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The Truth About Easter Customs

Is Easter a real Christian holiday?

  • Yes

    Votes: 5 45.5%
  • No

    Votes: 3 27.3%
  • I'm not sure

    Votes: 1 9.1%
  • Who cares?!

    Votes: 2 18.2%
  • Other (I'll post my opinion)

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    11

t3gah

Well-Known Member

Quoth The Raven

Half Arsed Muse
You're a busy little beaver, aren't you? First Santa, now the Easter Bunny...you'd be bleeding you found us too late to get stuck into Samhain/Halloween for our benefit, wouldn't you. I expect if we wait long enough it'll happen.
By the way, Jesus did tell his disciples to go out on the anniversary of his ressurection every year and hunt coloured eggs laid by a rabbit, however it was edited from the final draft to make the chapter less disjointed.
 

t3gah

Well-Known Member
SoulTYPE01 said:
@t3gah, Does not the Easter Egg resemble the act of "New life"?
Only to a chicken since they really don't care what color the eggs are.:)
 

SoulTYPE

Well-Known Member
No t3gah what I meant was is why we have the Eggs at Easter time. To resemble the act of Jesus 's "new life"?
 

Fluffy

A fool
You're a busy little beaver, aren't you? First Santa, now the Easter Bunny...you'd be bleeding you found us too late to get stuck into Samhain/Halloween for our benefit, wouldn't you. I expect if we wait long enough it'll happen.
It already has go here: http://www.religiousforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6814

Does not the Easter Egg resemble the act of "New life"?
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It does Soul but this is a pagan symbolisation, not a Christian one.

I have to admit that this is a strange one since Easter is widely cited as the most important Christian holiday whether its traditions are affected by paganism or not. Surely if Christ had died with no ressurection then it would show the defeat of God by the evil and therefore mankinds sins would not be washed away. This is what Jesus' ENTIRE life has been leading up to. Who cares if he didnt tell us to celebrate it?? Surely we can use common sense in this matter and view this wonderous thing (if you belive in it that is) as just cause for celebration?
 

Scuba Pete

Le plongeur avec attitude...
Jensa said:
Is there any holiday that isn't made by Satan in your eyes? :areyoucra
BWAHAHAHA! Way too good of a point, mon ami! Just because he is paranoid doesn't meant they are not all out to get him! :D
 

Jaymes

The cake is a lie
t3gah said:
Easter in Japan: A Catholic woman asked a Japanese nun why they didn't use bunnies in their Easter celebration (called Fukkatsu-sai, or festival of resurrection). Her reply: "What are they? Do they have any special meaning on Easter?"
That's not even comparable. Most people in Japan think we bake a big cake for Christmas, no giftgiving or anything, for godssakes! You think Easter would be any more accurate?
 

t3gah

Well-Known Member
Jensa said:
Is there any holiday that isn't made by Satan in your eyes? :areyoucra
The holy scriptures has the celebrations we're supposed to be observing. Beelzebub is influencing the masses according to Revelation 12:7-9.

[size=-1]Revelation 12:7-9 (American Standard Version of 1901)
And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels [going forth] to war with the dragon; and the dragon warred and his angels; [size=-1]12:8 And they prevailed not, neither was their place found any more in heaven. [size=-1]12:9 And the great dragon was cast down, the old serpent, he that is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world; he was cast down to the earth, and his angels were cast down with him. [/size][/size][/size]
 

Scott1

Well-Known Member
t3gah said:
The holy scriptures has the celebrations we're supposed to be observing. Beelzebub is influencing the masses according to Revelation 12:7-9.
Shouldn't the Church that decided the Canon of Scripture decide what celebrations to observe?
 

Circle_One

Well-Known Member
It does Soul but this is a pagan symbolisation, not a Christian one.
Awwwwwww yeeeeeeeaaaaa! It's all about the Paganism baby. You see that. We used to run this world and we shall once again. What you don't realize T3gah, is that secretly, all the Pagans around the world, sit in evil little circles in our heathen covens and discuss: "Alright, now how else can we corrupt these Christian holidays?"
 

precentor

Member
t3gah said:
The Truth About Easter Customs
One-sided polemics from JWs and "Jesus Only" Pentecostals won't convince me. The Bible is the foundation of Christianity, not its sum total. Or do you believe that the Holy Ghost guided the church councils in determining the canon of the Bible only to take a nap when they were discussing solemnities and feasts?
 

precentor

Member
t3gah said:
The holy scriptures has the celebrations we're supposed to be observing. Beelzebub is influencing the masses according to Revelation 12:7-9.

[size=-1]Revelation 12:7-9 (American Standard Version of 1901)
And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels [going forth] to war with the dragon; and the dragon warred and his angels; [size=-1]12:8 And they prevailed not, neither was their place found any more in heaven. [size=-1]12:9 And the great dragon was cast down, the old serpent, he that is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world; he was cast down to the earth, and his angels were cast down with him. [/size][/size][/size]
Where is Beelzebub mentioned in that passage?
 
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