Christ has risen!

[averagejoe]

Today is the one of most Holiest days in Western Christian Civilization! Christians celebrate World wide.

Christ has risen!

https://standeyo.com/NEWS/12_Pics_of_Da ... f.day.html

[10Sne1]

And your point IS ?????

It is also a Jewish celebration. Ahh, Jesus was the King of Jews, right?

[steven lloyd]

Christ has risen!

The whole thing was a conspiracy.

[10Sne1]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passover

[10Sne1]

The whole thing was a conspiracy.

When the ancient Jews were in captivity in Egypt, Yahweh visited a series of plagues on the Egyptians in order to convince the Pharaoh to release the Jews. The last of these plagues was the killing of every firstborn son in the land. Jews were warned ahead of time and marked their houses so that they would be spared. The angels of death saw the markings over the front doors of the Jew's houses and "passed over" those houses, sparing the firstborn sons living within. Jewish people have commemorated this with the festival of Passover ever since.

One thing that many Jewish people definitely try to avoid during Passover is leavening, which is used to make bread rise. The Jews who were fleeing Egypt were in so much of a hurry that they didn't wait for their bread to rise before they took it with them. And then they were very hungry and so ate the "unleavened," or unrisen, bread. The modern Passover commemorates this by featuring a meal that contains unleavened bread.

The name of this unleavened bread is Matzah. It is made from flour and water and cooked very quickly. The name of the special Passover meal is the Seder. The word seder comes from a Hebrew root that means "order." During the seder, everything must be done in a specific order. The traditional seder includes as many as 15 things to do. Traditional music is often played as well.

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/art ... ssover.htm

Easter is about "the un-risen".

[coffeeFreak]

And your point IS ?????

First of all, this is the Religion and Spirituality thread and second, it is Easter Sunday. This is the most important day for Christians, as it is believed to be the day Jesus rose from the dead.

On Easter Sunday in Christian churches everywhere, it is customary for the pastor to say "He has risen" and then the congregation responds with "He has risen indeed".

[10Sne1]

Just for balance...."What do they say in the synagogue"? Sorry, you only offer one side of the coin. (Another famous, Jewish saying).

[averagejoe]

And your point IS ?????

It is also a Jewish celebration. Ahh, Jesus was the King of Jews, right?

Lord of Lords! King of Kings!

[averagejoe]

And your point IS ?????

It is also a Jewish celebration. Ahh, Jesus was the King of Jews, right?

You can start your own thread on Passover. This thread is about Christ! Trying to steal his Thunder?

[coffeeFreak]

Jews do not celebrate Easter because it is the celebration of the Resurection of Christ. Jews do not believe that Christ was the messiah and therefore do not celebrate Easter.

They do, however, have Passover this time of year. At Passover, they remember their freedom from slavery.

[coffeeFreak]

You can start your own thread on Passover. This thread is about Christ! Trying to steal his Thunder?

It isn't about stealing anyone's thunder. It is about understanding the separation between Judaism and Christianity. It is confusing given that Jesus was Jewish and followed Jewish traditions even to his death and burial (according to the bible).

[Glacier]

Jesus is also referred to as the Passover lamb.

[steven lloyd]

It isn't about stealing anyone's thunder. It is about understanding the separation between Judaism and Christianity. It is confusing given that Jesus was Jewish and followed Jewish traditions even to his death and burial (according to the bible).

Yup. They (the Jews) were pretty *bleep* after Christ taught tyhem to give Caesar his due, turn the other cheek, forgive thine enemies, etc., instead of leading them in revolt against Caesar and the Romans as they had all presumed He would do. Interesting that the unrest in the Middle east today is still tied to that age old conflict that has persisted thousands of years.

[Nebula]

I've never understood the hype over the whole died-on-the-cross-then-rose story. So what? One would had to have died quite a few times to make up for my sins. Phfffft.

[psychprof]

and then there's the fact that Christianity piggy-backed onto the pagan festival honouring the goddess Eastre. Rabbits and eggs are symbols of fertility.