Easter Greetings 2022-Religious and Non-Religious

Aunt Bea said:
Easter hasn't changed, but it makes me sad when I think about how much our priorities have changed since I was a kid growing up in America.

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Are any of these you Aunt Bea?
 

Today is Palm Sunday
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Palm Sunday is the Christian holiday that occurs on the Sunday before Easter.

This celebration commemorates Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem, mentioned in each of the four Gospels.

Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week, the remembrance of Jesus' last days to the cross.

In many churches, Palm Sunday is observed by the blessing and sharing of palm branches symbolizing the branches placed in front of Christ as he entered into Jerusalem.

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RadishRose said:
Today is Palm Sunday
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Palm Sunday is the Christian holiday that occurs on the Sunday before Easter.

This celebration commemorates Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem, mentioned in each of the four Gospels.

Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week, the remembrance of Jesus' last days to the cross.

In many churches, Palm Sunday is observed by the blessing and sharing of palm branches symbolizing the branches placed in front of Christ as he entered into Jerusalem.

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Whenever Palm Sunday comes around, I think of my late father-in-law. He was very devout, and was honoured to hand out the palm leaves every year, at his church.
 
Capt Lightning said:
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That is what they call "conclusion shopping." That is, looking for a desired result, trying to find facts which fit the desired result...and then presuming that is the conclusion without examining the history or issue at any depth.


The Jews of Jesus's time, like the Jews today, commemorated the Passover holiday at this time of year. The "Last Supper" was a Passover supper.

The Romans took Jesus at this time. Why? Well, from a military point of view, I imagine that they figured that all the disciples would be gathered together at that time...and it would be easier to take them all and quell their activities, by engaging with them at that time.

Just because some pagan holidays have connection to the same time of year as these events, do not mean they are related.

There are pagan holidays all through the year. So, no matter what time of year, some event might occur, one could try and argue it was connected to that pagan holiday. But that coincidence, has to be examined in the light of the general history. One possible connection does not make it true.

So, Abraham Lincoln had a secretary with the surname Kennedy. And President Kennedy has a secretary with the surname Lincoln.

Does that mean there is some conspiracy connecting the two assassinations? Of course not.

These kinds of lines of argumentation have been plied over and over and over and over again. But they are never examined in the way that professional historians examine historical information. And if they are, they are very quickly debunked.

Also, you know, this is a thread, where people are just sharing nice thoughts with each other. It is incredibly rude, to jump into this thread and basically say to everyone..."oh, you are just a bunch of idiots to believe this stuff."

If you want to create a separate thread to discuss belief in God, Jesus or the specifics of the origins of Easter...you can.

But doing it this way is rude.

So, you know...don't do that.

You do get that on a senior message board, most of us have medical problems and many of us have serious medical problems.

So, you are telling a bunch of older, nice and sick people to you know, go jump in a lake.

And doing that to elderly people? That is beyond rude and into disgusting behavior.

And now, if you engage in that behavior consistently, you absolutely violate the laws regarding harassment and commit a criminal act.

And, in addition to medical problems, a lot of us also have lawyers.

So, you know, keep that stuff in check.
 
JonSR77 said:
."oh, you are just a bunch of idiots to believe this stuff."
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I never for a moment thought that was what Capt. Lightening was doing!

So what if the early Christians used the same dates as the Pagan's Ostera? Most of us have always known it. Just like we know Dec. 25th was also a Pagan holiday and not the REAL birthday of Christ. They just borrowed the date because it made sense to them.
 
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