Seattle school renames 'Easter Eggs' to...

[AreaCode707]

I'm Christian, and even if this were true I could not possibly care less. No religious ceremony I've ever been a part of involves Easter eggs. Eggs have zero to do with my religion. Call them whatever you want.

 

[HumblePie]

I'm Christian, and even if this were true I could not possibly care less. No religious ceremony I've ever been a part of involves Easter eggs. Eggs have zero to do with my religion. Call them whatever you want.

Because Easter isn't a Christian holiday in the first place. Rabbits, eggs, and the fertility of spring have nothing to do with the Christian holiday that takes place 2 days before called Good Friday which is not celebrated in schools.

Easter is only the celebration of the spring equinox and nothing more. Vapid Christians of the path trying to convert pagans would steal normal traditions and claim them for their own.

Still don't mind if the school wants to call it something else. No different than schools now promoting Happy Holidays during December now.

 

[jonks]

No, actually it's not nuts at all. Let the kids try to hide meatballs in celebration of their Noodly Master or dye cereal bars and pass them out as Ramadan Rice Crispie Treats and you know the bible thumpers would be screaming holy murder. So what's the difference? Public schools accepting public money are not allowed to pick and choose which rites for which invisible man in the sky are okay and which are too stupid. They're all good or they're all bad. And since the christians are the ones who make the most noise complaining about other religious holidays it's only fitting that their idiotic rituals are shown the same lack of respect.

no, it's nuts. and if christians screamed holy hell for 'find the meatball' theyd be nuts too. No 'gov't imprimatur' found. find the easter eggs kids, fine, have fun. Find the easter eggs your lord jesus christ died on the cross to provide you, not ok. thats not what happened, if this happened at all, which apparently hasn't been confirmed yet.

 

[techs]

Would you be offended if the your children were led in a celebratory kneeling towards Mecca?

Or how about a dreidle hunt for Passover?

Or better yet, how about a John Smith Golden Tablet memorial hunt?

Yeah, nothing wrong with that right?

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Would you be offended if the your children were led in a celebratory kneeling towards Mecca?

Or how about a dreidle hunt for Passover?

Or better yet, how about a John Smith Golden Tablet memorial hunt?

Yeah, nothing wrong with that right?

Daddy, teacher made us take Thetan tests today.

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

I'm Christian, and even if this were true I could not possibly care less. No religious ceremony I've ever been a part of involves Easter eggs. Eggs have zero to do with my religion. Call them whatever you want.

But the time Christ died and was reborn isn't the time of year he actually died or three days later... it's just a date picked to cover up the religion they were trying to wipe out at the time they were picking it. So your religion actually has a lot to do with it.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

no, it's nuts. and if christians screamed holy hell for 'find the meatball' theyd be nuts too. No 'gov't imprimatur' found. find the easter eggs kids, fine, have fun. Find the easter eggs your lord jesus christ died on the cross to provide you, not ok. thats not what happened, if this happened at all, which apparently hasn't been confirmed yet.

If the school participated in hide the meatball for the FSM or Rice Krispies for Allah you know damn well that the biblethumpers would scream. And the fact that they'd be nuts doesn't change things. They'd scream and they'd get the school to stop sponsoring that type of activity. And if you doubt that for a single second you're crazier than they are.

 

[bfdd]

If the school participated in hide the meatball for the FSM or Rice Krispies for Allah you know damn well that the biblethumpers would scream. And the fact that they'd be nuts doesn't change things. They'd scream and they'd get the school to stop sponsoring that type of activity. And if you doubt that for a single second you're crazier than they are.

Those are religious practices. Easter isn't. It's a goddamn commercial holiday. Good Friday is the Christian holiday.

 

[CallMeJoe]

But the time Christ died and was reborn isn't the time of year he actually died or three days later... it's just a date picked to cover up the religion they were trying to wipe out at the time they were picking it. So your religion actually has a lot to do with it.

Unlike Christmas, there is some biblical justification for the Easter holiday. The gospels explicit date the crucifixion relative to the Passover.

 

[bfdd]

Unlike Christmas, there is some biblical justification for the Easter holiday. The gospels explicit date the crucifixion relative to the Passover.

which was written significantly after Jesus's death and the date could have been moved for any numerous of reasons.

 

[CallMeJoe]

Those are religious practices. Easter isn't. It's a goddamn commercial holiday. Good Friday is the Christian holiday.

One marks the crucifixion, the other celebrates the resurrection. Both are explicitly Christian despite the commercial and pagan contamination of the latter.

 

[CallMeJoe]

which was written significantly after Jesus's death and the date could have been moved for any numerous of reasons.

I don't insist the gospels are accurate, but there is at least some direct temporal correlation; IIRC, the gospels actually indicate that Christmas is celebrated in the wrong season entirely.

 

[WelshBloke]

One marks the crucifixion, the other celebrates the resurrection. Both are explicitly Christian despite the commercial and pagan contamination of the latter.

Thats an interesting way to look at a pretty much entirely Pagan holiday with a few Christian trappings put on top.

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

I don't insist the gospels are accurate, but there is at least some direct temporal correlation; IIRC, the gospels actually indicate that Christmas is celebrated in the wrong season entirely.

Yea, they say ones three days after the other, which I specified in my post even. That's irrelevant to them being set on top of a Pagan holiday on purpose though.

 

[CallMeJoe]

Yea, they say ones three days after the other, which I specified in my post even. That's irrelevant to them being set on top of a Pagan holiday on purpose though.

I was referring to the seasonal placement - the first Sunday following the first full moon on or following the vernal equinox. This peculiar formulation arises from the gospel dating of crucifixion and resurrection relative to an existing holiday, the Passover.

 

[JulesMaximus]

“We have a ‘Religion and Religious Accommodation’ policy, approved by the School Board in 1983, stating that ‘no religious belief or non-belief should be promoted by the School District or its employees, and none should be disparaged,’” it reads.

“There are no new District policies on religion or holiday observance guidelines.”

The school board does not have a specific policy on what staff call Easter “or any holiday,” said board spokesperson Teresa Wippel.

I don't see any problem with this.

Sounds like the usual religious fuckheads getting all worked up over nothing.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Ahem....

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2156444&highlight=spring+sphere

 

[AreaCode707]

But the time Christ died and was reborn isn't the time of year he actually died or three days later... it's just a date picked to cover up the religion they were trying to wipe out at the time they were picking it. So your religion actually has a lot to do with it.

I was saying Easter eggs have nothing to do with my religion, not that my religion has nothing to do with the concept of Easter. And yes, I know it was a date where they essentially co-opted the pagan holiday for their own nefarious purposes. Dumb reason in my opinion, but done is done and nothing I say is going to change that.

 

[CallMeJoe]

Thats an interesting way to look at a pretty much entirely Pagan holiday with a few Christian trappings put on top.

To the general public, the Easter Bunny and fertility rites definitely outweigh the religious dimensions of the holiday. I was using a phrase more empathetic to the devotees of the undead god.

 

[TridenT]

If you actually read the article, it's one singular 16-year-old claiming this, and no body has been able to confirm it. Smells like bullshit to me.

WHO READS ARTICLES ON ATOT?

LOLOLOL

>.>

Srsly. I read it and I think OP should promptly diaf for OVER exaggerating this claim. But hey, it's SandEagle, he can post whatever the fuck he wants in any section.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Those are religious practices. Easter isn't. It's a goddamn commercial holiday. Good Friday is the Christian holiday.

Bullshit! If you don't understand a thread do yourself and the rest of us a favor and don't try to prove your ignorance. Easter is a monumentally important Christian holiday, it celebrates zombie Jesus.

 

[Fayd]

Would you be offended if the your children were led in a celebratory kneeling towards Mecca?

Or how about a dreidle hunt for Passover?

Or better yet, how about a John Smith Golden Tablet memorial hunt?

Yeah, nothing wrong with that right?

when i was in elementary school, i learned multiple christmas carols.

and 2 songs about Hanukkah.(sp?)

i also learned square dancing, the electric slide, and a few other specific dance steps that i can't remember now.

 

[Fayd]

To the general public, the Easter Bunny and fertility rites definitely outweigh the religious dimensions of the holiday. I was using a phrase more empathetic to the devotees of the undead god.

it sounds so much cooler like that.

 

[HAL9000]

Oh come on! At least just call them chocolate eggs or something.

 

[CallMeJoe]

Oh come on! At least just call them chocolate eggs or something.

Traditional Easter eggs are hard-boiled chicken eggs dyed and decorated in festive colors and/or patterns. Chocolate eggs are a later addendum, and do not hold up well to the "Easter egg hunt".