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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:37 AM Original message |
What do colored eggs and a bunny have to do with Christ? |
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madaboutharry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
1. I always thought the eggs had some connection |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
2. Jesus's first meal when he came out of the tomb was rabbit stew and eggs. |
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8 track mind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 11:34 AM Response to Reply #2 |
26. after all it was wabbit season! n/t |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 11:37 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Duck season! |
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8 track mind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 11:47 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. (beak blown off) You're Despicable! n/t |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 11:52 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. What a maroon! |
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panader0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
3. Covering this (sort of) on Sunday Morning right now |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:42 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Symbol of life...Fertility... |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:52 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. I'd say so. And if the myths about boinking are completely true, |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 12:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
35. They are fools on that show for suggesting it is potential for new life. |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
4. Nothing. |
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stubtoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 01:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
47. What's more fertile than a rabbit?? |
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amyrose2712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
6. Constantine was a good politician too |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
7. That's the reason as well as that Jesus was not born in December |
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Mr. Hyde (314 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:57 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. I think it's more than that. I think we're all celebrating the same thing today |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 11:23 AM Response to Reply #13 |
23. I think talking about your rhubarb popping up this morning |
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Mr. Hyde (314 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
8. The resurrection itself represents spring, rebirth, fertility and "the old ways". |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
9. South Park addressed this with the Hare Club for Men episode. |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 01:39 PM Response to Reply #9 |
50. So did Bill Hicks in his stand-up routine |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
11. Nothing. But they have everything to do with Eostre/Oestre, the real "reason behind the season". |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 12:09 PM Response to Reply #11 |
33. AKA, Ishtar |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
12. Easter predates Christianity by a long shot. It's pagan and a celebration of Spring and renewal |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
14. about as much as trees with candles at the solstice does; and more marketable than a bloody cross?nt |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
15. What does Christ have to do with Easter?...nt |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
16. The full moon is used for computing the date of Easter each year. |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
17. I doubt they have any connection with christianity, but with spring. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
18. Your memory doesn't serve. Constantine had nothing to do with Easter. |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 11:25 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. sounds eerily like "The Blob"... |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 06:16 PM Response to Reply #18 |
55. Actually, he did. It was he who made it on a Sunday, for example. |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
19. umm without them Easter would wither away? gotta bribe those kids with fun stuff nt |
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Holly_Hobby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
20. Nothing..... |
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geckosfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
21. I look at it the other way - what does the idea of a christ have to with bunnies, |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
22. Nothing - sort of like Iraq, WMD, and Saddam to the safety of the US... |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
25. Well, it's the bunnies. They, uh, procreate at a rapid pace, by which I |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
27. Christianity ripped off old celebrations to make them more palatable. |
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MiniMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
28. It's code for being pro-life |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
32. Just any other instance of those skygod worshipers co opting another tradition of my people |
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Generator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
34. Jesus is a time traveling bunny |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
36. Subverting Pagan Holidays and Myths To Fit a Political Agenda- Easter Is Derived From Ishtar |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
37. Isn't that what he fed the multitude with? |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
38. When the Christians obliterated other cultures, they found it easier to keep the local holidays |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 01:27 PM Response to Reply #38 |
46. and he was conveniently born awful close to Saturnalia too. nt |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 01:36 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Amazing, isn't it? |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
39. Who has "taken them to be a Major part of Christianity"? |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
40. If Christianity were a SPECIES, it would be the BORG. |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
41. Close |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
42. its an atheist conspiracy |
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Kip Humphrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
43. Spring, fertility rights. A stalwart of equal rights, we celebrate the Easter Sperm as well./nt |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
44. i`m waiting for may day.... |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
45. It was a way of getting the pagans convert to Christianity, allowing them |
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RBInMaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
49. Like many of the "Christmas" tradtions, these really are secular. Just have fun with it. |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
51. This: |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
52. It points out the similarities in almost all religions. Spring is the time of renewal. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
53. zombies not only eat brains... |
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Fireweed247 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
54. Uptight Christians... |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
56. What does Christ have to do with Ostara? |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
57. The bunny came from the Saxon goddess Ostara. |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
58. wtf??!!11! you are waging War on Easter with that question!!1!!!!!!1 |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
59. That mythology has ALWAYS co-opted other mythology. |
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Holly_Hobby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
60. Here ya go |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
61. Yes, they were Pagan practices (thus nothing really to do with Jesus). |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
62. Symbols of Renewal and Re-Birth...Spring...the time for |
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