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To: D-fendr
I see there are no factual arguments in your rebuttal. Facts are stubborn things. Part of the "history" you prefer to ignore.

Christianity started with Christ, not Constantine. And back then they didn't keep Easter. They kept Passover.

Easter was not for Christians ..

Horse hockey. You confuse a name with an event.

The name reveals (indeed betrays) the pagan accommodation. Which reminds me of another holiday, but that's another topic.

130 posted on 04/06/2015 2:31:32 AM PDT by zipper (In their heart of hearts, all Democrats are communists)
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To: zipper
back then they didn't keep Easter. They kept Passover.

And Christians in the east call their Easter, Pascha - from passover. The connection between the Jewish Passover and the Christian feast of Easter is real and liturgical.

There are many similarities, but they are not the same. Christians celebrate the resurrection of the Messiah; Jews do not. Neither are pagan.

131 posted on 04/06/2015 6:09:19 AM PDT by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: zipper
Christianity started with Christ, not Constantine.

Yes, and we have history of a debate over when to celebrate Pascha/Easter back in the early second century; long before Constantine.

132 posted on 04/06/2015 6:27:41 AM PDT by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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