03-31-2016, 03:44 PM
(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.
to me its another stolen holiday by the christian/catholic faith to convert or shame pagans.
One more holiday or celebration stolen from a past religion and repurposed for their own gain.
It was a holiday for a devine being that resurrected from the dead along time before christianity existed.
And even that i believe was personified from the beginning of Spring in the northern hemispheres and the rebirth of life in spring.
PRAISE THE SUN!!!!