"Ishtar was associated with fertility and sex. However, her symbols were the lion, the gate and the eight-pointed star; I can’t find any evidence of eggs or rabbits symbolically belonging to her. And Easter has nothing to do with her. "
"Most scholars believe that Easter gets its name from Eostre or Ostara**, a Germanic pagan goddess. "
Re: Constantine "when he was alive, English didn’t even exist yet. He would have spoken Latin or Ancient Greek, so would likely have referred to Easter as Pascha or Πάσχα. "
So while you're right about Christianity stealing yet another holiday and branding it as their own, this is one of those they took from Paganism
"Ishtar was associated with fertility and sex. However, her symbols were the lion, the gate and the eight-pointed star; I can’t find any evidence of eggs or rabbits symbolically belonging to her. And Easter has nothing to do with her. "
"Most scholars believe that Easter gets its name from Eostre or Ostara**, a Germanic pagan goddess. "
Re: Constantine "when he was alive, English didn’t even exist yet. He would have spoken Latin or Ancient Greek, so would likely have referred to Easter as Pascha or Πάσχα. "
So while you're right about Christianity stealing yet another holiday and branding it as their own, this is one of those they took from Paganism
I have to admit I didn't really give that info a great deal of thought (I usually do before I post something like that).
I should have realised because it's well known Easter is originally a Pagan thing.
Thanks for the correction! 👍🙂
I have to admit I didn't really give that info a great deal of thought (I usually do before I post something like that).
I should have realised because it's well known Easter is originally a Pagan thing.
Thanks for the correction! 👍🙂
Tbh I really only know coz I shared that very image a few years back and my uncle corrected me (he likes to research the history of things so he already knew the origins)
while I don't know which 5000 you're talking about or have that much education, my sister is more educated than me and she is a believer in Jesus Christ, the Lord for a good reason and my faith also developed strongly but for example, in Buddhism you'll see that they're man-made carved images of gods and what my sister told me was that, that man didn't claim he was god, but in the Holy Bible, it's claimed to be real. Just for thought.
Hi Lily
We have disagreed on religious matters before (which is perfectly fine) so I'll respectfully try to make comment on your comment. Please remember I'm actually happy for people to practice their chosen religion - so long as it's peaceful and they don't try to coerce or force others in to it.
I find pointing to the bible as proof, or claiming quotes from the bible are evidence that your chosen religion/god is real/fact is.. well, no evidence or proof at all.
If I wrote a story about a blue flying jellyfish (BFJ) that is going to save us all, and someone asked me to provide evidence or proof that the BFJ existed, would pointing out that there's a story about the BFJ be evidence in your eyes?
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