Since Bethlehem literally means "house of bread," and the body of Christ in the Eucharist is made of wheat, I could see that being quite the reasonable topic of Christian discussion!
As for jingles, memorization of poetry is the oldest information storage method our species has ever developed, and we used it relentlessly with such great success for so many millennia that Darwinian selection has had time to work on it. The jingles, chants, and poems you hear over and over again in early childhood will remain with you all your life, and surface with particular force once you get old. That's so you can pass on the tribal lore to children once you're an elder. It's literally hardwired into all our brains.
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Date: 2023-04-10 04:38 am (UTC)As for jingles, memorization of poetry is the oldest information storage method our species has ever developed, and we used it relentlessly with such great success for so many millennia that Darwinian selection has had time to work on it. The jingles, chants, and poems you hear over and over again in early childhood will remain with you all your life, and surface with particular force once you get old. That's so you can pass on the tribal lore to children once you're an elder. It's literally hardwired into all our brains.