which occurred on February 15, may be related to the modern celebration."
(Compton's Pictured Encyclopedia, Vol. 13, p.12)

Centuries before the birth of Christ, the Pagan Romans (who now call themselves "Catholics"), were celebrating the evening of Februa[ry] 14th and the day of Februa[ry] 15 (one day in Genesis), as an idolatrous and sensuous festival in honor of Lupercus!

Lupus is the Latin word for Wolf -- The wolf a symbol for Valor.

"Valor"- entine was a common Roman name, which Roman parents often gave to their children in honor of the famous man who was first called "valiant": Valentine in antiquity, Lupercus, The Hunter!

The Romans identified Lupercus with Faunus, a god (demon) of nature. The Greeks called their demon 'nature god', Pan.
"FAUN, fawn, was a half-human god of the woods and herds in Roman mythology. The fauns corresponded to satyrs of Greek mythology. They had pointed ears, short horns, and a tail. Their legs sometimes represented as human, sometimes as covered with shaggy hair and with feet like a goat. The fauns were followers of Pan, god of the fields and woods, and Bacchus, god of wine. They were generally represented as playful creatures."
(The World Book Encyclopedia, Vol 6, p.59)

Pan was an Arcadian "god of light", (demon); and as such was equivalent to the Sun god: Baal, Bel, Belu. Baal, as the Sun, was the symbol of Male Reproductive Power. The Earth, as the Female reproductive Power, was Baalath, his wife.

The "Purification of the Mother" was the fertility ritual performed at the Lupercal, a cave below the Palatine Hill in Rome. Goats or dogs were sacrificed as her ritual offering for her 'uncleanness'. The Skins (now in the form of paper hearts?), of these offerings were then used to "confer fertility" upon women!

From "hearts" and "love" to a pagan worship ceremony with nature demons and even the SUN demon, of course, thrown in for good measure...does this surprise you?

"Oh no." you say, "That's not what it means now! Now I can't wait till SUNday...that's the day we go to church you know...And this year, I think I'll give my pastor...a 'Valentine'..."



PRACTICES IN OPPOSITION TO THE ACCEPTED WAYS OF THE LORD
CAN ONLY BE IN HONOUR OF: "ANOTHER JESUS".

"Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers,
walking after their own lust...they willingly are ignorant..."
(2 Peter 3:3-5)


More information from an ex-witch:
Be Nobody's Valentine