If christmas is for jesus's bday and easter is for his death, then why does one(easter) jump around on the calander and the other(christmas) does not?
2006-07-18 11:23:56 · 17 answers · asked by ssmith825 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Both are shams...placed where they are to support myth...to the point where the calendar was redesigned to make lies the truth (Easter...check out the origin of the Gregorian Calendar that we all use) and the other to squash out the sun god whose feast was December 25th...even religious scholars acknowledge that Jesus wasn't born 12/25...why put it there?
2006-07-18 11:28:55 · answer #1 · answered by cfluehr 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Christmas was a holiday established by the church in replacement of a pagan one. I think it was called the winter solstice where the druids thought that by building fires they were helping the dying sun and would throw these drunken orgy parties to celebrate. They actually thought that the sun was being attacked because it would get colder in the winter, so they would chant and build fires thinking it would help.
The church at that time had a more governement like rule do they made that day a day of mass in observance of the birth of Jesus...hence Christ-mass
The gift giving was part of the pagan solstice and santa came centuries later. Jesus was most likely born in late summer according to the bible. He was born just after the harvest. It says that during the time of his birth that sheep were grazing in the fields with the shepherds watching over them at night. If it were winter the shepherds would not be out and the sheep were only allowed to eat in the fields after a harvest because when they eat they pull from the roots. Any other time it would destroy someones crop, but after harvest it was helpful in turning the soil to get it ready for next season. So it's not likely that He was born Dec 25th but Christmas if on any other day is a great day to be thoughtful of when our savior was born into the world.
Easter was also a pagan holiday that these people believed that the goddess of fertility Eastre was reincarnated into a bunny, hence the Easter bunny. The date that Easter is in accordance to the Passover Feast which is on the 8th day of the Jewish calender. The Jewish calender does not coincide with the ours so the dates differ. Jesus was arrested right after the passover feast, died on the cross on Good Friday and resurrected 3 days later which brings us to Sunday, the holiday date. Many people believe the name of the holiday should be changed from Easter since it was originally a pagan holiday that just happened to fall on the same dates as the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus
2006-07-18 18:51:43 · answer #2 · answered by Levi I 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both are actually pagan in origin. How many pine trees to you see in the middle east? Easter was originally the celebration or the Goddess of fertility, what does rabbits and eggs have to do with the death of Jesus. More like rabbits and eggs symbolize fertility. It's a shame that no one knows where the traditions actually came from.
2006-07-18 18:30:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The date Dec 25th is a fixed date. Like all birthdays. The church picked that date because it was near a pagan celebration, Easter on the other hand falls 40 after the start of Lent or Ash Wednesday. That is why it changes.
2006-07-18 18:29:25 · answer #4 · answered by olderandwiser 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because Santa needed to have a firm date to deliver presents so he could negotiate a decent rate with Fed-Ex. Actually, I think the Christian calendars have been manipulated through the years by popes and councils that the days themselves are just selected to celebrate the event. Easter is scheduled differently in Orthodix chrisianity than it is in the Roman Catholic church.
2006-07-18 18:30:08 · answer #5 · answered by Jeff 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Easter centers around a weekend. Christ was crucified on a Friday, and rose on a Sunday, so a set date wouldn't work.
Also, they are just observance days, not the real and actual dates of either his Birth nor his Crucifixion and Resurrection.
2006-07-18 18:28:06 · answer #6 · answered by sweetie_baby 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Easter commemorates His resurrection, not His death.
Easter is on the first Sunday after the first full moon of Spring. It's important that His resurrection be celebrated on a Sunday, as it is clear in the Gospels that he rose on a Sunday.
2006-07-18 18:27:08 · answer #7 · answered by kcchaplain 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
These days are the symbolic days of celebrations--more important in the observances than in the exactness of the day
and I agree with my friend upstairs ^^^^^ Easter is about His conquering death hell and the grave NOT his death itself
2006-07-18 18:31:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus never technically "died" because he came back from some coma.
Christians dont want to really know, it comes after Lent thats all that matters.
The real reason is.... a couple guys were thinking hey didnt jesus rise from the dead a year ago? and one guy said i thought it was last week and the other said i think its next week
So in compromise they decided to switch it to a rotating sunday...
2006-07-18 18:28:54 · answer #9 · answered by ChuckNorris 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Easter coincides with Passover, and the Jewish calendar is lunar instead of solar, so that's why it moves around. It depends on the moon phase.
2006-07-18 18:27:37 · answer #10 · answered by net_at_nite 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋