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Fun Fact: Ash Wednesday ashes were originally made from the cremains of martyrs before they realized the economic impact Reliquaries could have on a tourist market and switched to ashes made from palm leaves instead. #nottrue #catholicism
The aphorism that goes with the ashes is totally great. "Remember that thou art dust and to dust thou shalt return."
@nobody Also, martyrs were in short supply once the Roman Catholic Church crowded out all other spiritual protection rackets out of the Western European afterlife insurance market.