Have you seen the "Easter is a pagan holiday" meme?

[Combine_Advisor (Charles, confirmed as Thomas)]

You have to meet with Willy Wonka by going on a pilgrimage to Hershey in Pennsylvania

[beaglelady]

@Klax

Riight. No text book?

It was our theology class at church.

[beaglelady]

[T_aquaticus]

@mitchellmckain

And this is that the majority of these myths are the total fabrication of anti-Catholic Protestant liars.

Do you mean “time-traveling anti-Catholic Protestant liars”?

St. Bede the Venerable, the 6 century author of Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (“Ecclesiastical History of the English People”), maintains that the English word “Easter” comes from Eostre , or Eostrae , the Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring and fertility. Other historians maintain the “Easter” derives from in albis , a Latin phrase that’s pural for alba, or “dawn," that became eostarum in Old High German, a precursor to the English language of today.

Despite its significance as a Christian holy day, many of the traditions and symbols that play a key role in Easter observances actually have roots in pagan celebrations—particularly the pagan goddess Eostre—and in the Jewish holiday of Passover.
Easter - Dates, Easter Eggs & Easter Bunny | HISTORY

I don’t think there were any Protestants in the 6th century.

[mitchellmckain (Scientist and Christian)]

AHHH! Because of course the holiday of Easter began in ENGLAND! RIGHT! Why didn’t I think of that?

And when history doesn’t back you up NO PROBLEM just push your claims back to prehistory and then you can claim anything you want without a shred of evidence to get in your way… because course you have no need whatsoever for evidence to support your own claims.
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T… picking a fight with me makes no sense whatsoever. It doesn’t bother me if Easter really had pagan origins. I would love that to be the truth. But you haven’t done squat to challenge the person who has debunked this claim. And so, as much as I would like to find that you are right… I am seeing no objective basis for doing so.

[beaglelady]

@Klax

And does the atheist not know the etymology of Easter either?

What about countries that call Easter Pascua? Does that mean that Easter is a Jewish holiday for them?

[beaglelady]

@T_aquaticus

Despite its significance as a Christian holy day, many of the traditions and symbols that play a key role in Easter observances actually have roots in pagan celebrations—particularly the pagan goddess Eostre—and in the Jewish holiday of Passover.
Easter - Dates, Easter Eggs & Easter Bunny - HISTORY

Ah, the History Channel, with their show about ancient aliens visiting earth multiple times.
History Channel: Ancient Aliens

Sounds legit

[Klax (The only thing that matters is faith expressed in love.)]

@beaglelady

@Klax

And does the atheist not know the etymology of Easter either?

What about countries that call Easter Pascua ? Does that mean that Easter is a Jewish holiday for them?

The way Easter is celebrated in the Protestant-secular West is primarily a fertility rite, the rites of spring, which are pre-historic. The fact that Jesus was murdered on Nisan - green ears - 14th makes it all blur.

[Combine_Advisor (Charles, confirmed as Thomas)]

@beaglelady

Ah, the History Channel, with their show about ancient aliens visiting earth multiple times.
History Channel: Ancient Aliens

Speaking of which, have you seen the documentary response to Ancient Aliens featuring Michael Heiser? It’s up on YouTube if you’re interested.

[beaglelady]

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The way Easter is celebrated in the Protestant-secular West is primarily a fertility rite, the rites of spring, which are pre-historic.[/quote]

Irrelevant. But the Easter Parade down 5th Avenue–that’s really a hoot!

[beaglelady]

@Combine_Advisor

Speaking of which, have you seen the documentary response to Ancient Aliens featuring Michael Heiser? It’s up on YouTube if you’re interested.

Thanks but no thanks. I don’t believe in that kind of thing.

[Combine_Advisor (Charles, confirmed as Thomas)]

Don’t worry. Michael Heiser doesn’t believe in Ancient Aliens either, so it’s not pro-conspiracy.