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Pagans and Xtians (was Re: Sex Scandal etc)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 13 May 2003 21:34:38 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys writes:
> > Easter isn't scriptual, nor, btw, is Christmas. The Lord's supper is,
> > though.
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Pedro Silva writes:
> Easter, not scriptural? I do remember being in Religion classes back in
> school and be told that it was *the* most important Christian celebration!
Easter and Xmas are both originally pagan holidays. You might as well be
worhshipping some ancient fire god like some of the peoples mentioned in the
OT (at one point Abraham, prior to taking up with "I Am", was more into a
guy called Moloch. The funny thing about Moloch was that he liked to have
children sacrificed to him in a fire. Sound familiar?). See? Right there.
It's like a giant neon sign glowing above your head that warns everyone that
you have never read the Bible yourself -- if you had, you would know these
things. You would know these things just as easily as I, a non-believer,
knows them.
The "Lord's Supper" is actually the more ancient Passover from the OT.
Jesus altered the meaning of the feast by instituting it as a ritual more
akin to what you may know as a sacrament -- to do certain things in
remembrance of his flesh and blood. It is the takeover of an ancient feast
and then giving it a new meaning, but at least it is a true Judeo-Xtian holy
day. And then again, Jesus may have said something about NOT changing even
the tiniest aspect of Mosaic law -- so these kinds of tweaks might have been
a way to do something new while still doing something old.
-- Hop-Frog
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: Pagans and Xtians (was Re: Sex Scandal etc)
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| (...) Heh, well, that's a little extreme :) I'd probably argue that while not "ordained by God", Christmas and Easter are still Christian celebrations; not worshipping any differently than allowed to by the Bible-- unless there's something in there (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: Pagans and Xtians (was Re: Sex Scandal etc)
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| (...) This statement is misleading. Most Christians associate Jesus' resurrection with the word "Easter". Obviously, the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus was never a pagan holiday, although the celebration of the feast to Astre was. They are (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: Pagans and Xtians (was Re: Sex Scandal etc)
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| (...) I know they are pre-christian; Easter I had always thought as having been conveniently adopted by Christianity from Judahism. Which in turn may have had it adopted from another pagan belief - quite honestly, I find that of little consequence, (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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