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paraclete · Apr 18, 2014, 07:57 PM

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

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tomder55 · Apr 19, 2014, 02:07 AM

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

paraclete · Apr 19, 2014, 03:05 AM

nor is it required that you harm yourself to petition God

Catsmine · Apr 19, 2014, 06:12 AM

Back to the resurrection thing.

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tomder55 · Apr 19, 2014, 06:59 AM

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

NeedKarma · Apr 19, 2014, 07:20 AM

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

tomder55 · Apr 19, 2014, 05:22 PM

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

Catsmine · Apr 19, 2014, 05:50 PM

Originally Posted by tomder55

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

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

tomder55 · Apr 20, 2014, 02:24 AM

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 .

Catsmine · Apr 20, 2014, 03:35 AM

Bright Blessings this Easter day, however your pronounce it.

tomder55 · Apr 20, 2014, 05:51 AM

Surrexit Dominus vere. Alleluia!

NeedKarma · Apr 20, 2014, 06:21 AM

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

tomder55 · Apr 20, 2014, 08:01 AM

it's been cold enough for snowmen

NeedKarma · Apr 20, 2014, 08:15 AM

Translation fail. :D

tickle · Apr 20, 2014, 08:22 AM

Originally Posted by tomder55

it's been cold enough for snowmen

That is so funny !

talaniman · Apr 20, 2014, 08:24 AM

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

Same to you.