Easter

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(03-26-2016, 05:03 PM)xxlt Wrote: So, this is not a Happy Easter thread - sure someone will throw one up tomorrow.

Last week I was invited to an Easter lunch and had to confess I did not know when Easter is. Turns out it is tomorrow.

But, this is not new for me. Even when I attended Christian church I never knew when Easter was and thought it was a pretty insignificant holiday when it was pointed out to me. I am really not trying to pick a fight with Christians, I am just saying I never internalized Easter as a big deal - to me there were far more important things about being a Christian than going to church on Easter (or any other day for that matter), and other holidays that resonated more with me.

So, my questions are - what is your religion and is Easter a big deal for you?

My answers - I am an agnostic. I have friends who are believers (most, but not all, Christians) whom I respect and friends who are atheists whom I respect. Funny thing is it is the same thing that annoys me about both groups - but that is another topic for another thread. As I already stated, Easter is not a big deal for me. I get kind of a kick out of the winter solstice but not the summer solstice, and the spring and fall equinoxes are not a big deal for me. The pagan elements of Easter and the Christian ones are just things that don't register much with me, for some reason.

I did accept the lunch invite to be with friends, but Easter is just the pretense for the lunch and I would be hanging with some of the same people on most Sundays whether there was a lunch or not.

(03-28-2016, 10:40 AM)tigerseye Wrote: Very cute response. Don't agree with you, so I'm possessed and I have issues. Cute.

You said Easter (a day to celebrate Jesus' resurrection) was an insignificant holiday, Easter was no big deal, Easter was no big deal again, Easters pagan elements and Easter is a pretence for lunch. (All your words that I am imagining? Reading skills?)

A poster above wrote that "Your entire OP is to down play the significance of Easter." which I agree with (by your own words).

You belittle Easter/Christianity with your words, then play it off like your not, by saying you were just asking a general question.

I suggest you go back to the Bible and concentrate on the significance of the resurrection.

I understand that people on here enjoy starting arguments. Seems like thats what your trying to do with your follow up comments?

Easter/The resurrection are central and significant to Christianity and it shouldn't be mocked.

Anyway I have to get going ,have a nice day.

I think you mistook his personal experiences with the way he learned about Easter and how it affected him with "mocking" it.

Clearly he made his opinion clear and then asked what other thought.

I went to Catholic school from 1-12 and then a religious college for four years...and I am never ceased to be amazed at how some Christians have a zero tolerance policy for anyone or anything that even slightly is outside their belief of the religion.

Other than two posters everyone else has a had a civil discussion about Easter, its history and their feelings about it.  The two posters who did not attacked the original poster.

And, again, it could just be a mistaken interpretation of the OP...or it could be being oversensitive on a message board with wildly varying opinions on everything.