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to be cross with my elderly fil about the meaning of easter

585 replies

nickschick · 04/04/2010 21:18

Bit tongue in cheek really.

FIL was today bemoaning the fact that he couldnt go to tesco for his cigar supply as they were shut for Easter.

Its only Easter he said they could have had usual Sunday hours ,its not like Christmas or anything.....

ONLY EASTER?????? i SHOUTED - JESUS DIED ON A CROSS FOR US!!!! EASTER IS MORE SPECIAL THAN CHRISTMAS - YES EASTER IS IMPORTANT.

and that sais dh is why you should never discuss religion with a catholic especially not one who sat in a cold church for an hour and a half last night at the easter vigil.

OP posts:
igglepigglecrazy · 04/04/2010 23:04

Sorry falafel, thot a was in trouble then lol...I just dunno why ppl feel the need to start shit not even related to the topic...itz sad actually

igglepigglecrazy · 04/04/2010 23:05

Defo gaelicsheep

Nancy66 · 04/04/2010 23:05

Nobody is saying they can't cope - all we're saying is 'what's the point?'

to most people in this country Easter means hot cross buns and chocolate eggs.

gaelicsheep · 04/04/2010 23:06

It's still a special day though isn't it? Why shouldn't there be a couple of days a year that are "sacred" in the widest sense of the word?

igglepigglecrazy · 04/04/2010 23:09

Well nancy66, to A LOT of ppl Easter DOES mean more than hot cross buns and chocolate eggs!

FalafelAtYourFeet · 04/04/2010 23:09

igglepiggle- no, I am a catholic too. And a bit sick of the anti-catholic/anti-Christian comments on here. People are allowed not to believe but I don't go on their threads and post (for example) YOU ARE WRONG. HOW RIDICULOUS OF YOU NOT TO BELIEVE, SNURK SNURK.

If people want to debate religion then they can jolly well do it in a civilised and non patronising way.

iggi999 · 04/04/2010 23:11

GH "all the myths that are peddled in RE lessons at school are switftly debunked at home" - does that include humanism then, and other viewpoints independent of religious tradition that we are expected to teach? Just wondering.

Nancy66 · 04/04/2010 23:11

They can still be sacred - how is having a shop open any different from, say, having TV and radio broadcast?

I accept that some people (although certainly not the majority) do celebrate easter in a religious way.

That's fine. go ahead.

I don't. let me go about my business

igglepigglecrazy · 04/04/2010 23:12

Damn right falafel, I TOTALLY agree, I was born catholic, and continue to live as one, and my dc's are also brought up this way, and it REALLY offends me when ppl start ths anti-catholic/christian shit

gaelicsheep · 04/04/2010 23:12

Whether you do or do not believe, it is our history and our culture! So many people these days are complete philistines who have no sense of anything beyond their own very limited experiences. Very sad.

gaelicsheep · 04/04/2010 23:13

Nancy66 - do you really want to go to the supermarket on Easter Sunday? Do you really have nothing better to do?

MrsCrafty · 04/04/2010 23:14

How sad it was when the shops began to open on Sundays.

The whole idea was that nobody worked on that day. We were meant to join together as family/community and have a feast and enjoy the day.

This sounds good to me and I do not agree with this.

Nancy66 · 04/04/2010 23:14

How does me, as a non believer, going to a supermarket today impact on you as a believer?

iggi999 · 04/04/2010 23:15

I don't think if I was visiting, say, Morocco, I would be at all put out to find shops closed for Eid ul Fitr, even though I don't celebrate it myself. Maybe would be different if I lived there, but I don't think so.

gaelicsheep · 04/04/2010 23:15

We've popped into the supermarket the odd time on a Sunday (for a few bits and pieces as we're passing) and I cannot believe the amount of people who are there doing their big weekly shop. Utter madness IMO.

gaelicsheep · 04/04/2010 23:16

I'm not a believer, I just can't believe that any family doesn't take the chance to do something a little more worthwhile on an Easter weekend than going to Tesco.

runnybottom · 04/04/2010 23:17

Its your culture. Its not mine. Why does your religion get to dictate the culture and history of all of us?

I'm not anti-catholic or anti-christian, I just don't understand why you think your beliefs should be important to the rest of us?

Nancy66 · 04/04/2010 23:18

what about freedom of choice.

not everyone gets time off over Easter. I'm working tomorrow, my DP worked Good Friday.

so, maybe, going shopping today would have been convenient for us.

igglepigglecrazy · 04/04/2010 23:18

Ths is just gettn out of hand nw, I can't b arsed

MrsCrafty · 04/04/2010 23:19

Nancy66. It doesn't really, but I like the old fashioned way of church on Sundays or if you don't believe then don't come, but accept that people need a day to either worship or be with their families.

Morals, principles and general fuckwittedness seems to rule these days and quite frankly, I wish it didn't.

FalafelAtYourFeet · 04/04/2010 23:19

I don't think the OP was debating that, she was debating the importance of Easter vs Christmas- her FIL said 'it's not like it's Christmas or anything...'

gaelicsheep · 04/04/2010 23:20

Not sure who people are addressing here.

Anyhow, the views here are very sad but wholly indicative of today's society

MrsCrafty · 04/04/2010 23:20

Sorry in my last post I mentioned morals & principles ruling.

BIG MISTAKE. I don't think that many people have any of either.

runnybottom · 04/04/2010 23:20

People doing their weekly shop on a Sunday? Or at Easter?

You mean they may have different prioroties, work patterns or lifestyles to you? No, say it ain't so!

iggi999 · 04/04/2010 23:20

Don't you think Easter has the reputation of being more of a "serious" festival, it has been less easily co-opted by secular society compared to Christmas.