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we like to party. I all for making up reasons for the family to get together just long enough to remember why we don't hang together in the first place.
Why does this happen every year that somebody feels obligated to come prancing in here as if no one has EVER posted this same stupid crap 100 times before?
F for originality.
I love the bunny shaped cakes with coconut frosting..
Seriously, it is a converted PAGAN holiday designed to control the lasses and used by the church to impart shame and guilt while calling people to listen to magical spoken spells.
If there is anything we need to remember, it is that Christ is with us always, chocolate eggs are good, reindeer are fun and we do not need EASTER and CHRISTMAS plastered on manufactured items to commercialize what we claim is sacred...
In our culture, Easter means one of two things. It means the celebration of the resurrection of Christ or it means celebrating egg-laying bunnies and chocolate eggs. Most people don't give a second thought into why we have these traditions.
Easter is actually the celebration of the Babylonian sex goddess Ishtar. The eggs and bunnies are a symbol of fertility or sex. Two aspects of our traditions come from the fact that the son of Ishtar was supposedly obsessed with rabbits. The easter eggs come from the tradition of human sacrifice and dipping the eggs in blood after the sacrifice to Ishtar.
Out of all the holidays we celebrate, this has to be the one that makes me the most uneasy. Yes, I know that the contemporary meaning is celebrating the resurrection of Christ as well as candy for kids, but the Bible lays out its own feast, the Passover, which is punctuated by the feast of the First Fruits (egg-laying bunnies need not apply).
First of all, the fact that we have a holiday honoring Ishtar and egg-laying bunnies should make anybody pause in the first place. Second of all, if the Bible lays out the correct way to celebrate the resurrection of Christ, why does Christian culture and broader society ignore that and instead celebrate the lunacy of Ishtar? From a Christian or secular perspective, I see no reason this holiday should be a part of our culture.
But, the Bible does Not lay out any correct way to celebrate the resurrection of Christ.
Jesus gave us only one command in remembrance of him according to Luke 22:19.
We are to remember the day of Jesus' death ( Nisan the 14th day on the Jewish calendar )
As an anniversary does Not always fall on a Friday, then the day of Jesus' death would Not always come on a Friday.
Rather, as the annual Passover date is on a different day of the week, so too the day of Jesus' death would Not always fall on a Friday.
Thanks - yes, while I was doing a Job on Easter misery, I was thinking of the Russian orthodox feast, and by a superhuman effort resisted the temptation to post Rimsky's overture.
I love the bunny shaped cakes with coconut frosting..
Seriously, it is a converted PAGAN holiday designed to control the lasses and used by the church to impart shame and guilt while calling people to listen to magical spoken spells.
If there is anything we need to remember, it is that Christ is with us always, chocolate eggs are good, reindeer are fun and we do not need EASTER and CHRISTMAS plastered on manufactured items to commercialize what we claim is sacred...
And there was I not knowing you were even a Christian.
In our culture, Easter means one of two things. It means the celebration of the resurrection of Christ or it means celebrating egg-laying bunnies and chocolate eggs. Most people don't give a second thought into why we have these traditions.
Easter is actually the celebration of the Babylonian sex goddess Ishtar. The eggs and bunnies are a symbol of fertility or sex. Two aspects of our traditions come from the fact that the son of Ishtar was supposedly obsessed with rabbits. The easter eggs come from the tradition of human sacrifice and dipping the eggs in blood after the sacrifice to Ishtar.
Out of all the holidays we celebrate, this has to be the one that makes me the most uneasy. Yes, I know that the contemporary meaning is celebrating the resurrection of Christ as well as candy for kids, but the Bible lays out its own feast, the Passover, which is punctuated by the feast of the First Fruits (egg-laying bunnies need not apply).
First of all, the fact that we have a holiday honoring Ishtar and egg-laying bunnies should make anybody pause in the first place. Second of all, if the Bible lays out the correct way to celebrate the resurrection of Christ, why does Christian culture and broader society ignore that and instead celebrate the lunacy of Ishtar? From a Christian or secular perspective, I see no reason this holiday should be a part of our culture.
You know, back in December I decided I'd try to educate the grandkids about Christmas, so I started telling them about Saturnalia. The six-year old got bored and just wanted to go see Santa. (The one at the mall is the REAL Santa. All the others are fakes.)
When it's time to color Easter Eggs, I'll be sure to tell them about Ishtar and the symbols of fertility, sex human sacrifice & blood, but I'm guessing the 3 year-old won't care much about that and will probably just want to color another egg.
Get a grip, people. Christmas is not about Saturnalia and Easter is not about Ishtar.
I love the bunny shaped cakes with coconut frosting..
Seriously, it is a converted PAGAN holiday designed to control the lasses and used by the church to impart shame and guilt while calling people to listen to magical spoken spells.
If there is anything we need to remember, it is that Christ is with us always, chocolate eggs are good, reindeer are fun and we do not need EASTER and CHRISTMAS plastered on manufactured items to commercialize what we claim is sacred...
It means it's a day when it's OK to eat candy! I do church in the a.m. It's a fun church morning with lots of songs and flowers followed by a potluck brunch. Then dinner with Mom. And candy.
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I've known a few Christians I could share a flat with. In fact for a time I DID share a flat with a Christian..of sorts...
