04-14-2019, 01:21 AM
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You are both right. Neither Christmas nor Easter were celebrated on the exact day of Jesus birth or crucifixion. Absolutely true. It is equally true that the reason Easter is celebrated happens at easter is precise to fit in with Pagan festivities and beliefs.
But does that mean because the dates are incorrect, Christians should not celebrate these things each year or that it has to be on the correct date or else? Should it mean they are forbidden from giving out eggs?
I think you can see that this is a pretty silly line of reasoning. There is room for Christians to be celebrating Christian occasions on the incorrect date whilst still having valid reasons to celebrate it on these designated days.
As a personal aside i think celebrating a crucifixion is abhorrent as are the beliefs that original sin should be cast upon someone's son and that this makes everyone yet to be born both complicit in his "sacrifice" and what sin he was to wash away for it.
But i do not begrudge Christians celebrating or commiserating it or using it to give them resolve to be more moral.
I also think it really interesting and clever what and how they compromised on such beliefs to allow them to grow and survive
You are both right. Neither Christmas nor Easter were celebrated on the exact day of Jesus birth or crucifixion. Absolutely true. It is equally true that the reason Easter is celebrated happens at easter is precise to fit in with Pagan festivities and beliefs.
But does that mean because the dates are incorrect, Christians should not celebrate these things each year or that it has to be on the correct date or else? Should it mean they are forbidden from giving out eggs?
I think you can see that this is a pretty silly line of reasoning. There is room for Christians to be celebrating Christian occasions on the incorrect date whilst still having valid reasons to celebrate it on these designated days.
As a personal aside i think celebrating a crucifixion is abhorrent as are the beliefs that original sin should be cast upon someone's son and that this makes everyone yet to be born both complicit in his "sacrifice" and what sin he was to wash away for it.
But i do not begrudge Christians celebrating or commiserating it or using it to give them resolve to be more moral.
I also think it really interesting and clever what and how they compromised on such beliefs to allow them to grow and survive