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In reply to the discussion: An Easter Blessing [View all]The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,985 posts)5. Easter and the other Christian holidays have plenty of pagan roots.
And everybody knows it. That's not the point - it's the snarkiness of the OP that causes the rain to fall on the parade. My point is, why not just let people who believe in the Christian version of Easter (and I am not one of them) celebrate their holiday without somebody showing up to say, basically, your god is a fake who just plagiarized from a bunch of other fake gods? People believe what they believe and an air of snarky superiority will not change their beliefs.
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Easter and the other Christian holidays have plenty of pagan roots.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Apr 2014
#5
If there is any place and time to do that, that pace is here a the time is now.
cleanhippie
Apr 2014
#36
Then please, won't you share with us all these rational arguments against xtianity and religion
cleanhippie
Apr 2014
#21
Oh goody, this is #2 from you. What's your Easter recor? I need to start an over/under pool.
rug
Apr 2014
#3
I am terribly sorry you were offended and your religion savagely attacked on its holiest day...
trotsky
Apr 2014
#44
Apparently no English translator of the Bible used "Easter" prior to Tyndale
struggle4progress
Apr 2014
#38
I expect that someone, who was really interested in mythologies circulating in the Roman empire
struggle4progress
Apr 2014
#43