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I am aware that this is claimed but not aware of any actual proof.
Though this won't surprise most people on this forum, who are well aware of Christianity's blatant pagan, Egyptian, and Middle-Eastern origins, . . .
CB328
Anyways, this sweet little 86 year old man told the students that Easter was named after the goddess of fertility (Ishtar I guess).
CB328
Where I work at Job Corps they have a priest speak once a month to the students as a "motivational" speaker, though today he couldn't contain his proselytizing because Easter is coming. Anyways, this sweet little 86 year old man told the students that Easter was named after the goddess of fertility (Ishtar I guess).
Though this won't surprise most people on this forum, who are well aware of Christianity's blatant pagan, Egyptian, and Middle-Eastern origins, it just really confirmed for me how fabricated Christianity is. I'm sure people here will jump up to defend Christianity as original and claim that it's just a coincidence that Easter comes from pagans, Christmas comes from Pagans, the preeminence of the number 12 comes from pagans, the flood myth comes from pagans (well Sumerians), it should be pretty obvious by now that it is a big sham.
"Sun"day and Christmas trees, there's all the proof you need, but that's just the tip of the iceberg.
I would think a catholic priest saying that Easter also is basically based on Pagan traditions would be enough though.
jmdewey60
reply to post by CB328
I am aware that this is claimed but not aware of any actual proof.
Though this won't surprise most people on this forum, who are well aware of Christianity's blatant pagan, Egyptian, and Middle-Eastern origins, . . .
12 comes from there being approximately 12 months in a year.
edit on 14-4-2014 by jmdewey60 because: (no reason given)
The Babylonian calendar was a lunisolar calendar with years consisting of 12 lunar months, each beginning when a new crescent moon was first sighted low on the western horizon at sunset, plus an intercalary month inserted as needed by decree. The calendar is based on a Sumerian (Ur III) predecessor preserved in the Umma calendar of Shulgi (c. 21st century BC).
Serapis (Σέραπις, Attic/Ionian Greek) or Sarapis (Σάραπις, Doric Greek) is a Graeco-Egyptian god. Serapis was devised during the 3rd century BC on the orders of Ptolemy I of Egypt as a means to unify the Greeks and Egyptians in his realm. The god was depicted as Greek in appearance, but with Egyptian trappings, and combined iconography from a great many cults, signifying both abundance and resurrection. A serapeum (Greek serapeion) was any temple or religious precinct devoted to Serapis. The cultus of Serapis was spread as a matter of deliberate policy by the Ptolemaic kings, who also built an immense Serapeum in Alexandria.
CB328
...it just really confirmed for me how fabricated Christianity is...
This thread ties in nicely with the general pattern of boundary based posts on ATS recently!
It is clear this priest overstepped his boundaries a bit! - See more at: www.abovetopsecret.com...