Northerngimp Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Long before Christianity, what we now call Easter was celebrated as a festival welcoming Spring, in honor of the fertility Earth Goddess Ishtar in Babylonia, which later morphed into the festival of Isis (the Egyptian version of Ishtar) also welcoming spring and the flooding of the Nile. The festivals celebrated the renewal of the earth and the commencement of the agrarian planting season. This festival eventually made its way into Druidic traditions and Pagan religions of early Europe. The spring melting and the swelling of the rivers were the birth waters of this Earth Goddess, giving birth to Nature and providing food to all. The rabbit was a symbol of male procreation (multiplying like rabbits...) and the egg was a symbol of the womb, signifying fertility. Male and female symbols of creation coming together. These traditions of children finding eggs and food shaped like bunnies all have their roots in pre-christian religions -- creation providing food. They symbolized the rejuvenation of the earth and nature, bringing forth new plant and animal life into the world. When the Church found itself unable to stamp out these early rituals, it 'adopted' the festival as a symbolism of the resurrection of Christ. The 'renewal' of the earth and the 'resurrection' of Christ dovetailed nicely with pagan-christian rituals of early Christianity. The explanation that the sun rises in the East (like Jesus was the light of the world) and therefore the word 'Easter' also made sense to later generations, who had forgotten the origins of the festival. People did not remember that the word 'East' and therefore 'Easter' would not have made sense long before English was around. Therefore the original root of the word, the festival of Ishtar, was gradually forgotten. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Ah well, never believed any of the catholic church bollocks anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decky Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Easter: Tones of chocolate to conclude what is traditionally 40 days without chocolate The end. I hate Easter, its like Sunday is 4 days long starting tomorrow, and I fucking hate Sundays. Except this one as ill be considerable drunk all day Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Logic Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Ishtar ------ ------ ------ Easter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Easter: Tones of chocolate to conclude what is traditionally 40 days without chocolate The end. I hate Easter, its like Sunday is 4 days long starting tomorrow, and I fucking hate Sundays. Except this one as ill be considerable drunk all day strange that I knew who had posted this before I had chance to scroll across... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Easter is probably the best of the holidays. I won't say I like it, because I don't, but I don't vehemently dislike it in the same way that I vehemently dislike almost everything else in existence, for instance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GAMMELL Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Nice BBQ tomorrow weather permitting... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haz Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 "Always look on the Bright side of Life...." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GM Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Somehow it seems fitting that the Toon will be getting crucified this weekend by Stoke. I'm not holding out for a resurrection, either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decky Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Somehow it seems fitting that the Toon will be getting crucified this weekend by Stoke. I'm not holding out for a resurrection, either. Nah man they will win and no one will be on here for the rest of the weekend as we will all be out celebrating a win at last Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob W Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 and there was me thinking it had sommat to do withe date of Passover Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 and there was me thinking it had sommat to do withe date of Passover i thought it had to do with the death and rising of jesus H christ. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenham Mag Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Isnt it that St.Peter, the first Pope , was actually a Rabbit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Isnt it that St.Peter, the first Pope , was actually a Rabbit. made out of cheap chocolate Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Easter: Tones of chocolate to conclude what is traditionally 40 days without chocolate The end. I hate Easter, its like Sunday is 4 days long starting tomorrow, and I f***ing hate Sundays. Except this one as ill be considerable drunk all day Same. I fucking despise Sundays. And this is like the start of an incredibly long one. We should just have two Saturdays every week. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Sundays are class. Especially in the summer. Get up, walk to the shop to purchase The Times, make a bacon sarnie, and spend the day slowly getting baked while watching cricket. Couldn't think of a better way to spend my time on a Sunday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowen Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Anything that states itself as "The Truth" makes me instantly assume it isn't. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Seen some idiots walking along the street with a cross earlier this afternoon... Good Friday is a load of shite. Most businesses just pack up for the day and today I'm sat here rather that at work earning money. So fuck Easter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GM Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Seen some idiots walking along the street with a cross earlier this afternoon... Good Friday is a load of shite. Most businesses just pack up for the day and today I'm sat here rather that at work earning money. So fuck Easter. http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&v=u88kf1J6Kv4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decky Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Easter over here is a republican thing for alot of people due to the Easter Rising. There will be alot of drunk republicans out and about on Sunday, heres hoping they dont start causing trouble and ruining the day for the rest of us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 This is the real truth: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantastic_Easter_Special Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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