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To: FourtySeven
If anyone is being a “moral relativist” it’s you, who chooses (apparently at random) when to use pagan names and when not. To be consistent in your rejection of all things pagan, you should also refuse to name the days of the week as is conventionally done, since they are also of pagan origin.

Perhaps I should try speaking in a Germanic dialect.

As I pointed out, we don't use the names of the days of the week to celebrate an activity that Christ engaged in on our behalf.

If you'll re-read my original post, I was simply pointing out that if we are going make a fuss over people who say "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas" on the grounds that it takes Christ out of the equation, we ought to at least acknowledge that the word "easter" has no relevance to Jesus's resurrection.

It's just another day of the week or a point on a compass or changing of the seasons or a Babylonian sex goddess.

I know a lady who says "Happy whatever-day-of-the-week it is" whenever we see each other.

It's annoying but I don't think she says it to pay tribute to a Roman or Germanic god or goddess. It's, as you and Mrs. Don-0 say, simply a reference to a specific day of the week.

What Christ did on this day ought to be honored for WHAT it was, now WHEN it was.

That's all I'm saying. Didn't mean to start a mass guilt trip.

59 posted on 04/05/2015 8:05:54 AM PDT by Texas Eagle
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To: Texas Eagle
Didn't mean to start a mass guilt trip.

Excuse me, but you were the one who said that Easter has "Anti-Christian origins".

So, I'm sorry I won't be playing your passive aggressive game. If you don't like the pushback you received today, here's an idea: think before you post.

Have a nice....whatever.

122 posted on 04/05/2015 1:20:02 PM PDT by FourtySeven (47)
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