You need to read your bible. The Easter Bunny brought a chocolate egg which had the babbie-jasus inside. The Lamb of God ate the egg and the babbie came out. It's also the origin of the phrase "Jasus, I'm so hungry I'd eat the hind leg off the lamb of God".To be honest I am getting confused. Was the Easter Bunny at the Nativity??
Well, first in a Christian context, but like much of Christianity, it was a borrowed practice. Decorating eggs long predates Christianity.A tradition first practised by early Christian communities in Mesopotamia.
Intelligent design?Or you know, it was setup from the start to align that way...
Just so (story)Intelligent design?
Well, yes, that's true, and I'm not, of course, suggesting that Christians were the first to decorate eggs. However, the association of eggs with rebirth, resurrection and hence the link with Easter, and its incorporation into popular Western culture as The Easter Egg is (or was originally) a Christian phenomenon.Well, first in a Christian context, but like much of Christianity, it was a borrowed practice. Decorating eggs long predates Christianity.
Nothing wrong with borrowing. Appropriating something and then wiping out the original owners and pretending they never existed. That’s where I’ve a problem. Read ‘The Darkening Age’ by Catherine Nixey.Well, yes, that's true, and I'm not, of course, suggesting that Christians were the first to decorate eggs. However, the association of eggs with rebirth, resurrection and hence the link with Easter, and its incorporation into popular Western culture as The Easter Egg is (or was originally) a Christian phenomenon.
As an aside, there's nothing particularly wrong with borrowing (or appropriating as the woke would call it) aspects of cultural practices from other societies. It would be a very boring old world if we were all restricted to our own native cultures only.
When it comes to religion, there's nothing new under the sun. New religions borrow from older ones; old religions borrowed liberally from pagan customs and secular society borrows from religion and vice versa. Nothing wrong with any of that, of course, but the problem arises when there is a concerted State (or EU) attempt to suppress a particular form of religious tradition.
I know lots of Brits from my working days in Bedfordshire and most of my neighbours in Spain are from the UK. Good education of their kids and grandkids is a big concern for them. Nearly all of them have theirs sent to Catholic schools in the UK even though most of them are Church of England. They believe the Catholic schools to be superior to their own. That doesn't mean the kids become Catholic; merely, it means a better education according to the parents/grandparents.Interesting - we have different experiences. I've generally found families from non-Christian backgrounds very open to nativity, and much more suspicious of a secular education. Maybe it's a UK / Ireland difference. Or perhaps Church of England is more inclusive than Roman Catholic church?
What is relatively new under the sun is the substantial number of people of no religion, and the even more substantial number of people who believe that the State has no role in promoting or enabling any religion.When it comes to religion, there's nothing new under the sun. New religions borrow from older ones; old religions borrowed liberally from pagan customs and secular society borrows from religion and vice versa. Nothing wrong with any of that, of course, but the problem arises when there is a concerted State (or EU) attempt to suppress a particular form of religious tradition.
The Egyptians were decorating eggs associated with rebirth three thousand years prior to Christianity, they also used them as part of Spring rituals centered around birth and fertility, so with the timing of Easter, the Christian adoption of the symbolism isn't a surprise. Early Christians are thought to have adopted the custom from the Persians, but the popular western culture piece only developed over the last few centuries.However, the association of eggs with rebirth, resurrection and hence the link with Easter, and its incorporation into popular Western culture as The Easter Egg is (or was originally) a Christian phenomenon.
Can you point to anything that backs up your view that the EU are trying to do so?Nothing wrong with any of that, of course, but the problem arises when there is a concerted State (or EU) attempt to suppress a particular form of religious tradition.
Christmas is in fact an appropriation of Saturnalia, the Roman festival of rebirth to coincide with the Winter Solstice, celebrated on the 25th of December.The Egyptians were decorating eggs associated with rebirth three thousand years prior to Christianity, they also used them as part of Spring rituals centered around birth and fertility, so with the timing of Easter, the Christian adoption of the symbolism isn't a surprise. Early Christians are thought to have adopted the custom from the Persians, but the popular western culture piece only developed over the last few centuries.
If you don't question a belief then is it really a belief or faith or have you been brainwashed? It's the latter that results in people flying planes into buildings. Am I a practising Catholic, yes? Do I agree with everything the Church says, of course not. In the same way as a Corkman I used to give out stink when Donal Og started taking the short puck out. Never stopped my shouting for Cork though.@Peanuts20, one of the first things that made my doubt the whole religion thing was that as a kid I was told that god was love and we heard all the stories in Primary School about what was in essence a Hippy This post will be deleted if not edited immediately. I just couldn't square that with the Biblical This post will be deleted if not edited immediately and the Bible in general and all the intolerance and "Not suffering X&Y to live" and wiping out cities and killing those who were not righteous and all that lark.
That led me to question and of course once that happens it's inevitable that the whole house of cards falls down since, well, there are no answers.
It's not just Cheesemakers though, it's purveyors of all dairy produce.I will leave you with this profound theological thought, "Blessed are the Cheesemakers".
A valid point, Vegans are going straight to hellIt's not just Cheesemakers though, it's purveyors of all dairy produce.
That's a given, surely, since Pride is the first of the Seven Deadly/Cardinal Sins.A valid point, Vegans are going straight to hell
A bit motherhood and apple pie there Leper.I have no problem with this and most of them have no problem with my beliefs and customs. Like I said earlier I believe in Live and Let Live and I expect others to do the same for me.
It's ok to believe that homosexuality is a sin. Or morally wrong, to use secular terminology. What's very much NOT ok is to act on that belief by treating gay people less favourably. We are all entitled as a basic civil right to engage in whatever sexual practices we choose, alone or with one or more freely consenting adults, without penalty. That's "live and let live" in a nutshell.A bit motherhood and apple pie there Leper.
Some people believe that homosexuality is a sin. Let us not talk about Female Genital Mutilation.
I like apple pie and respect motherhood/fatherhood and also I respect the gay community. Just to reiterate I believe in Live and Let Live.A bit motherhood and apple pie there Leper.
Some people believe that homosexuality is a sin. Let us not talk about Female Genital Mutilation.