What you need to know about Valentine’s Day

Dear Editor, VALENTINE’S Day is a day that carries a curse rather than blessings?

Its foundation was laid through the Satanism spirit of both Nimrod and his wife Semiramis, the founders of Babylon which Rev. 18:2 describes as, “a home for demons and a haunt for every evil spirit."

While Semiramis was worshipped as the Moon goddess/Queen of Heaven, Isis, or Mother Earth goddess, Nimrod was worshipped as: Sun-god, Osiris, Lupercus, Baal or underground god.

Their worship was firmly grounded on sexual activities. The Romans took Nimrod's name Lupercus as the god whom they treated as the god of erotic love and had set February 14 to be a holiday whereby all activities in the nation focused on sexual orientation.

It was a holiday of love. They also combined this with the sexual worship of the other god of love called Juno Februata and from whom the month of February was named.

The worship of Lupercus was referred to as Lupercalia. The day was treated as one where everybody had a sexual licence in honour of Lupercus, the god of fertility.

In 496 AD Pope Gelasius "Christianised this day in honour of Saint Valentine and therefore called it "St. Valentine's Day."

Valentine was executed by Emperor Claudius on February 14 in 3rd century AD.

Pope Gelasius treated this saint as the patron saint of lovers and had the heart shape used for Valentine's Day celebrations.

Note that Baal in Babylonian language meant "heart". This is where the Valentine heart symbol originated.

Red roses were the favourite flower of the goddess Venus, which was as well treated as another symbol of Valentine's Day. Flower giving to lovers was highly esteemed.

Red was taken as the colour that signifies strong sexual feelings on Valentine's Day.

This then means that in whatever way one would celebrate Valentine's Day even simply saying, "Happy Valentine's Day" or wearing red clothes in honour of Valentine's Day, one has automatically engaged himself/herself in the worship of Lupercus, Juno Februata, Baal, and Mother Earth god.

TENAZIO MWANZA