To: R_Kangel
The pagan goddess Eastre/Ēostre. It really doesnt matter the symbology around the Easter holiday and how the early Christian Catholic church melded some of the pagan traditions of Europe into the Easter holiday in order to convert the pagans to Christianity. Eggs and rabbits do not detract from the message of the resurrection. Everybody needs to chillax.
30 posted on
04/10/2020 5:20:57 PM PDT by
wildcard_redneck
(If the Trump Administration doesn't prosecute the coup plotters he loses the election in 2020)
To: wildcard_redneck
... Yup ... The message and True Meaning of the season is the important thing.
32 posted on
04/10/2020 5:35:10 PM PDT by
R_Kangel
("A nation of sheep will beget a nation ruled by wolves")
To: wildcard_redneck
There’s no actual evidence for a “goddess Eostre”. It may simply be a word meaning “dawn”, cognate to our modern word “east”.
33 posted on
04/10/2020 5:53:02 PM PDT by
Campion
(What part of "shall not be infringed" don't they understand?)
To: wildcard_redneck
“the early Christian Catholic church melded some of the pagan traditions of Europe into the Easter holiday in order to convert the pagans to Christianity.”
There’s zero evidence that ever happened. Seriously, there is no evidence any pagan thing was adopted into Christian religious practice to convert anyone in the ancient Greco-Roman world.
40 posted on
04/10/2020 6:36:04 PM PDT by
vladimir998
( Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
To: wildcard_redneck
Eggs and rabbits are from the 19th century.
55 posted on
04/11/2020 2:03:23 PM PDT by
Cronos
(Re-elect President Trump 2020!)
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