I got Bs, for your information, and to this day, every Sunday I burn a small effigy to the pagan gods of grade inflation.

顺便说下，我拿了B，而且直至今日，每个礼拜天我都烧小，奉保佑成绩膨胀的异教神灵。

Some say the church scheduled the Feast of St. Valentine during the pagan festival of Lupercalia in an attempt to Christianize the sexy holiday, which included spanking women with goatskin to promote fertility in the coming year.

有说，教会安排在异教的牧神节期间举行圣瓦伦泰节，是在试图使这个假期基督教化，其中包括用山羊皮抽打女性以促进来年的生育率提高。

It was an ancient Pagan custom for people to cross fingers with each other.

们互相交叉手指是个古老的异教习俗。

Essentially, instead of honoring pagan gods and mischievous spirits, they now celebrated Christian figures.

从本质上说，万圣节现在纪念的是基督教物，而不是异教的神和淘气的精灵。

Unlike oral pagan religions, misinterpreting Christian texts could mean the difference between heaven and hell.

与口头的异教信仰不同，误解基督教文本可能意味着天堂与地狱的区别。

But the infidel occupation soon proved unpopular.

但很快，这次异教的占领便遭到了们的排斥。

No, because we don't celebrate the ancient pagan festival of Saturnalia. Saturnalia?

不，我们不庆祝古老的异教农神节。农神节？

I would love that, but my husband Orson...big, stubborn, goy.

我很那样做，但是我丈夫奥森是个...非常固执的异教。

The date of this celebration was later moved to November 1st, possibly to overshadow any pagan traditions of Samhain, possibly because coinciding with the harvest meant there were more resources available at that time of year.

后来，这一庆祝活动的日期被移到了 11 月 1 日，这可能是为了掩盖夏末节的异教传统，也可能是因为恰逢收获季节意味着在一年中的这个时候有更多的资源可用。

No one seems to know for sure if December 25th was actually the date of Christ's birth, but it is possible that Christian leaders in Ancient Rome wanted to replace pagan religious holidays that occurred around the same time.

好没有能肯定12月25日就是基督的实际诞生日，而更有可能的是，古罗马的基督教领导以此取代几乎同时举行的异教的宗教节日。

There was some heathenish, coffin-colored old lumber aboard, which, upon a long previous voyage, had been cut from the aboriginal groves of the Lackaday islands, and from these dark planks the coffin was recommended to be made.

船上有一些异教的、棺材色的旧木头，是在以前漫长的航行中，从拉加德群岛的原始森林中砍来的，于是就用这些黑木板来打造一副棺材。

To him, this voice was a demon, a bad influence from the outside world, an infidel who was out to seduce him into doing stupid things.

对他来说，这个声音是恶魔，是来自外界的不良影响，是一个引诱他做蠢事的异教。

He was indeed at that time as superstitious as the rest.In a battle, he was killed by a Moor.The looting carried on in the name of the Christian God would indeed make the pagans blush.

当时，他确实和其他一样迷信。在一场战役中，他被一个摩尔杀死。以基督教上帝的名义进行的劫掠，真的连异教的脸都红了。

After the ban of the Olympic Games due to the rise of Christianity which labeled them as pagan rites, the temple was neglected and fell into ruin.

由于基督教的兴起，奥林匹克运动会被禁止举行，并被贴上了异教仪式的标签，此后，这座寺庙被忽视，沦为废墟。

Here is Mars, there's Bacchus with his wine cup, Pan piping on a silver dish... and now I've arrived at what looks like another pagan god, this time in mosaic.

一个小型战神马尔斯，一个端着酒杯的酒神巴克科斯，一个在银盘上吹笛子的潘神，还有一个看起来也是某个异教神的马赛克图案。

She had pagan eyes, full of nocturnal mysteries, and their light, as it came and went, and came again, was partially hampered by their oppressive lids and lashes.

她那异教的眼睛，充满夜的神秘，沉沉的眼睑和睫毛，半遮着来去流转的眼波。

Barbarians at the doorstep, imbeciles on the throne, and to top everything off it seemed to the average Roman pagan in the street that the gods were angry.

野蛮逼近腹地，傻瓜当政，最糟糕的是，对于街头的罗马异教而言，他们的神明似乎生气了。

But before we continue his character arc I think it's useful to consider that of Eowyn, who perhaps best exemplifies Tolkien's sanctification of the pagans' noble virtues.

讨论他的角色弧线前，我认为值得先思考伊奥温的弧线，她也许最能体现托尔金对异教美德的圣化。

Orthodox Christians celebrate the beginning of a new year according to the old Julian calendar with a street carnival evolved from an ancient pagan Rite.

东正教按照公历庆祝新年的开始，街头嘉年华是从一种古老的异教仪式演变而来的。

And then, before long, he found himself on death row, for in his 2001 counter-jihad, he had shot not one mini-mart clerk, but three.

不久，他发现他自己在死囚牢房。因为他2001年的反异教，他 不是射杀了一个杂货店的收银员，而是三个。