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Is Easter based on a pagan tradition?

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Is Easter based on a pagan tradition?
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RE: Is Easter based on a pagan tradition?
April 12, 2013 at 2:25 pm
(April 12, 2013 at 2:21 pm)thesummerqueen Wrote:
(April 12, 2013 at 2:19 pm)Undeceived Wrote: Are you suggesting that people would begin an annual celebration based on nothing at all? The Exodus was passed down orally, so it must have been pretty important to the Hebrews.

[Sweetest of smiles] well you do celebrate the resurrection of Christ, after all....

I'm waiting for a contemporary example of humans bearing this kind of psychology. Can you show that people actually act this way?
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Is Easter based on a pagan tradition?

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Is Easter based on a pagan tradition? - by paulpablo - April 11, 2013 at 11:44 am
RE: Is Easter based on a pagan tradition? - by paulpablo - April 11, 2013 at 11:58 am
RE: Is Easter based on a pagan tradition? - by pocaracas - April 11, 2013 at 12:00 pm
RE: Is Easter based on a pagan tradition? - by festive1 - April 11, 2013 at 12:47 pm
RE: Is Easter based on a pagan tradition? - by Shell B - April 11, 2013 at 1:38 pm
RE: Is Easter based on a pagan tradition? - by Nine - April 11, 2013 at 1:38 pm
RE: Is Easter based on a pagan tradition? - by Shell B - April 11, 2013 at 1:42 pm
RE: Is Easter based on a pagan tradition? - by ebg - April 11, 2013 at 8:40 pm
RE: Is Easter based on a pagan tradition? - by catfish - April 11, 2013 at 8:46 pm
RE: Is Easter based on a pagan tradition? - by ebg - April 11, 2013 at 9:27 pm
RE: Is Easter based on a pagan tradition? - by Darkstar - April 11, 2013 at 9:38 pm
RE: Is Easter based on a pagan tradition? - by ebg - April 11, 2013 at 10:15 pm
RE: Is Easter based on a pagan tradition? - by ebg - April 12, 2013 at 12:39 pm
RE: Is Easter based on a pagan tradition? - by Undeceived - April 12, 2013 at 2:19 pm
RE: Is Easter based on a pagan tradition? - by EGross - April 14, 2013 at 2:45 am
RE: Is Easter based on a pagan tradition? - by Undeceived - April 12, 2013 at 2:25 pm
RE: Is Easter based on a pagan tradition? - by Undeceived - April 12, 2013 at 2:28 pm
RE: Is Easter based on a pagan tradition? - by Undeceived - April 12, 2013 at 2:37 pm
RE: Is Easter based on a pagan tradition? - by Undeceived - April 12, 2013 at 3:00 pm
RE: Is Easter based on a pagan tradition? - by paulpablo - April 12, 2013 at 3:03 pm
RE: Is Easter based on a pagan tradition? - by Undeceived - April 12, 2013 at 5:16 pm
RE: Is Easter based on a pagan tradition? - by Minimalist - April 14, 2013 at 1:33 am
RE: Is Easter based on a pagan tradition? - by Minimalist - April 14, 2013 at 1:44 am
RE: Is Easter based on a pagan tradition? - by Minimalist - April 14, 2013 at 2:57 am
RE: Is Easter based on a pagan tradition? - by Minimalist - April 15, 2013 at 2:18 am
RE: Is Easter based on a pagan tradition? - by Cato - April 17, 2013 at 4:32 am
RE: Is Easter based on a pagan tradition? - by pocaracas - April 15, 2013 at 5:06 am
RE: Is Easter based on a pagan tradition? - by Minimalist - April 15, 2013 at 11:20 am
RE: Is Easter based on a pagan tradition? - by pocaracas - April 17, 2013 at 5:27 am
RE: Is Easter based on a pagan tradition? - by Godschild - April 19, 2013 at 2:34 am
RE: Is Easter based on a pagan tradition? - by Godschild - April 19, 2013 at 8:27 am
RE: Is Easter based on a pagan tradition? - by catfish - April 19, 2013 at 5:24 pm
RE: Is Easter based on a pagan tradition? - by Minimalist - April 19, 2013 at 1:50 am
RE: Is Easter based on a pagan tradition? - by Godschild - April 22, 2013 at 2:20 am
RE: Is Easter based on a pagan tradition? - by Godschild - April 23, 2013 at 4:31 pm
RE: Is Easter based on a pagan tradition? - by Godschild - April 23, 2013 at 5:17 pm
RE: Is Easter based on a pagan tradition? - by Minimalist - April 19, 2013 at 3:32 am
RE: Is Easter based on a pagan tradition? - by Tonus - April 19, 2013 at 9:05 am
RE: Is Easter based on a pagan tradition? - by Minimalist - April 23, 2013 at 1:13 am
RE: Is Easter based on a pagan tradition? - by Godschild - April 23, 2013 at 4:46 pm
RE: Is Easter based on a pagan tradition? - by Minimalist - April 23, 2013 at 7:28 pm
RE: Is Easter based on a pagan tradition? - by paulpablo - April 24, 2013 at 12:48 am
RE: Is Easter based on a pagan tradition? - by Minimalist - April 24, 2013 at 1:27 am

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