Any other Christians annoyed at what society has turned Easter into?

[Opol]

I’m resigned that the same has been done to Christmas. But for me that is “only” the birth of Christ.

As a Roman Catholic, Easter is of far more importance to me. For me, God’s love for humanity meant he sacrificed his only son. Jesus’ resurrection is literally the embodiment of the victory of light over darkness, good over evil etc.

I don’t wish to gate keep but seeing it reduced to Easter baskets and chocolate rabbits is unpleasant to witness. I’m more annoyed at society making everything hollow and superficial via consumerism and over consumption.

I've had to take a break from FB over Easter. I'm getting a bit sick of the jokes and rude memes about Jesus. I am not saying that people dont have a right to make jokes but they never do it about other religions which actually share many similar tenants/religious texts. If you're going to take piss then take it out of all religions not just one.

Yes 1430, you’re rather good at architectural history
Thankyou!

Op. I hope you manage to avoid the commercialism. It wasn't hard. I just went out with my little tent and spent a few days away from social media, in woodland.
Maybe you could take yourself on a similar retreat next year.
The commercialism is still there but you can totally blot it out.

Christ was crucified at Passover, so the Christians never adopted a pagan festival to celebrate Easter.

The original Church has never taught that people are born with original sin, that's a Roman Catholic invention. The Orthodox Church (the first church) doesn't subscribe to this false belief, merely that people are born with the propensity to sin.

well said and quite true of course.

Also, Orthodox Christians began exchanging eggs at Easter, sometimes painted, sometimes not, and this somehow became chocolate eggs as gifts. Probably due to consumerism.

Better off without that sort of thing. Familiarity breeding contempt perhaps?
Though I do like catching up with Jesus&Mo from time to time.

In my view, a baby has past karma. That's why it's born in the first place, to work its karma out. The doctrine of karma is taught in the Bible: ' Did this child sin or did his parents, that he was born blind?'

Slavery is quite literally covered in the bible. Let’s be honest about what Christian values are. You cannot pick and choose.

In my view, a baby has past karma. That's why it's born in the first place, to work its karma out. The doctrine of karma is taught in the Bible: ' Did this child sin or did his parents, that he was born blind?'

Wel that's an odd selective quotation. Next verse
Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%209%3A2-41&version=NIV

(yeah, karma wouldn't be quite as bad as that)

We won't ever really know though. There are rough estimates that like I said easily get up to the millions.
But unfortunately as Christianity has never been held accountable or had answers demanded in the same way tge Nazis or other reigimes have we will never know.

The fact they are still hiding bodies, still hiding answers to cover their own arses is sickening and I absolutly do wonder how people so Proudly shout about being a member of such a sick and blood tipsy cult.

Hopefully one day we will see change.

And to the other poster. Nobody is here is more against Christianity than other religions. They're not a victim here.

Go through MN. Did any other religion spout BS like the OP and many many others during their holidays? Or did they shut up and get on with it in privacy?

Christianity so far is the only religion that seems to not be able to resit the urge to continue to force it down people throats.....never learns.

Well, places like Stonehenge, Avebury, Castle Rigg, Glastonbury Tor and many many more sites still survive today as evidence.

No evidence of medieval pagans.

Despite Christians being very good at persecuting and eliminating paganism once it became the official Roman religion, there's still Green Men and sheela na gigs in churches.

'Paganism' (or at any rates, Norse religions) survived longer in parts of Scotland and Scandinavia for longer than elsewhere.

They’re not medieval, they’re often Neolithic, Iron Age. But I get your point. That poster ignores history unfortunately. And the idea that there have been no other religions being practiced, in private, throughout the centuries is ridiculous. Christianity made sure no one could practice anything else public, through fear. But when you look at life under Christian rule prior to the Witchcraft Trial, many people, especially women, still looked to their old ways. They still went back to the knowledge that had been passed down for centuries, the knowledge of the Earth. They still used old ideas and practices to protect themselves and heal themselves. That’s why the witch trial were successful, they could manipulate that fear and cast aspersion on any woman who still practices the old ways, even though societies had relied on these women so much prior to this (of course it now seems the witch craft trials began as a man wanted his maid to have sex with him and she wouldn’t but that’s another thread).

For that poster to suggest there were no Pagan’s through Medieval times shows utter ignorance and a lack of understanding of history. But then, they’ve displayed that time and time again.

Christianity is not a cult….fact!

Do you really believe ‘Christianity is the only religion that seems to not be able to resist the urge to continue to force it down peoples throats’…..suggest you watch the news a bit more on that one!

‘pile-on of near-identical responses along the lines of "but did you know that there used to be a Pagan celebration of spring in this country’

Pile on? People stating historical facts? Rather than believing in an allegedly benevolent dictator in the sky who rules with fear I’d happily find spiritual solace in the nature and world around me.

The news is not MN. Again what other religions chatted shit like what's in the OP?

Also it litterially fit she definition for a cult. Saying it's not a cult sounds a lot like what cult members say.

A cult is an organized group whose purpose is to dominate cult members through psychological manipulation and pressure strategies. 1 Cults are usually headed by a powerful leader who isolates members from the rest of society. Some individuals who join cults remain lifelong members.

Christianity is not a cult….fact!

Depends what you mean by a 'cult' of course.

www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cult

They say history is written by the victors; so is the distinction between orthodoxy and heterodoxy and which 'cults' become dominant religions, I suppose.

Weren't you taught the Easter story in school? By your parents? By anyone??

Why would our parents teach us about a Chritian story?

Unless you count the old Greek, Roman, Celtic, Norse and other mythology, there is practically no 'historic record' whatsoever for the actual practice of any of the old faiths; not in Britain at least.

The word 'heathen' gives one hint as to the many obvious reasons why. The other patently transparent one I'll leave to your imagination. It isn't hard to figure out.

Why not? It's up to anyone what they teach their kids about, but it's not that 'far out' to learn about other cultures/religions.

TBF - Easter is a UK Bank Holiday - and you can't avoid Easter. DS knows about what Christians believe happened in Easter Week - and we have visited churches when abroad - you can't really avoid the imagery.

It is useful to know what religions believe - even if you don't believe it yourself.

It helps when people say this is a Christian country based on Christian values

Errm, to inform? I'm not saying anyone has to believe the religious aspect, that's a matter of personal belief, but lack of curiosity about where the tradition even stems from puzzles me.

Do some people nowadays genuinely just think Easter is when people eat chocolate and think about rabbits??

It's not necessary in any way to know some ridiculous story that has no barring on anything in the real world.
We have Easter, we have spring and chocolate and egg hunts. It's magical enough.