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To: Celtjew Libertarian
One problem on the egg: The egg is traditionally part of the Passover Seder as well. It's not clear how long that has been a tradition and there is a variety of interpretations as to the meaning.

Clearly Jews had and have a lot of tradition that is not scriptural. Same as Christianity today. Christ upbraided the Jews of his time:

Mar 7:9 And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.

Jews thought they were doing what the one, true God wanted. Most Christians today think they are doing the same.

63 posted on 04/08/2006 7:57:51 PM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: DouglasKC
Perhaps... but the Torah doesn't specify every last detail of the Seder.... It says certain things should be eaten and certain things should not. However, it says nothing one way or the other on eggs. Having eggs as part the Seder does not reject a commandment, because there is no commandment against it, even as there is nothing that demands it.

Note, however, that eggs symbolize (among other things) mourning in Judaism. That is not part of the pagan tradition you are referring to. Even if it, why couldn't the pagans have borrowed from the Jews, as easily as Jews and Christians borrow from Pagans?

In any case, it's not clear when that symbolism became part of Jewish tradition, but for all we may know, it may have have been part of the Seder in Jesus's time. If so, it may be that Jesus had eggs at the last supper -- or, for that matter, some previous seeder that they had attended before that one.

Eggs are a symbol of mourning among Jews. Again, it's not my religion, but it seems to me that would make the egg a perfect Easter symbol of the suffering and death of Jesus, a Jew, even if you believe he arose again.
64 posted on 04/08/2006 8:15:46 PM PDT by Celtjew Libertarian
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To: DouglasKC
Jews thought they were doing what the one, true God wanted. Most Christians today think they are doing the same.

If they (christians) are abiding in ... and spreading forth ... the love of God, ... they are doing what God wants.
John 13:34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

76 posted on 04/08/2006 9:00:38 PM PDT by Quester
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