this is what I mean when I say the message of Easter has been lost

The Early Morning Crucifixion in San Guillermo - CNN iReport

"Penance does not mean you hurt yourself, because your body is a temple that houses the spirit," Archbishop Aniceto Paciano of San Fernando.

nor is it required that you harm yourself to petition God

Back to the resurrection thing.

Ishtar; The Festival Called Easter -           Yah's People

so the line here is that many Christian celebrations evolved from pagan rituals ? umm that's not exactly a news flash.

I think the line here is that people celebrate easter differently. They have their own "message".

I suggest that if you call the holiday 'Easter ' then it should be celebrated in the Christian tradition .

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I suggest that if you call the holiday 'Easter ' then it should be celebrated in the Christian tradition .

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Actually, the point was that all three Spring Festivals are pronounced the same: Ees - tur.

true if you speak English. In Latin it's Pascha which is derived from the Hebrew Pesach, or Passover.
I concede that Christianity did a lot of borrowing as it expanded it's influence. Only a literalist thinks that Jesus was born on Dec 25.
Since the celebration of the Resurrection occurs on various dates on the calendar ,it is assumed that it coincides with other cultural rites of Spring renewal. But it is also a fact that the early church wanted the Easter connection to Passover ;and that is not celebrated on a fixed date ,but instead is determined by the lunar cycle .

Bright Blessings this Easter day, however your pronounce it.

Surrexit Dominus vere. Alleluia!

J'espère que tous mes collègues qui ne croit pas à des bonhommes dans le ciel passe une belle longue fin de semaine.

it's been cold enough for snowmen

Translation fail. :D

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it's been cold enough for snowmen

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That is so funny !

I hope all my colleagues who do not believe in heaven snowmen have a nice long weekend.

Same to you.