Posted on 03/31/2011 6:22:37 AM PDT by edcoil
You need to change one word. You need to change “is” to “was”. Because otherwise I could say ...
YOU don’t know ANYTHING about Easter DO YOU?
Regardless of how it started, for over 2000 years now, Christians have been celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus Christ on Easter. Maybe if you are a Roman, you might be offended, but for the rest of us it's all about Jesus.
Didn’t anyone notice the blindingly obvious, *not* that the ad was banned because it mentioned Jesus, but because it (rhetorically) suggested that Jesus had just passed out on the cross and was later revived, a concept repugnant to most Christians?
In other words, to illustrate what they were saying:
“Was Jesus just a man? Is Christianity fake? Is believing in God stupid? Come to our church and find out!”
They may think it is witty advertising, however a lot of Christians would not think so.
Maybe they should have used the Pagan Goddess Oestre.
This country gets sicker and sicker every day as we draw further and further from the God who made America possible.
:-D
Facts. All you’ve got on your side are facts.
I call it “Resurrection Sunday.”
And more importantly; “There is no name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”
JESUS
Biy YOU don’t know ANYTHING about Easter DO YOU? Easter is 100% Pagan and has NOTHING to do with Jesus’ Death, Burial or Resurrection. Easter was and is an old Roman “holiday”.
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With all due respect, though this may be true, the issue is the name of our Saviour, Jesus, was outright bannned.
Even though plenty of people understand the pagan history of Easter, it should not be used to justify hate and intolerance towards Christians.
The fact that the movie spokesperson resorted to a "we retain total control" statement, without specifics, tells me that somebody in the ad office banned it because it mentions Jesus (just as the minister claims) and they are now doing damage control.
Anyway, the ad addresses common objections that I've heard personally many times. Doesn't offend me to raise common objections and offer to address them.
Why would Romans be offended? Jesus was Italian. Just ask my great grandmother. Yes, I did grow up in a house with pictures of Jesus, The Pope, JFK and Sinatra on the wall.
“Granted, the English word “Easter” is derived from the name of a British pagan goddess, Eostre, who gave her name to the month of April.”
Eostre is just another name for Ishtar, Astarte, Isis, or Semiramis, that most ancient of pagan goddesses, the self-same “Queen of Heaven” worshipped by the Canaanites. The fertility trappings associated with Easter traditions also point to the pagan association with this festival.
Obviously, Christians associate the celebration with Christ’s resurrection, and to some extant, the old festival of Passover, but there seems to have been a merging of some of the pagan spring fertility festivals with the original celebration.
Gee, I guess you told me.
I’ll make sure to tell my bishop.
I enjoy History, and I would have loved a course on Anglo-Saxon History, but I didn't throw it into the mix with my Latin American Studies major. ;o) I've found some books that look interesting, and will work my way through them over the next few years, including "Albion's Seed", which was recommended by another Freeper. Not exactly Anglo-Saxon history, but how the immigrants from the various areas of the British Isles influenced areas of the US. Do you have some books you could recommend to me, especially about the early history of the British Isles?
I like reading historical fiction, and have really enjoyed the novels of Sharon Kay Penman, about the beginnings of the Plantagenets. I've also enjoyed Ellis Peters' novels about Brother Cadfael; yeah, they're formulaic, but they're fun reads!
Easter is pagan.
War is peace.
Ignorance is strength.
Freedom is slavery.
Please point out from the Bible the first Easter Egg hunt that the disciples had? Or where in the scriptures does the egg and rabbit feature? Just because “some” Christians have instituted those PAGAN features into their holiday does not mean that all have. The Easter mentioned in the Bible is the pagan holiday, and true believers celebrate Passover in concert with Resurrection Sunday. Even the Church Fathers were not using the term “Easter” but Pascha and Pasgal. It wasn't until the 6th or 7th century (Bede) that the term Easter got fully in use.
Many strain out a gnat and swallow a camel. If one claims to be Christian, the Name of Jesus is the Name above every name and the beloved Name of our Savior. I would much rather shout out His Name and offend the world than to keep quiet and offend my God.
Above Yahweh?
Only recently, say the last two THOUSAND years. Christians have been celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus ever since it happened, whatever you choose to call it. You are just arguing semantics. Is celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus what's important or is it the name you call it by?
Also, you are trying to make this the like the rapture question. “ The word “rapture” isn't in the bible. Na na na na na na. So what? Does that mean that the concept isn't in the bible? NO! It absolutely is in the bible.
If you claim to be a Christian and think Easter is about bunnies and eggs, then you aren't much of a Christian. Having said that, there is NOTHING wrong with having an Easter egg hunt at church for the kids. They are kids! It's fun. It makes church fun for kids and parents. The participants don't turn into pagans.
I think this is just a silly argument. It's just another way to try and attack Christians.
And when the “kids” find out that there is nothing in the Bible about those elements, they realize that maybe other things mommy and daddy were telling them are not so true either. I want my kids to KNOW the truth and not some Catholic inspired “fun”.
Well, it's NOT an "old Roman holiday" now. We're NOT living in the pagan days, we're living NOW, AND we celebrate Jesus' Death, Burial or Resurrection AT EASTER.
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