Hmmm, good question. I think it's a mixture to be honest, Latin eventually evolved into Spanish, French and Italian through MANY factors. However, I agree that religion played a primary role.

To answer your question. The tree used at Christmas is supposed represent Jesus's genealogy (you know, like a family tree), with the star of King David resting at the top of the tree, who is of course Jesus' direct ancestor through Mary. This blood relation allowed Jesus to ascend the Jewish throne (which formally belonged David) which is why he is often referred to as King of the Jews.

Correction: Latin deserves the credit, not France. The Romans were originally responsible for the term ineffablis. (I'm a Latin student)

Thank you missraven, I couldn't have said it better myself.

Believe me, I wish it weren't the case more than anyone...but this life is cruel. We live in a violent universe, within an even more violent world.

That's not always the case, in fact, it's a little naive to believe that your family and friends will always be beside you. While it's a sweet sentiment, your family will pass on eventually, and you need to learn how to deal with life on your own. In this cruel world, you need to learn to rely on yourself at times. The sooner this girl realizes that life is unfair, the better it will be for her. She won't hold on to unrealistic expectations that let her down. Children is a critical period for nurturing resilience not dependency.

No it doesn't. What, you'd rather lie to your child? I wish my parents were brutally honest with me, then life wouldn't have been such a shock...
Be honest with them, tell them that life is harsh (this is not a pessimistic view, it's realistic), that some people are mean, that you won't always win and that things won't always go your way in life. Trust me, you'd be doing them a favour.
She may not understand it now, but someday she'll realize that this was a valuable lesson.

Opinion? According to the law of prescriptivism, it's most certainly a fact.

Yeah sure, I'd love to join you!

"wives" is correct, "wifes" doesn't exist in the English language.

"loose morals" lmao
You're pretty awesome.

Oh God, please tell me that's a joke?