|  marty8 | Jun 30, 2007 7:33pm | Jesus was crucified on the Jewish Passover feast and rose from the dead three days later. Explaining why we celebrate Jesus' resurrection (or "Easter") when we do does not mean denying the resurrection as a historical fact.
Also, what's this nonsense about a religious Christian being the same as a cultural Jew? These were and are two different religions. |
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Sponsor |  usmjam | Jul 2, 2007 8:45am | 11) "Explaining why we celebrate Jesus' resurrection (or "Easter") when we do does not mean denying the resurrection"
Its not about the fact of the Ressurection. Its about obeying the biblical commands to not mix our worship in any form with pagan & heathen rituals, holidays or any semblance of that which is contrary to God. Applying the term "Easter" to the Resurrection is near blasphemy.
From one source: ""Ishtar", which is pronounced "Easter" was a day that commemorated the resurrection of one of their gods that they called "Tammuz", who was believed to be the only begotten son of the moon-goddess (Semiramis) and the sun-god (Baal).
The Bible tells us of Nimrod in Genesis 10:8-10 as follows: "And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord: wherefore it is said, even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord. And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad,and Calneh, in the land of Shinar."
In those ancient times, this man named Nimrod, was the grandson of one of Noah's sons named Ham. Ham had a son named Cush who married a woman named Semiramis. Cush and Semiramis then had a son named him "Nimrod."
After the death of his father, Nimrod married his own mother and became a powerful King. Nimrod became a god-man to the people and Semiramis, his wife and mother, became the powerful Queen of ancient Babylon.
(After Nimrod's death) Semiramis claimed that Nimrod .......... had ascended to the sun and was now to be called "Baal", the sun god.
Semiramis was creating a mystery religion, and with the help of Satan, she set herself up as a goddess. Semiramis claimed that she was immaculately conceived. She taught that the moon was a goddess that went through a 28 day cycle and ovulated when full.
Semiramis became known as "Ishtar" which is pronounced "Easter"........
From another source: "Easter is not a Christian name. It is Chaldean (Babylonian) in origin - the name Astarte, one of the titles of Beltis, the queen of heaven. The name Astarte, as found on the Assyrian monuments by the noted archeologist Layard, was the name Ishtar. The worship of Bel and Astarte was introduced very early into Britain, along with the Druids, "the priests of the groves," the high places where the pagans worshipped the idols of Baal. In the Almanac of the 1800's, May 1st is called Beltane, from the pagan god, Bel. The titles Bel and Molech both belong to the same god.
We must remember that Semiramis (also known as Ishtar) of Babylon, the wife of Nimrod and mother of Tammuz, was the same goddess worshiped throughout the world under various names, such as the Egyptian fertility god, Artemis, the Roman goddess of licentiousness, Venus, the Greek goddess of love, Aphrodite, and the Ephesian, many-breasted fertility god, Diana, as well as many others."
This thread then is not questioning our Lord's Resurrection. Rather, its intended to defend that glorious day against being mixed with old mystery religions which never really disappeared. |
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Sponsor | | Mgbobi | Jan 15, 1:50pm | | I also heard of the Ishtar connection. It is said about Ishtar that he fought a great boar and defeated him, yet he died in the process. After fasting for a forty day period (possibly the origin of lent?) He was resurrected. His other name Tammuz is reported to be the source of our modern day Cross (looking more like a letter t than the actual roman crucifix). It is amazing how deeply rooted pagan holidays became in Christianity. |
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Sponsor | | Ewtn2000 | Jan 16, 7:04am | usmjam, are you married? Do you wear a wedding ring? Is there any scriptural reference on how the ceremony was to take place? Is there any scriptural reference that you should wear a ring? Not to mention birthday celebrations, driving test, going to public schools... none of those are mentioned in scripture and some pagan cultures participate in them. Does that mean that if pagans do something, Christians must run away from the world and not do anything similar? Heck pagans eat. They sometimes give thanks or offer their food to their gods, does that then mean that Christians shouldn't do that. We shouldn't pray before we eat. Man, that is what I mean when I say your man-made and alter religion of Christianity warps what was really given to us by Christ.
For Christians who follow the true teachings of Christ, Easter is the celebration of Christ's Resurrection. The fact that when it was first celebrated the feast of the Resurrection coincided with pagan celebrations doesn't mean it was derived from them. The Jewish Passover (on which Christ was crucified) also coincided with such celebrations, yet this didn't mean it was pagan.... |
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