Why is it that the christians decided to base the day of Jesus's death on the full moon after the first day of spring. Why can't they pick the first weekend in April or something?
2007-09-07 05:16:32 · 23 answers · asked by iowawarlord 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
jesusmyth is just a myth. The people that cooked up the silly story couldn't come up with a good date. And the people in rome couldn't come up with a good date. So the pope came up with this BS and decided to call the resurrection of Jesus easter. But why. Well Easter is based off of Ostara and Eostera, the pagans had a rebirth sabbat that was the first day of spring that celebrated the rebirth of the world. SO to help the christians convert the celts, they adapted Ostara to Easter.
Eostera was a fertility godess with the symbols of a hare and eggs. that is why there is an Easter bunny and easter eggs.
2007-09-07 05:43:15 · answer #1 · answered by bluesagedragon 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Good question, and from what I see, pretty good answers, so far. (Even though they all seem to be saying 'not sure' in a bunch of different ways.
This may be OT here, but I've always found it odd that, at least according to Christian tradition, the birth of Christ is celebrated in the darkest time of winter, and his birth in the dawning of Spring and all of the life that comes with it. It seems clear to me that some religions have things backwards...especially since Pope Puffenstuff or whoever, way back in the day, could have easily used his infallible and divine word to change it into something that agrees with nature. Just an observation.
2007-09-07 05:38:54 · answer #2 · answered by The Pandachrist 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, we know that according to the Gospels, he was laid in a rich man's tomb just as a "High Sabbath" was commencing. It was a Passover and a Sabbath at the same time.
As I looked to explain it to you, I found that I didn't understand it myself. The problem is that I was not raised a Jew, and as I look of various web sites there arose a complexity that is beyond my current ability.
It seems that we have to figure out the Jewish Civil and Religious Calendars, while aligning them with the Gregorian calendar in order to find out what happened when.
Uuuuggggghhh !
I will have many questions for my Jewish friends!
2007-09-07 08:32:43 · answer #3 · answered by Christian Sinner 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a date. He died on the morning after passover which is the first morning after the first full moon after the spring equinox. The Jews used a lunar calender and we use the Gregorian calender. Since the Jewish day ended at sundown he would have died on the passover date.
2007-09-07 05:37:13 · answer #4 · answered by bigislandbatman 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Actually, some of the first Christians did set up their Easter and Christmas during Celtic celebrations in an attempt to slowly infiltrate that belief system.
That does not mean all Christians are evil, so don't get your panties in a bunch. I am just stating historical fact.
2007-09-07 05:23:06 · answer #5 · answered by Mystine G 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
because we as Christians aren't sure when the exact date of Christ's death is. He(Jesus) died when he was 33. It's the same as His birth. We celebrate it on the 25th of December, when if fact we're not exactly sure when He was born. Some think Christ was born later then the 25th. So we celebrate Easter when the calander says Easter is, which is eaither late March or early April. Hope it helps.
2007-09-07 05:23:55 · answer #6 · answered by deb2rule 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because the Romans and the Jews used different calendrical systems which don't line up from year to year (Roman solar, Jewish lunar-solar). The date, based on the Jewish calendar and the account in the Gospels, would be the 15th of Nissan (not the car)...or the first full day of the Passover festival.
2007-09-07 05:23:10 · answer #7 · answered by mzJakes 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The first weekend in April is not a set date either!
The both are working off some other event.
2007-09-07 05:23:02 · answer #8 · answered by tim 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Why Not October 31
2007-09-07 05:25:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
There is a set date for Jesus' death.
It was set by God.
It was mentioned through Daniel.
Chapter 9, verses 25,26.
It takes a little work to figure out, however it shows the time of his death was set.
2007-09-07 05:25:16 · answer #10 · answered by Uncle Thesis 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋