Is it a coincidence that Easter is on April Fool's Day? (Page 7): Alicia is correct for once. Ishtar was the Babylonian Goddess of Spring, also known as Inanna, and Astarte. This...

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Mar 11, 2018 03:58:46 #

Loki Loc: Georgia

Alicia wrote:

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Ishatar is a pagan holiday of fertility; not only of mammals but of plants. It is the rebirth of the world or actually the Sun. It is celebrated in the spring because that's when all life begins from seed. It celebrates the blessing of a fruitful year. You guys would appreciate its celebration as it was the time to plant your own seed.

Alicia is correct for once. Ishtar was the Babylonian Goddess of Spring, also known as Inanna, and Astarte. This mythical being became the basis for the Greek and Roman Aphrodite and Venus. Ishtar was also the festival day of the resurrection of Tammuz, who was supposedly the product of a virgin birth by Isis/Ishtar/Astarte. (You'll never guess when Tammuz' birthday was celebrated.......December 25th.) This Babylonian cult, centuries later, morphed into the worship of Mithra; simply another name for Tammuz/Osiris/Mithra.
During the 4th century AD, the worship of Mithra was serious competition for Christianity. During the Nicene Council of 325 AD, the Emperor Constantine declared that from now on, Easter was a Christian holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus, rather than that of Tammuz/Osiris/Mithra. (Christmas, originally the birthday of Tammuz/Osiris/Mithra, was also celebrated for the first time on December 25th as the birth of Jesus in 336 AD, during the reign of Constantine).
The only mention of Easter in the Bible is in the Book of Acts, and it has nothing to do with Christianity.
https://rcg.org/realtruth/articles/110307-001-holidays.html
All of the traditions surrounding both Easter and Christmas are pagan in nature and have their origins millennia before the birth and ministry of Jesus.

Mar 11, 2018 04:03:37 #

BigMike Loc: yerington nv

rumitoid wrote:

TY, BM. There was a movie back in the 60s that was... (show quote)

Uh huh...who hasn't played the pass on the phrase game as a kid in school?

Mar 11, 2018 04:16:46 #

phenry

Bad Bob wrote:

Where does Satan live?

At your house.

Mar 11, 2018 04:21:27 #

phenry

rumitoid wrote:

No, you first. (Na-na-nah-na, sticking tongue out, and wriggling ears.)

April 1st must be your birthday.

Mar 11, 2018 08:24:20 #

moldyoldy

For those with reading comprehension issues, here is Rumitoids's last paragraph.

{The truth of the resurrection of Jesus is in the disparate views freely expressed in the NT. Why allow it, if your purpose is to make a case for this new "Jewish cult"? "Get your story straight." But they did not. They allowed the testimonies as is, no matter possible conflictions. Who would be so openly honest unless utterly confident in the fact of his resurrection? The different views of what happened are common in eyewitness testimony. Allowing it instead of trying to make a coordinated and consistent statement of events lends to its veracity.}

Mar 11, 2018 08:30:05 #

Bad Bob Loc: Virginia

phenry wrote:

At your house.

What's he/she/it look like?

Mar 11, 2018 08:39:12 #

phenry

Bad Bob wrote:

What's he/she/it look like?

I wouldn’t know I have never been in your house.

Mar 11, 2018 09:05:46 #

Texas Truth Loc: Behind Enemy Lines

Bad Bob wrote:

What's he/she/it look like?

Don't look in the mirror.

Mar 11, 2018 10:45:23 #

Bad Bob Loc: Virginia

phenry wrote:

I wouldn’t know I have never been in your house.

Did he/she/it leave my house and vote for Trump?

Mar 11, 2018 12:01:33 #

kankune Loc: Iowa

rumitoid wrote:

Someone with low comprehensive reading skills.

Oh....ouch. Once again. 😝😝😝

Mar 11, 2018 12:03:37 #

kankune Loc: Iowa

BigMike wrote:

I was going to suggest he do that but you beat me to the punch line...don't be reading my mind!

Gotta watch those Google maps kids. A lot of the time they'll tell you to go left when you're actually suppose to go right. If you know what I mean.

Mar 11, 2018 13:04:06 #

lindajoy Loc: right here with you....

moldyoldy wrote:

For those with reading comprehension issues, here ... (show quote)

Then why??

” They allowed the testimonies as is, no matter possible conflictions. Who would be so openly honest unless utterly confident in the fact of his resurrection? “

Mar 11, 2018 13:06:15 #

moldyoldy

lindajoy wrote:

Then why??

” They allowed the testimonies as is, no matter possible conflictions. Who would be so openly honest unless utterly confident in the fact of his resurrection? “

That is what Rumi was saying, so why all the venom when he is supporting religion.

Mar 11, 2018 13:29:18 #

lindajoy Loc: right here with you....

moldyoldy wrote:

That is what Rumi was saying, so why all the venom when he is supporting religion.

I have no venom towards Rumi... None at all..

We have differing views, moldy, but I respect his opinions even if I don’t agree..

I rather like the cuss!! Lolol
He makes you think and will afford consideration to your point of view as well..

I can’t answer for others but perhaps its in how he supports it?? How he words it ...starts to support while Sabotaging it at the same time???

Mar 11, 2018 13:51:39 #

moldyoldy

lindajoy wrote:

The venom did not come from you, others could not grasp what was said.

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