Re: Early Easter

On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 8:45 AM, Charles Moyer <moyercdmm@...> wrote:
> Thank you, Irv. Still this doesn't make it any easier to reconcile the
>  absurd sequence of Biblical events, but then we know they are 99% mythic
>  anyway.

See, that statement serves no purpose but to rile up any believers on
the list.  Everyone here either agrees with you already (as far as the
facts, if not as far as your attitude), or is not going to be
convinced, certainly not by any argument delivered with such baldly
dismissive sentiment.  So why are you trolling?

...and why am I feeding the troll?  good question...

> It sounds to me as if both Christianity and Judaism were both trying
>  to commandeer a Vernal Equinox celebration by attaching their own
>  pseudo-historical events to it without realizing there would be a resulting
>  clash of mumbo-jumbo with reality?

Well, Easter is an anniversary of an (alleged) event that happened
around the time of a Jewish observance (Passover) that has always been
tied to the seasonal change.  I'm not even sure if Passover it's
supposed to be the anniversary of the actual Passover in Egypt;
perhaps it's simply the time when that (alleged) event is
commemorated. Allegedly.  According to myth.  etc.

>  In fact the truth is that probably most
>  celebrations have their origins in seasonal changes and lunar and solar
>  events, planting and harvesting, etc.

As we used to say . . . duh?

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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>