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Happy Easter
« on: April 03, 2021, 11:08:03 AM »
A timely reminder of what we are celebrating - "Graves into Gardens"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwX1f2gYKZ4

Have a happy, joyful Easter And God bless us all  :)
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Re: Happy Easter
« Reply #1 on: April 03, 2021, 11:22:03 AM »
Thank you, it's Easter tomorrow actually. I hope you have a happy one.
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Re: Happy Easter
« Reply #2 on: April 03, 2021, 01:41:44 PM »
I hope Easter bunny is kind to everyone. :)
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Re: Happy Easter
« Reply #3 on: April 03, 2021, 02:10:15 PM »
Quote from: Alan Burns on April 03, 2021, 11:08:03 AM
A timely reminder of what we are celebrating - "Graves into Gardens" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwX1f2gYKZ4 Have a happy, joyful Easter And God bless us all  :)
Christos Anesti! Alleluia !
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Re: Happy Easter
« Reply #4 on: April 03, 2021, 04:57:13 PM »
Quote from: Alan Burns on April 03, 2021, 11:08:03 AM
A timely reminder of what we are celebrating - "Graves into Gardens"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwX1f2gYKZ4

Have a happy, joyful Easter And God bless us all  :)
I think you may find that many people celebrating Easter are celebrating the coming Spring-time, as per the origin of the term Easter, which has absolutely nothing to do with christianity, and everything to do with celebration of the Spring.

So for those that claim the 'real' meaning of Christmas is the birth of Jesus (rather than the winter solstice) then you a being a touch hypocritical if you also claim the 'real' meaning of Easter is the resurrection story of Jesus.

The reality is that in both cases the christian 'meaning' has been (almost certainly deliberatively) mashed up with an older celebration of the seasons.
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Re: Happy Easter
« Reply #5 on: April 03, 2021, 05:29:38 PM »

Came across Śmigus-dyngus recently, in research for a zoom quiz:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Amigus-dyngus

"The celebration has been traced back to the 14th century but may have earlier, pre-Christian origins involving the celebration of the March equinox; the origins of the word dyngus are obscure as it may come from the German Dingeier ("the eggs that are owed") or Dingnis ("ransom"). The occurrence of the celebration across the Western Slavic and Lechitic nations, including Hungary, suggests a common origin in pagan mythology, most likely a link with the mythological Slavic goddesses of fertility"

"The festival is traditionally celebrated by boys throwing water over girls they like and spanking them with pussy willows. Boys would sneak into girls' homes at daybreak on Easter Monday and throw containers of water over them while they were still in bed."

Good fun, I expect... (for the boys anyway!)
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Re: Happy Easter
« Reply #6 on: April 03, 2021, 11:35:27 PM »
Quote from: ProfessorDavey on April 03, 2021, 04:57:13 PM
I think you may find that many people celebrating Easter are celebrating the coming Spring-time, as per the origin of the term Easter, which has absolutely nothing to do with christianity, and everything to do with celebration of the Spring.
Yes, Spring is a celebration of new life.
Easter is a wonderful celebration to acknowledge the ultimate source of new life.

You may see that many of the 8000+ comments on this video are from ex drug addicts and alcoholics who have turned their graveyards into gardens through the power of the risen Jesus Christ.
A new life is there for anyone who chooses to follow Jesus.
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Re: Happy Easter
« Reply #7 on: April 03, 2021, 11:40:05 PM »
Quote from: Anchorman on April 03, 2021, 02:10:15 PM
Christos Anesti! Alleluia !
Alithos Anesti!  :)
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Re: Happy Easter
« Reply #8 on: April 04, 2021, 08:46:17 AM »
Wishing all those celebrating it a Happy Easter.

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Re: Happy Easter
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Re: Happy Easter
« Reply #10 on: April 04, 2021, 10:08:00 AM »
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As the firstfruits were typical of the whole harvest (Leviticus 23:10-11), so is Christ. He rose, not to the exclusion but to the inclusion of all Humanity.
Ellicott's commentary on 1 Corinthians 15:20, "But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept'
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Re: Happy Easter
« Reply #11 on: April 04, 2021, 10:08:17 AM »
Alleluia!
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Re: Happy Easter
« Reply #12 on: April 04, 2021, 10:13:13 AM »
Quote from: Spud on April 04, 2021, 10:08:00 AM
Ellicott's commentary on 1 Corinthians 15:20, "But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept'
     
Amen!
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Re: Happy Easter
« Reply #13 on: April 04, 2021, 10:43:14 AM »
'Happy Easter, Happy Spring, Happy Happy Everything'
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Re: Happy Easter
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Re: Happy Easter
« Reply #15 on: April 04, 2021, 11:08:59 AM »

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Thank you both for having posted what I wished to have done but could not find a way to express it with your knowledge and clarity.

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Re: Happy Easter
« Reply #16 on: April 04, 2021, 11:15:44 AM »
Saw this, liked it:

Happy Easter, Joyeuses Paques, Frohe Ostern, Happy Passover, Happy Ishtar

As a humanist you had me at 'Happy'.

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Re: Happy Easter
« Reply #17 on: April 04, 2021, 06:37:41 PM »
Spring, season of new beginnings.
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Re: Happy Easter
« Reply #18 on: April 04, 2021, 08:12:06 PM »
Quote from: ProfessorDavey on April 03, 2021, 04:57:13 PM
I think you may find that many people celebrating Easter are celebrating the coming Spring-time, as per the origin of the term Easter, which has absolutely nothing to do with christianity, and everything to do with celebration of the Spring.

So for those that claim the 'real' meaning of Christmas is the birth of Jesus (rather than the winter solstice) then you a being a touch hypocritical if you also claim the 'real' meaning of Easter is the resurrection story of Jesus.

The reality is that in both cases the christian 'meaning' has been (almost certainly deliberatively) mashed up with an older celebration of the seasons.

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Re: Happy Easter
« Reply #19 on: April 04, 2021, 11:18:14 PM »
Quote from: ProfessorDavey on April 03, 2021, 04:57:13 PM

I think you may find that many people celebrating Easter are celebrating the coming Spring-time, as per the origin of the term Easter, which has absolutely nothing to do with Christianity, and everything to do with the celebration of the Spring.

So for those that claim the 'real' meaning of Christmas is the birth of Jesus (rather than the winter solstice) then you a being a touch hypocritical if you also claim the 'real' meaning of Easter is the resurrection story of Jesus.

The reality is that in both cases the Christian 'meaning' has been (almost certainly deliberatively) mashed up with an older celebration of the seasons.


Correct - the Pagan festival at this time of year is Ostara.

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Re: Happy Easter
« Reply #20 on: April 05, 2021, 09:13:06 AM »
 Easter - or 'Pace' as it's sometimes called in Scotland, may well be bunged up with pre-Christian imagery, but, based as it is on the moveable feast of Passover - hence the coloquial name - it's about as Christian as you get.
Yes, the bunny nonsense is an American screw up of the hare - we know that...but the egg was first used to symbolise the stone which was rolled away in its groove,  by a writer in the fourth century.
There may be pagan imigary in the egg (is there a god of chocolate?), but there's very firm basis on Christology as well.
As for new birth?
I'm all for that, since it is only possible through the death and resurrection of Christ Jesus.
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Re: Happy Easter
« Reply #21 on: April 05, 2021, 09:33:33 AM »
Quote from: Robbie on April 03, 2021, 11:22:03 AM
Thank you, it's Easter tomorrow actually. I hope you have a happy one.
.. unless you are Eastern Orthodox.  Orthodox Easter in 2021 is on Sunday, May 2, I believe.
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Re: Happy Easter
« Reply #22 on: April 05, 2021, 10:56:45 AM »
Quote from: Anchorman on April 05, 2021, 09:13:06 AM
Easter - or 'Pace' as it's sometimes called in Scotland, may well be bunged up with pre-Christian imagery, but, based as it is on the moveable feast of Passover - hence the coloquial name - it's about as Christian as you get.
Yes, the bunny nonsense is an American screw up of the hare - we know that...but the egg was first used to symbolise the stone which was rolled away in its groove,  by a writer in the fourth century.
There may be pagan imigary in the egg (is there a god of chocolate?), but there's very firm basis on Christology as well.
As for new birth?
I'm all for that, since it is only possible through the death and resurrection of Christ Jesus.

Excellent post, Jim. Yes, we are also celebrating Passover.

It is so important to acknowledge 'Christ is Risen' this is the fulfilment of his life's work.

I have put your post on 'Forum Best Bits' where it is truly deserved.
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Re: Happy Easter
« Reply #23 on: April 05, 2021, 11:20:22 AM »
Quote from: ProfessorDavey on April 03, 2021, 04:57:13 PM
I think you may find that many people celebrating Easter are celebrating the coming Spring-time, as per the origin of the term Easter, which has absolutely nothing to do with christianity, and everything to do with celebration of the Spring.

So for those that claim the 'real' meaning of Christmas is the birth of Jesus (rather than the winter solstice) then you a being a touch hypocritical if you also claim the 'real' meaning of Easter is the resurrection story of Jesus.

The reality is that in both cases the christian 'meaning' has been (almost certainly deliberatively) mashed up with an older celebration of the seasons.

I don't think it should be of any surprise to anyone that pagan and Christian feasts often overlap. The pagans worshipped creation. Christians, on the other hand, worship the One who made creation. Creation points to the One who made it.
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Re: Happy Easter
« Reply #24 on: April 05, 2021, 12:04:07 PM »
Quote from: Anchorman on April 05, 2021, 09:13:06 AM
Easter - or 'Pace' as it's sometimes called in Scotland, may well be bunged up with pre-Christian imagery, but, based as it is on the moveable feast of Passover - hence the coloquial name - it's about as Christian as you get.
Yes, the bunny nonsense is an American screw up of the hare - we know that...but the egg was first used to symbolise the stone which was rolled away in its groove,  by a writer in the fourth century.
There may be pagan imigary in the egg (is there a god of chocolate?), but there's very firm basis on Christology as well.
As for new birth?
I'm all for that, since it is only possible through the death and resurrection of Christ Jesus.

Chocolate was a gift from the feathered serpent, the god called Quetzalcoatl by the Aztecs. 

Quetzalcoatl was also borne by a virgin and human sacrifice was common in Aztec culture!

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