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To: chuckles
Easter was originally a celebration of Ishtar, the Babylonian goddess of sex, fertility, war, and religiously-sanctioned prostitutes.

Total trash and lies. Lies that bring discredit on the name of Christ by making his followers look like fools.

How, pray tell, did this "Babylonian" holiday make it to England and the Netherlands without leaving ANY TRACE anywhere else, from Iraq (where Babylon actually _is_, or was), to Greece, to Italy, to France ... ANYWHERE in between? HOW did that happen?

In Iraq (Arabic), Easter is called "the Great Sacrifice".

In Greek, it's "Πασχα". In Italy, it's called "Pascha" (Latin) or "Pasqua" (Italian). In Spain, it's "Pascua". In Portugal, it's "Pascoa". In Romanian, it's "Paste". ALL of these words come from "Pesach" or Passover. Did southern and western Europe just not get the memo that it was supposed to be about Ishtar?

In Polish, Russian, Czech, and probably the rest of of the Slavic world, Easter is called by a name that translates to "Great Night". Did eastern Europe ALSO not get the memo that it was supposed to be about Ishtar?

A Million or more were killed in one day in Europe and the RC church celebrated.

I have no idea what you're talking about, and since you didn't make a specific accusation with names, dates, and places, maybe you should refrain from making vague accusations.

Adolf Hitler was born and raised as a Catholic

Oh, this old canard again. You know, Stalin was born and raised Georgian Orthodox and killed more people than Hitler did, but I don't hear anyone blaming his career on Georgian Orthodoxy. Do you?

I'm not sure how he ended up

Well, I am. He stopped practicing his faith at the age of 16. He fell in with organizations that were neo-pagan and violently anti-Catholic (one of them was called the Los von Rom Bewegung, the "Free from Rome Movement").

As an adult, he described himself to his dinner companions as a "pure heathen". His movement and its ideas were formally condemned in a Papal encyclical (Mit Brennender Sorge; "With Burning Sorrow").

He persecuted and murdered actual Catholics, priests, religious, and laypeople (cf Maximilian Kolbe, Titus Brandsma, and Franz Jaegerstaetter). He plotted to kidnap and probably murder the Pope. (In fairness, I should point out that the Pope aided and abetted plots to kill Hitler; read the book "Church of Spies".)

Repent and turn away from the lies you've been taught. Scripture says that love rejoices in the truth. What you're teaching isn't the truth. I know of no other way to put it.

51 posted on 04/03/2024 8:48:15 AM PDT by Campion (Everything is a grace, everything is the direct effect of our Father's love - Little Flower)
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To: Campion

“Easter was originally a celebration of Ishtar, the Babylonian goddess of sex, fertility, war, and religiously-sanctioned prostitutes.”

Think maybe Esther had anything to with that?


52 posted on 04/03/2024 9:09:56 AM PDT by conserv8
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