Easter Celebrations are Worship of the Sun

[reddogs]

....and deep in pagan symbols to say nothing of the rites and rituals. If one looks, they will see the origins of Easter are found in a pagan festival celebration of seasonal renewal that has taken place around the time of the Spring Equinox. The date upon which Easter is held varies from year to year, and corresponds with the first Sunday following the full moon after the Spring Equinox.

Here is a good explanation.. "Easter is one of Christianity’s highest and holiest days, the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus. But the origins of today’s very Christian holiday are firmly rooted in the ancient traditions of pagan religions from many parts of the world. With its blend of solemn religious symbolism and the fun of Easter eggs and bunny rabbits, Easter as we know it is a patchwork of beliefs and practices related to the themes of springtime, rebirth, and renewal....

Easter doesn’t fall on the same date every year. Thus, even this aspect of the holiday is connected with pagan celebrations of the cycles of nature. The vernal equinox marks the time when night and day are of equal length. It’s also a celebration by pagan cultures to welcome the arrival of the long days of spring and summer."

And more..."Easter is a pagan festival. If Easter isn't really about Jesus, then what is it about? Today, we see a secular culture celebrating the spring equinox, whilst religious culture celebrates the resurrection. However, early Christianity made a pragmatic acceptance of ancient pagan practises, most of which we enjoy today at Easter. The general symbolic story of the death of the son (sun) on a cross (the constellation of the Southern Cross) and his rebirth, overcoming the powers of darkness, was a well worn story in the ancient world. There were plenty of parallel, rival resurrected saviours too.

The Sumerian goddess Inanna, or Ishtar, was hung naked on a stake, and was subsequently resurrected and ascended from the underworld. One of the oldest resurrection myths is Egyptian Horus. Born on 25 December, Horus and his damaged eye became symbols of life and rebirth. Mithras was born on what we now call Christmas day, and his followers celebrated the spring equinox. Even as late as the 4th century AD, the sol invictus, associated with Mithras, was the last great pagan cult the church had to overcome. Dionysus was a divine child, resurrected by his grandmother. Dionysus also brought his mum, Semele, back to life.

In an ironic twist, the Cybele cult flourished on today's Vatican Hill. Cybele's lover Attis, was born of a virgin, died and was reborn annually. This spring festival began as a day of blood on Black Friday, rising to a crescendo after three days, in rejoicing over the resurrection. ....."http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2010/apr/03/easter-pagan-symbolism

 

[Free]

No.

 

[Carry_Your_Name]

Easter originated from worship of Ishtar, Christmas on the other hand was really a sort of sun worship, winter solstice was the day when the sun was the closest to the earth, and ironically, it was also the day with the shortest day time, which means it was the darkest day of the year.

 

[Free]

Easter originated from worship of Ishtar,

The first two minutes of the video I posted show how that is not true.

Christmas on the other hand was really a sort of sun worship, winter solstice was the day when the sun was the closest to the earth, and ironically, it was also the day with the shortest day time, which means it was the darkest day of the year.

I suggest watching his video on the origins of Christmas that he mentions and is linked in the above video description:

 

[LanaPodesta]

Easter originated from worship of Ishtar, Christmas on the other hand was really a sort of sun worship, winter solstice was the day when the sun was the closest to the earth, and ironically, it was also the day with the shortest day time, which means it was the darkest day of the year.

Nope. Easter has nothing to do with Ishtar.

 

[LanaPodesta]

....and deep in pagan symbols to say nothing of the rites and rituals. If one looks, they will see the origins of Easter are found in a pagan festival celebration of seasonal renewal that has taken place around the time of the Spring Equinox. The date upon which Easter is held varies from year to year, and corresponds with the first Sunday following the full moon after the Spring Equinox.

Here is a good explanation.. "Easter is one of Christianity’s highest and holiest days, the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus. But the origins of today’s very Christian holiday are firmly rooted in the ancient traditions of pagan religions from many parts of the world. With its blend of solemn religious symbolism and the fun of Easter eggs and bunny rabbits, Easter as we know it is a patchwork of beliefs and practices related to the themes of springtime, rebirth, and renewal....

Easter doesn’t fall on the same date every year. Thus, even this aspect of the holiday is connected with pagan celebrations of the cycles of nature. The vernal equinox marks the time when night and day are of equal length. It’s also a celebration by pagan cultures to welcome the arrival of the long days of spring and summer."

And more..."Easter is a pagan festival. If Easter isn't really about Jesus, then what is it about? Today, we see a secular culture celebrating the spring equinox, whilst religious culture celebrates the resurrection. However, early Christianity made a pragmatic acceptance of ancient pagan practises, most of which we enjoy today at Easter. The general symbolic story of the death of the son (sun) on a cross (the constellation of the Southern Cross) and his rebirth, overcoming the powers of darkness, was a well worn story in the ancient world. There were plenty of parallel, rival resurrected saviours too.

The Sumerian goddess Inanna, or Ishtar, was hung naked on a stake, and was subsequently resurrected and ascended from the underworld. One of the oldest resurrection myths is Egyptian Horus. Born on 25 December, Horus and his damaged eye became symbols of life and rebirth. Mithras was born on what we now call Christmas day, and his followers celebrated the spring equinox. Even as late as the 4th century AD, the sol invictus, associated with Mithras, was the last great pagan cult the church had to overcome. Dionysus was a divine child, resurrected by his grandmother. Dionysus also brought his mum, Semele, back to life.

In an ironic twist, the Cybele cult flourished on today's Vatican Hill. Cybele's lover Attis, was born of a virgin, died and was reborn annually. This spring festival began as a day of blood on Black Friday, rising to a crescendo after three days, in rejoicing over the resurrection. ....."http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2010/apr/03/easter-pagan-symbolism

Easter is about the Anastasis. That's it.

 

[Carry_Your_Name]

The first two minutes of the video I posted show how that is not true.


I suggest watching his video on the origins of Christmas that he mentions and is linked in the above video description:

Just because these are christianized and sanctified doesn't make them Christian, the only holidays ordained by the Lord are the seven feasts in Lev. 23.

 

[Carry_Your_Name]

Nope. Easter has nothing to do with Ishtar.

Yes it does, it's the same "queen of heaven."

The children gather wood, the fathers kindle fire, and the women knead dough, to make cakes for the queen of heaven. And they pour out drink offerings to other gods, to provoke me to anger. (Jer. 7:18)

 

[LanaPodesta]

Just because these are christianized and sanctified doesn't make them Christian, the only holidays ordained by the Lord are the seven feasts in Lev. 23.

Nope. The fact that it is in worship of the Triune God and nothing else makes it Christian.

 

[Free]

Yes it does, it's the same "queen of heaven."

No, it does not. Again, the first two minutes of the video I posted shows how your view is incorrect. Would you rather listen to a Christian scholar or continue supporting a view meant to discredit Christianity?

 

[Carry_Your_Name]

No, it does not. Again, the first two minutes of the video I posted shows how your view is incorrect. Would you rather listen to a Christian scholar or continue supporting a view meant to discredit Christianity?

What discredits Christianity is not me, but the commercialization of Easter and Christmas. And I don't believe the guy in those video is a serious scholar.

 

[Free]

What discredits Christianity is not me, but the commercialization of Easter and Christmas.

Which has nothing to do with their non-pagan origins.

And I don't believe the guy in those video is a serious scholar.

Of course you don’t, because he disagrees. You seem intent on believing views that are supported by non-Christians for the sole purpose of discrediting the gospel over a Christian scholar, even to the point of being unwilling to even look up who Wesley Huff is and see that he is very much a legitimate scholar. Suit yourself.

 

[Who Me]

Easter is totally Christian.
Arguments for it's Christianity from creation.com:-https://creation.com/en-gb/articles/easter-and-good-friday-questions-and-answers

 

[for_his_glory]

Most reference books say that the name “Easter” derived from the Eastre, the Teutonic goddess of Spring. Although this relationship exists, in reality, the origin of the name and the goddess are far more ancient - going all the way back to the Tower of Babel. The origin begins not long after the biblical Flood.

Copyright, Eden Communications. All rights reserved. Photographer: Paul S. Taylor. The Flood was a divine judgment sent on mankind after evil had become all pervasive and all people everywhere were totally unresponsive to God. The Bible says that "the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually" (Genesis 6:5, NKJV). It is not difficult to imagine that life must have been almost unbearable at this time in history. God gave humankind a second chance by preserving the righteous man Noah and his family (a total of 8 people).

After the Flood, Noah had a talented, but evil, great-grandson named Nimrod (Genesis 10:6-10) who rebelled greatly against God. The Bible says that he was “a mighty one” [1] Jewish tradition indicates that Nimrod was a tyrant "who made all of the people rebellious against God."[2] It is evident from history that Nimrod was not only a political leader, but also the lead priest of a form of occultic worship. [3]
King Nimrod, Queen Semiramis (Easter), and Tammuz (the “reincarnated” Nimrod)

Nimrod built and organized major cities. The Bible notes that these included Babel, Asshur, Nineveh and Calah (Genesis 10:10-12). If you know anything about ancient history, the mention of these places may send shivers up your spine. For these were cities of great, almost unimaginable practices and perversion.

When Nimrod eventually died, the Babylonian mystery religion in which he figured prominently continued on. His wife Queen Semiramis saw to that. Once he was dead, she deified him as the Sun-god. In various cultures he later became known as Baal, the Great Life Giver, the god of fire, Balaam, Bel, Molech, etc.

“Later, when this adulterous and idolatrous woman gave birth to an illegitimate son, she claimed that this son, Tammuz by name, was Nimrod reborn.”[4] Semiramis “claimed that her son was supernaturally conceived [no human father] and that he was the promised seed, the 'savior'” - promised by God in Genesis 3:15. “However, not only was the child worshipped, but the woman, the MOTHER, was also worshipped as much (or more) than the son!”[5] Nimrod deified as the god of the sun and father of creation. Semiramis became the goddess of the moon, fertility, etc, etc.

"In the old fables of the Mystery cults, their 'savior' Tammuz, was worshipped with various rites at the spring season. According to the legends, after he was slain [killed by a wild boar], he went into the underworld. But through the weeping of his mother… he mystically revived in the springing forth of the vegetation - in Spring! Each year a spring festival dramatically represented this supposed 'resurrection' from the underworld.[6]

Thus, a terrible false religion developed with its sun and moon worship, priests, astrology, demonic worship, worship of stars associated with their gods, idolatry, mysterious rites, human sacrifice, and more. Frankly, the practices which went on were so horrible that it is not fitting for me to speak of them here.

Copyright, Eden Communications. All rights reserved. Artist: Paul S. Taylor. It was at Nimrod's city of Babel that a towering structure was first built in defiance of God as part of their satanic religion. Archaeological evidence indicates that this was a spectacular pyramid-shaped structure (ziggurat). The Bible tells us that at this time there was only one language in the world and that most of the world's population centered in this area and participated in this religion. It was evident to God that all mankind would soon degenerate into a level of evil that would parallel that of the pre-flood world. For humanity's sake, something had to be done to slow and frustrate this organization of an evil one world, tyrannical government.

God confused their language, so that they could not understand each other (Genesis 11:7). (This is the ultimate source of the world's many languages.) As a result, many people moved away from the area in groups according to their particular new language. Most, if not all, of these people carried their evil Sun-God-based religion with them. They continued to worship the stars and practice all the other ungodly rituals of their religion. Some also continued to build pyramids reminiscent of the Tower of Babel as part of this mystery religion. Today, we can still find remnants of these throughout the world (e.g., Iraq, South America, Central America, Egypt, and Burma).

Babel was the origin of an idolatrous system that swept the world. The Bible says of her, “Babylon… the nations drank her wine; Therefore the nations are deranged” (Jeremiah 51:7). The Bible often speaks of the satanic religions which came from her. The ancient Greek historian Herodotus "witnessed the Mystery religion and its rites in numerous countries and mentions how Babylon was the primeval source from which ALL systems of idolatry flowed.[7] Austen Layard said “that we have the united testimony of sacred and profane history that idolatry originated in the area of Babylonia - the most ancient of religious systems.”[8]

Basically, almost every vile, profane and idolatrous practice you can think of originated at Babel with Queen Semiramis, the Mother Goddess and Nimrod. As the people scattered from Babel with their different languages, they, of course, used different names for Nimrod (Tammuz) and Semiramis. Some called the Mother Goddess “ISHTAR” (originally pronounced “Easter”). [9] In other lands, she was called Eostre, Astarte, Ostera, and Eastre. Other names for Semiramis, the Mother Goddess include: Wife of Baal, Ashtaroth or Ashtoreth, and Queen of Heaven. [10] The Mother goddess was frequently worshipped as the goddess of fertility - and as a sort of Mother Nature and goddess of Spring and sexual love and birth. She was also worshipped as a mediator between god and man. Sexual orgies and temple prostitutes were often used in her worship and in attempting to gain her favor.

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[Carry_Your_Name]

Which has nothing to do with their non-pagan origins.

Show me where they are in the bible before you arrogantly make that conclusion. Either word "Easter" verbatim, any instruction of celebrating the resurrection every year, or any historical evidence of the early church celebrating that before Constantin.

 

[Free]

Show me where they are in the bible before you arrogantly make that conclusion. Either word "Easter" verbatim, any instruction of celebrating the resurrection every year, or any historical evidence of the early church celebrating that before Constantin.

That isn't relevant as to whether or not the celebrations were devised by Christians in later times. The whole point is that you're arguing for pagan origins when it seems there are none.

 

[Carry_Your_Name]

That isn't relevant as to whether or not the celebrations were devised by Christians in later times. The whole point is that you're arguing for pagan origins when it seems there are none.

It is absolutely revelant if it's invented later, don't deflect. Show me where it is in the bible, show me where are the bunnies and eggs. As long as such traditions and celebrations are pagan, Easter is pagan, regardless of how you run coverup for it. The only festival that commemorates the resurrection of our Lord and Savior is the Feast of First Fruit, the first Sunday after Passover, Lev. 23:9-14.

 

[Free]

It is absolutely revelant if it's invented later,

Absolutely, completely, utterly irrelevant.

don't deflect.

No worries, I didn’t.

Show me where it is in the bible,

The Sunday after Passover.

show me where are the bunnies and eggs.

Moving the goal posts.

As long as such traditions and celebrations are pagan, Easter is pagan, regardless of how you run coverup for it.

Absolutely, completely, utterly irrelevant and untrue.

The only festival that commemorates the resurrection of our Lord and Savior is the Feast of First Fruit, the first Sunday after Passover, Lev. 23:9-14.

Which is Easter.

 

[Carry_Your_Name]

Absolutely, completely, utterly irrelevant.


No worries, I didn’t.


The Sunday after Passover.


Moving the goal posts.


Absolutely, completely, utterly irrelevant and untrue.


Which is Easter.

Pfft, have a nice day and enjoy your "relevance", sir. God bless. Changing Feast of First Fruit into Easter is nothing but your newspeak, you're entitled to your own lingo, but not your own biblical truth. For the record, it was I who pointed out the true origin regarding the resurrection, all you did was posting two random videos. Next time try wasting your own time, not mine or anybody else's.