Who knows why?
April 20, 2019 at 2:07 pm
(This post was last modified: April 20, 2019 at 2:08 pm by onlinebiker.)
Why is Easter on a different day every year?
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Who knows why?
April 20, 2019 at 2:07 pm
(This post was last modified: April 20, 2019 at 2:08 pm by onlinebiker.)
Why is Easter on a different day every year?
Answer (April 20, 2019 at 2:07 pm)onlinebiker Wrote: Why is Easter on a different day every year? Yeah, that doesn't have pagan origins at all. “If you are the smartest person in the room, then you are in the wrong room.” — Confucius
It's the only time of year rabbits shit colored eggs.
I don't have an anger problem, I have an idiot problem.
You're saying that Easter hops around?
“If you are the smartest person in the room, then you are in the wrong room.” — Confucius RE: Who knows why?
April 20, 2019 at 2:44 pm
(This post was last modified: April 20, 2019 at 2:49 pm by Lemon Curry.)
So you're saying that the Romans had to wait until the first Friday, that rabbits shat coloured eggs, before the first Sunday, after the first full moon, following spring equinox, to hang zombie boy jebus out to dry?
I don't know whether I need a bottle in front of me or a frontal lobotomy.
And 2000+ years later this is what we get.
I don't have an anger problem, I have an idiot problem.
Apart from being a fertility symbol, does anyone know how rabbits became associated with Christianity in general and Easter in particular?
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
RE: Who knows why?
April 21, 2019 at 2:00 am
(This post was last modified: April 21, 2019 at 2:00 am by Homeless Nutter.)
(April 20, 2019 at 8:33 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Apart from being a fertility symbol, does anyone know how rabbits became associated with Christianity in general and Easter in particular? Then shouldn't rabbits be associated with the birth of Christ, more than with his death? How come there are virtually no rabbits in traditional Christmas iconography, whereas lambs are often depicted in relation to both occasions? I'm pretty sure it's just a leftover of pagan fertility rituals, which Easter replaced and adopted. That's probably also why the date is determined by moon-cycles, rather than by solar calendar, like other christian celebrations. Hares are predominantly nocturnal, but in early spring they start chasing each other in broad daylight, which is why they're associated with the season in a lot of European traditions. There are many regional customs and symbols connected with Easter, that have nothing to do with Christ, or Christianity. And some are just more marketable, than others, I guess. In Eastern Europe, where I grew up, people spray each other with water on Easter Monday. In particular - young men are encouraged to soak girls they like. One could come up with all sorts of justifications, why water symbolism appeals to christians, but no - it's basically just an old-timey, semi-voluntary wet t-shirt contest, that horny Polish peasants weren't going to give up, resurrection, or no resurrection. Why isn't this custom wide-spread? Possibly because there's more money to be made selling cute chocolate animals, than buckets of water.
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