(April 3, 2015 at 1:09 am)dyresand Wrote: Easter is a Pagan holiday again if christianity is true every single christian who does christmas and easter is going to hell.
What is called Easter in English and German (most world languages either call it either Passover or a word closely related to the word for Passover) is based upon the Jewish celebration of Passover in how it lead up to death of Jesus. In Western cultures, secular activities were later added based upon the celebrations of the time.....it's the weirdest of the Christian holidays in the West since there is an extreme distinction from the celebration within the Church and the celebration in the world. Also I believe, the Mithras cult co-opted some of the religious implications of the holiday in a last-ditch attempt when Rome was moving to ban the worship of pagan gods.
Christmas has traditionally been a holiday loathed by hardline Christians....in the Middle Ages, it was a rather debaucherous celebration and was banned on multiple occasions. Like Easter now, there used to be a fine distinction between the holy celebration and the celebration by the masses. But unlike Easter, Christmas was first a pagan holiday.
But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, purifies us from all sin.
