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Post by crouchpotato1 on Apr 4, 2017 7:39:02 GMT
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Post by salopstick on Apr 4, 2017 7:59:32 GMT
I totally agree with her
If you are of a different religion you should either not take part or accept it for what it is. Same goes for winterfying Christmas
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Post by TrentValePotter96 on Apr 4, 2017 8:12:23 GMT
People who call others 'snowflakes' getting worked up over the word 'easter' not been used somewhere. Quite a laugh really.
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Post by bathstoke on Apr 4, 2017 8:33:34 GMT
The Dutch call it Ooster and Germans Osternin, but in other non English speaking countries Easter is called Pescha, which is derived from the Hebrew word for the Passover Pesach.
The word Easter comes from the old North European pagan goddess Eostre(Which is alsowhere the word Oestrogen comes from) The story of Eostre is that a little girl found an injured bird & prayed to Eostre to save it. So the goddess turned the bird into a hare & it was able to run to safety as oppose to fly. As a reward for the girl helping it, the hare used to come back & lay eggs for her amongst the undergrowth & hedges as it still retained some of its bird qualities.
The practice of children collecting the bunnies eggs on Easter morning was lost in this country. However, as with the Celts taking their festival of Halloween over to America & then the Americans repackaging it & selling it back to us, so, the Germans took the Easter bunny story over to America in the 18th & 19th Cent, where it caught on & so made its way back over the channel.
But to go back to the origins of the story of the goddess Eostre. The 1st mention we have of her is from the Monk St Bede, where he is commenting on the Anglo-Saxon customs of the day & he refers to the festival of Eosturmonath in the year 750 & this is the original source of the tale of the egg laying hare... There is no documentation of the godess Eostre before St Bede sites her.
One things for sure. The word Easter has nothing to do with Jesus…
Here endeth the lessonXx
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Apr 4, 2017 8:50:58 GMT
I totally agree with her If you are of a different religion you should either not take part or accept it for what it is. Same goes for winterfying Christmas Totally agree mate it's absolutely pathetic |
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Post by harryburrows on Apr 4, 2017 9:10:10 GMT
I think they dropped the word Easter from the eggs as well they are just chocolate eggs
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Post by Rick Grimes on Apr 4, 2017 9:18:37 GMT
It's a non story isn't it. The actual website for the hunt is easter.cadbury.co.uk There's a poster which says 'Enjoy Easter Fun' as well as the egg which says 'Join the Cadbury Egg Hunt'
Faux outrage, just like the 'Winterfest' nonsense which was proven to be false.
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Post by flea79 on Apr 4, 2017 10:51:51 GMT
Easter in a nutshell, guy named jesus gets mortal, ends up in a tomb, has to come up with a crazy excuse for her indoors about where he has been
pretty much the Christmas story too, Joe has been out grafting doing his carpentry work, mary is at home and not putting out for him, instead she fucking her way round the town, gets pregnant, has to come up with an excuse for it happening, hence some cloud like man who lives in the cloud put it in me because he is magic....
and another thing when Noah had his whole floating zoo thing on the go, did nobody else in the world have a boat?
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Post by estrangedsonoffaye on Apr 4, 2017 11:29:41 GMT
Fun fact: John Cadbury was a Quaker, and thus did not celebrate Easter.
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Post by Skankmonkey on Apr 4, 2017 13:04:26 GMT
Capitalist consumerism pinches Easter from the Christians who pinched Eostre from the Pagans. Comme ci comme ca.
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Post by spitthedog on Apr 4, 2017 13:37:50 GMT
I totally agree with her If you are of a different religion you should either not take part or accept it for what it is. Same goes for winterfying Christmas a) Cadbury was a Quaker and NOT a Christian, so this is more consistent with his views b) Where is the evidence that it is people of a different religion who have decided this? c) the word Easter has very little to do with Christianity, if thats the religion you are promoting here? d) Why should Christianity be the dominant religion in a country where only 1% of the population practice the religion i.e. go to Church? In fact, why should any religion be imposed on a state in the 21st century? Why the sudden Evangelical urge to defend Christianity? Christianity is an antiquated ideology that has caused mayhem, bigotry and promoted violence and disorder throughout the world. The less said about it the better. |
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Post by woodstein on Apr 4, 2017 14:51:45 GMT
I totally agree with her If you are of a different religion you should either not take part or accept it for what it is. Same goes for winterfying Christmas a) Cadbury was a Quaker and NOT a Christian, so this is more consistent with his views b) Where is the evidence that it is people of a different religion who have decided this? c) the word Easter has very little to do with Christianity, if thats the religion you are promoting here? d) Why should Christianity be the dominant religion in a country where only 1% of the population practice the religion i.e. go to Church? In fact, why should any religion be imposed on a state in the 21st century? Why the sudden Evangelical urge to defend Christianity? Christianity is an antiquated ideology that has caused mayhem, bigotry and promoted violence and disorder throughout the world. The less said about it the better. Oh yes of course, all these terrorist attacks on innocent people in Europe were carried out by Christians. If they are so bad bugger off to Syria. |
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Post by salopstick on Apr 4, 2017 15:48:00 GMT
I totally agree with her If you are of a different religion you should either not take part or accept it for what it is. Same goes for winterfying Christmas a) Cadbury was a Quaker and NOT a Christian, so this is more consistent with his views b) Where is the evidence that it is people of a different religion who have decided this? c) the word Easter has very little to do with Christianity, if thats the religion you are promoting here? d) Why should Christianity be the dominant religion in a country where only 1% of the population practice the religion i.e. go to Church? In fact, why should any religion be imposed on a state in the 21st century? Why the sudden Evangelical urge to defend Christianity? Christianity is an antiquated ideology that has caused mayhem, bigotry and promoted violence and disorder throughout the world. The less said about it the better. its not an evangelistic crusade on behalf of Christianity I don't believe any of our holidays should be altered to appease those who don't celebrate them just to either get them involved or fear risking offending them. I wish the English were allowed to celebrate St. George's day in the same manner as the Celtic nations do I also understand that it is also firms who do it just to attract more consumers and it is not an Islamic plot to rid the country of our traditions and holidays |
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Post by harryburrows on Apr 4, 2017 16:12:01 GMT
a) Cadbury was a Quaker and NOT a Christian, so this is more consistent with his views b) Where is the evidence that it is people of a different religion who have decided this? c) the word Easter has very little to do with Christianity, if thats the religion you are promoting here? d) Why should Christianity be the dominant religion in a country where only 1% of the population practice the religion i.e. go to Church? In fact, why should any religion be imposed on a state in the 21st century? Why the sudden Evangelical urge to defend Christianity? Christianity is an antiquated ideology that has caused mayhem, bigotry and promoted violence and disorder throughout the world. The less said about it the better. its not an evangelistic crusade on behalf of Christianity I don't believe any of our holidays should be altered to appease those who don't celebrate them just to either get them involved or fear risking offending them. I wish the English were allowed to celebrate St. George's day in the same manner as the Celtic nations do I also understand that it is also firms who do it just to attract more consumers and it is not an Islamic plot to rid the country of our traditions and holidays They wouldn't do that mate , they get all our holidays + their own |
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Post by spitthedog on Apr 4, 2017 16:14:25 GMT
a) Cadbury was a Quaker and NOT a Christian, so this is more consistent with his views b) Where is the evidence that it is people of a different religion who have decided this? c) the word Easter has very little to do with Christianity, if thats the religion you are promoting here? d) Why should Christianity be the dominant religion in a country where only 1% of the population practice the religion i.e. go to Church? In fact, why should any religion be imposed on a state in the 21st century? Why the sudden Evangelical urge to defend Christianity? Christianity is an antiquated ideology that has caused mayhem, bigotry and promoted violence and disorder throughout the world. The less said about it the better. its not an evangelistic crusade on behalf of Christianity I don't believe any of our holidays should be altered to appease those who don't celebrate them just to either get them involved or fear risking offending them. I wish the English were allowed to celebrate St. George's day in the same manner as the Celtic nations do I also understand that it is also firms who do it just to attract more consumers and it is not an Islamic plot to rid the country of our traditions and holidays Cool answer but lets get some reality here, the holidays are not being altered......Its a bloody chocolate egg event that is being renamed for Christ sake!!! and since Cadbury was a Quaker....more consistent with the beliefs of the person who sponsors the thing. This is just another non-story made into a 'political correctness gone mad' Sun headline tomorrow. English people can celebrate St.George's how they want........I've got no interest in St.George but how do they want to celebrate them anyway??? |
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Post by salopstick on Apr 4, 2017 16:20:09 GMT
Cadburys should do their egg hunt in July  |
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Post by lawrieleslie on Apr 4, 2017 17:08:39 GMT
While we are on the subject of Easter......why isnt it the same date every year?
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Post by bathstoke on Apr 4, 2017 17:15:22 GMT
In the spirit of Holy unification, not only are the Orthodox & Western Churches celebrating the resurrection at the same time, but the Jewish Passover is on the same wkend. This will not occur again till 2034. Wonder what sort of £@#&ed up situation we'll be in then
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Post by bathstoke on Apr 4, 2017 17:20:15 GMT
While we are on the subject of Easter......why isnt it the same date every year? It depends on whether you're calculating it via the Julian or Gregorian calendar... |
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Post by lawrieleslie on Apr 4, 2017 18:23:03 GMT
While we are on the subject of Easter......why isnt it the same date every year? It depends on whether you're calculating it via the Julian or Gregorian calendar... I don't buy that one because whichever I was using then the date would be the same every year. Apparently Easter can be anytime between 22nd March and 25th April. |
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Post by bathstoke on Apr 4, 2017 18:29:04 GMT
It depends on whether you're calculating it via the Julian or Gregorian calendar... I don't buy that one because whichever I was using then the date would be the same every year. Apparently Easter can be anytime between 22nd March and 25th April. It's basically on the 1st Sunday following the full moon that comes after the vernal equinox |
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Post by lawrieleslie on Apr 4, 2017 18:56:37 GMT
I don't buy that one because whichever I was using then the date would be the same every year. Apparently Easter can be anytime between 22nd March and 25th April. It's basically on the 1st Sunday following the full moon that comes after the vernal equinox Yep getting that but one question.....why? |
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Post by bathstoke on Apr 4, 2017 19:25:36 GMT
It's basically on the 1st Sunday following the full moon that comes after the vernal equinox Yep getting that but one question.....why? Originally it was because Jesus was celebrating the Passover during the Last Supper. The Passover is calculated through the Jewish calendar, which is Lunar rather than solar. This is why the Orthadox Easter is usually a couple of weeks after ours, cause theirs is more closely related to the Passover. The problem with the Jewish lunar calendar is that every decade or so it needs a leap MONTH to get it back into synch & that's why all the holidays synchronise this year |
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Post by JoeinOz on Apr 4, 2017 22:32:52 GMT
I'm fucking furious about this. It really impedes my lifestyle.
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Post by cheeesfreeex on Apr 4, 2017 23:32:15 GMT
The Dutch call it Ooster and Germans Osternin, but in other non English speaking countries Easter is called Pescha, which is derived from the Hebrew word for the Passover Pesach. The word Easter comes from the old North European pagan goddess Eostre(Which is alsowhere the word Oestrogen comes from) The story of Eostre is that a little girl found an injured bird & prayed to Eostre to save it. So the goddess turned the bird into a hare & it was able to run to safety as oppose to fly. As a reward for the girl helping it, the hare used to come back & lay eggs for her amongst the undergrowth & hedges as it still retained some of its bird qualities. The practice of children collecting the bunnies eggs on Easter morning was lost in this country. However, as with the Celts taking their festival of Halloween over to America & then the Americans repackaging it & selling it back to us, so, the Germans took the Easter bunny story over to America in the 18th & 19th Cent, where it caught on & so made its way back over the channel. But to go back to the origins of the story of the goddess Eostre. The 1st mention we have of her is from the Monk St Bede, where he is commenting on the Anglo-Saxon customs of the day & he refers to the festival of Eosturmonath in the year 750 & this is the original source of the tale of the egg laying hare... There is no documentation of the godess Eostre before St Bede sites her. One things for sure. The word Easter has nothing to do with Jesus… Here endeth the lessonXx Brilliant post Bath and you didn't swear once. Goodwill. |
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Post by JoeinOz on Apr 5, 2017 4:41:47 GMT
Yep getting that but one question.....why? Originally it was because Jesus was celebrating the Passover during the Last Supper. The Passover is calculated through the Jewish calendar, which is Lunar rather than solar. This is why the Orthadox Easter is usually a couple of weeks after ours, cause theirs is more closely related to the Passover. The problem with the Jewish lunar calendar is that every decade or so it needs a leap MONTH to get it back into synch & that's why all the holidays synchronise this year On the last supper why did they all sit on the same side of the table? Were they posing for Len Da Vinci? Was Len premonitioning the selfie craze ? |
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Post by bathstoke on Apr 5, 2017 5:46:12 GMT
The Dutch call it Ooster and Germans Osternin, but in other non English speaking countries Easter is called Pescha, which is derived from the Hebrew word for the Passover Pesach. The word Easter comes from the old North European pagan goddess Eostre(Which is alsowhere the word Oestrogen comes from) The story of Eostre is that a little girl found an injured bird & prayed to Eostre to save it. So the goddess turned the bird into a hare & it was able to run to safety as oppose to fly. As a reward for the girl helping it, the hare used to come back & lay eggs for her amongst the undergrowth & hedges as it still retained some of its bird qualities. The practice of children collecting the bunnies eggs on Easter morning was lost in this country. However, as with the Celts taking their festival of Halloween over to America & then the Americans repackaging it & selling it back to us, so, the Germans took the Easter bunny story over to America in the 18th & 19th Cent, where it caught on & so made its way back over the channel. But to go back to the origins of the story of the goddess Eostre. The 1st mention we have of her is from the Monk St Bede, where he is commenting on the Anglo-Saxon customs of the day & he refers to the festival of Eosturmonath in the year 750 & this is the original source of the tale of the egg laying hare... There is no documentation of the godess Eostre before St Bede sites her. One things for sure. The word Easter has nothing to do with Jesus… Here endeth the lessonXx Brilliant post Bath and you didn't swear once. Goodwill. I thought my swearing was subtle, I always asterisk the expletives. Is this not the case!?! |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2017 10:44:32 GMT
And everyone is talking about Cadbury's. Good PR from a company that knows the peretually offended will do their work for them.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2017 13:32:46 GMT
While we are on the subject of Easter......why isnt it the same date every year? Often wondered that... Christmas is always the same, his birthday, though that itself is something of a conundrum... Dec 24 1bc, day before he was born...But new years day is a week later...So what happened in them 6 days between BC and AD... Having said that it's all a load of old bollocks anyway... |
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Post by lawrieleslie on Apr 5, 2017 13:39:26 GMT
While we are on the subject of Easter......why isnt it the same date every year? Often wondered that... Christmas is always the same, his birthday, though that itself is something of a conundrum... Dec 24 1bc, day before he was born...But new years day is a week later...So what happened in them 6 days between BC and AD... Having said that it's all a load of old bollocks anyway... Reminds me of a teaser Shangsy.........Christmas and New Year's Day are on the same day of the week during each Christmas and New Year holiday/celebration. However in which year were they not on the same day of the week and why? |
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