Happy Ancient-Pagan-Holiday-Adopted-By-The- Early-Christians!

JWBear · 04-12-2009, 08:07 AM

Happy Easter!

~MS~ · 04-12-2009, 08:16 AM

Wishing everyone a Happy Holiday whatever your beliefs!

wendybeth · 04-12-2009, 08:39 AM

I don't care what anyone else says- I believe in the Easter Bunny!

(Happy Easter Bunny day, all!)

Alex · 04-12-2009, 08:51 AM

I successfully warded off Easter here. According to a commercial that just played on the radio it isn't Easter without a ham on the table.

I wasn't aware that Jesus had taken such firm measure to exclude Jews and Muslims from the day. He's apparently quite the ball buster.

I guess vegan Christians are just collateral damage (besides, they probably smell funny and Jesus probably has a really sensitive sense of smell).

Disneyphile · 04-12-2009, 08:54 AM

Happy Easter, Happy Passover, and (Belated) Happy Ostara to everyone!

Oh, and Happy Sunday to the more secular bunch.

Kevy Baby · 04-12-2009, 09:30 AM

Cadaverous Pallor · 04-12-2009, 10:21 AM

Oh, is this why there is cute bunny stuff everywhere right now?

Happy birthday, Munchkin.

flippyshark · 04-12-2009, 11:09 AM

re: this thread's title

I was under the impression that it was the Roman church, 300 plus years after the early Christians, who co-opted the pagan holidays - and a brilliant PR move it was.

I just like the fact that so much fertility imagery has survived. It's all about sex and regeneration and stuff. Woo-hoo!

Plus, there's bunnies.

JWBear · 04-12-2009, 11:23 AM

Well... "Early" is relative.

scaeagles · 04-12-2009, 11:46 AM

Yep - same thing with Christmas. Though I am a practicing Christian, I think it is evident that Jesus was born in the spring, but something else (winter solstice celebrations?) was co-opted as well.

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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I successfully warded off Easter here. According to a commercial that just played on the radio it isn't Easter without a ham on the table. I wasn't aware that Jesus had taken such firm measure to exclude Jews and Muslims from the day. He's apparently quite the ball buster. I guess vegan Christians are just collateral damage (besides, they probably smell funny and Jesus probably has a really sensitive sense of smell).
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Cadaverous Pallor ohhhh baby Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parental Bliss Posts: 12,364	Oh, is this why there is cute bunny stuff everywhere right now? Happy birthday, Munchkin.
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flippyshark Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 2,852	re: this thread's title I was under the impression that it was the Roman church, 300 plus years after the early Christians, who co-opted the pagan holidays - and a brilliant PR move it was. I just like the fact that so much fertility imagery has survived. It's all about sex and regeneration and stuff. Woo-hoo! Plus, there's bunnies.
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JWBear Worn Romantic Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Long Beach California Posts: 8,435	Well... "Early" is relative. __________________ Unrestrained frivolity will lead to the downfall of modern society.
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scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	Yep - same thing with Christmas. Though I am a practicing Christian, I think it is evident that Jesus was born in the spring, but something else (winter solstice celebrations?) was co-opted as well.
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