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War On Easter!

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WilliamM2 said:
I you don't get a paid day off, it's not a real holiday anyways.

That makes Easter the most worthless of the religious holidays..
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Good Friday is one of the paid holidays where I work (you can chose to work and receive a roving holiday), if I work on Easter Sunday I get double time and I'm salary (exempt).
 
^ Another Christian that thinks Eggs have anything to do with Jesus Christ.

Wow.

If the Egg hunts had biblical significance...then OK. But they don't whatsoever.

This is hilarious.

Every season Christians claim there is a war on them. War on Easter, War on Christmas, War on our War on non-Christians.

What will they come up with next?
 
SheHateMe said:
^ Another Christian that thinks Eggs have anything to do with Jesus Christ.

Wow.

If the Egg hunts had biblical significance...then OK. But they don't whatsoever.

This is hilarious.

Every season Christians claim there is a war on them. War on Easter, War on Christmas, War on our War on non-Christians.

What will they come up with next?
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Because there is. Where is the War On Islam/Judaism/Hinduism etc..

NO, Its only Christians. They are calling them "spring egg hunts" to take out the mention of Christianity. Why dont those idiots do the same for the other religions? There cowards.
 
Incorruptible said:
Because there is. Where is the War On Islam/Judaism/Hinduism etc..

NO, Its only Christians. They are calling them "spring egg hunts" to take out the mention of Christianity. Why dont those idiots do the same for the other religions? There cowards.
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Okay, so If I tell someone "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas" I'm slighting Christians?

You really do make Christians look like idiots. I'd hate to have someone like you representing my group.
 
As an atheist, I dont see why everything needs to be so PC.

Easter, Easter, Easter, Easter. So what? The holiday is called Easter. Doesnt offend me. Dont see why it should offend anyone else. Whatever its pagan origins may be, in its current form, it is/was a Christian holiday. Leave it be. Why do the PC crowd need to take everything and debrand it so that it is homogenous and harmless? I say call it Easter, wish people Merry Christmas, so what?
 
I certainly didn't see this thread coming! Oh wait, I mean entirely the opposite. And it has turned out exactly like I thought it would. Incorruptifailed.
 
Try to imagine that what it would be like if you believed that Jesus was the only way to truth and goodness and you were absolutely sure there was such a thing as truth and goodness. If that were your condition, wouldn't you want to defend Easter too?

The mistake folk make when they laugh at Incorruptible, in my opinion, is that when they attack his defense of his belief, they don't account for the fact that in his mind, what he defends is the truth and the good and he knows those things are real. I salute him for his faith in truth and the good because I believe in them too. I simply believe I have more faith than he does, that the truth and the good do not need my beliefs to exist, that they are real and eternal and are only pointed to in all manner of faiths, philosophies, and techniques, that there are a million paths that all lead to the same place, or nowhere at all if they do not have heart. It is not what you call Easter that matters to me but the fact that there is a psychological reality of profound depth and joy that is symbolized by death and resurrection.
 
Ancalagon44 said:
As an atheist, I dont see why everything needs to be so PC.

Easter, Easter, Easter, Easter. So what? The holiday is called Easter. Doesnt offend me. Dont see why it should offend anyone else. Whatever its pagan origins may be, in its current form, it is/was a Christian holiday. Leave it be. Why do the PC crowd need to take everything and debrand it so that it is homogenous and harmless? I say call it Easter, wish people Merry Christmas, so what?
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And if people call it something else what is the damn problem?

If a school wants to name their annual egg hunts "Spring Egg Hunt" what is the damn problem? Searching for Eggs has NOTHING to do with Easter.


It took my little sister to a Marshmallow Drop and an Egg Hunt today. Not a single thing was said about Christ rising from the dead. Why? Because it has nothing to do with the bible.

Moonbeam said:
Try to imagine that what it would be like if you believed that Jesus was the only way to truth and goodness and you were absolutely sure there was such a thing as truth and goodness. If that were your condition, wouldn't you want to defend Easter too?
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Exactly which part of the bible tells Christians that Easter is about looking for eggs?
 
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Ancalagon44 said:
As an atheist, I dont see why everything needs to be so PC.

Easter, Easter, Easter, Easter. So what? The holiday is called Easter. Doesnt offend me. Dont see why it should offend anyone else. Whatever its pagan origins may be, in its current form, it is/was a Christian holiday. Leave it be. Why do the PC crowd need to take everything and debrand it so that it is homogenous and harmless? I say call it Easter, wish people Merry Christmas, so what?
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Best post so far. Easter is not offensive and ever notice how its WHITE LIBERALS/SECULAR PROGRESSIVES doing this not to offend minorities? And the minorities dont even get offended by this there not stupid and have much more important things to worry about.

If someone is an atheist they dont believe in God and they wont be offended by Easter.
 
Incorruptible, let me know where in the bible it states that looking for Eggs, dressing up in your best outfit, and buying Easter baskets are part of Christ's Resurrection?

Also, go ahead and find the verse that says we need to buy presents for Christmas and put up a tree.
 
SheHateMe said:
Incorruptible, let me know where in the bible it states that looking for Eggs, dressing up in your best outfit, and buying Easter baskets are part of Christ's Resurrection?

Also, go ahead and find the verse that says we need to buy presents for Christmas and put up a tree.
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It doesn't say that in the Bible and I never said it did. BUT its still a tradition for Christians though just like Christmas and presents.
 
It doesnt matter whether or not it says anything about bunnies or eggs in the Bible. It matters that Easter is traditionally a Christian holiday.

I dont care if you call it Easter, or if you dont call it Easter. But have the respect to remember that Easter is originally Christian, and just because you like the part involving chocolate eggs, does not give you the right to be offended when Christians want to still call it Easter.

EDIT: Another thing, how many of our customs, sayings, idioms and other cultural stuff were raided from other cultures? Think about all the food - jerky, barbecue, pastrami, jerk chicken, chicken curry, sushi. Think about calling people Luddites, about calling someone a grammar Nazi. (Edit: my point about this list is that we didnt feel the need to rename all of these things so as not to offend others. Sushi is still sushi)

Think about having your child dress up as a pirate. Do you know what pirates actually did? They raped, looted and plundered their way across the ocean. They were not nice people. Yet you think its "cute" that your kid dresses up as a widdle pirate for Halloween? As a murderer and rapist? That's cute?

When you say that someone is a grammar Nazi, you are saying their grammar standards were as strict as the standards by which the Nazi's decided whether someone went to the gas chambers or not. Not a very nice thing to say, or remind people of.

So, if you want to be offended by Easter and Christmas, why stop there? So much of what you think is a normal part of culture is flipping offensive to someone out there.
 
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DrPizza said:
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Also, the celebration of Easter has nothing to do with pagan rituals or Oester. Because the pronunciations are similar, some people have jumped to incorrect conclusions & made up facts to attempt to make a better case. Easter is clearly of Christian origin, always has been. Though, it's celebrated secularly by quite a few people. (Candy, etc.)
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Yeah thats why all the symbols are Pagan fertility symbols and the date is based on the equinox. Totally a Christian festival. 😵
 
Ancalagon44 said:
It doesnt matter whether or not it says anything about bunnies or eggs in the Bible. It matters that Easter is traditionally a Christian holiday.

I dont care if you call it Easter, or if you dont call it Easter. But have the respect to remember that Easter is originally Christian, and just because you like the part involving chocolate eggs, does not give you the right to be offended when Christians want to still call it Easter.
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The article says NOTHING about non-Christians being offended by the word "Easter". It simply lists Egg hunt activities going on at various schools across the country.

The only people offended here are Christians.

I also invite you to read the comments on the article which are written by people with a lot more brain activity than Incorruptible.


Its hilarious that people like Incorruptible claim people are at War with Christians...yet, every year, their holidays and rituals come and go undeterred.
 
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Incorruptible said:
There is a War On Easter



Society is becoming more politically correct and calling the Easter Egg Hunts a "spring egg hunt". There is absolutley no reason to do this its just the usual pc types not wanting to offend others. This has to be stopped and we must call them Easter Egg Hunts. Culturaly sensitive bureaucrats are trying to take out the mention of Christianity. This is also not the only case and obama even refused to release a statement of proclamation for Easter and Good Friday yet he had no problem doing it for "earth day" and Muslim holidays like Eid
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http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/proclamations.php

George W Bush didn't release a presidential proclamation for Easter either. Neither did George HW Bush nor Ronald Reagan. Feel free to look through the entire history and see if you can find one example of a president doing so. I'm not willing to waste that much time on something so stupid, though.
 
SheHateMe said:
And if people call it something else what is the damn problem?

If a school wants to name their annual egg hunts "Spring Egg Hunt" what is the damn problem? Searching for Eggs has NOTHING to do with Easter.


It took my little sister to a Marshmallow Drop and an Egg Hunt today. Not a single thing was said about Christ rising from the dead. Why? Because it has nothing to do with the bible.



Exactly which part of the bible tells Christians that Easter is about looking for eggs?
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I only asked you to imagine what it would be like to believe that what you believe is the only way to truth and goodness and that seeing that can you then see why somebody might want to defend it? I was not arguing for or against the truth or goodness of what the person actually believes.
 
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