Seattle school renames Easter eggs 'Spring Spheres'

I laugh at all the posters claiming that Easter was' pagan'.

No it wasn't.

Prior to Christianity, ther was NO pagan. There was different religions that had different practices same as today.

Easter did belong to a religion before Christianity, and knowing humans, it probably belonged to a different religion prior to that.

So changing the names, but keeping the symbolism is...you guessed it...the exact same thing Christianity did to 'pagan' holidays/festivals...lol.

Nice to see that no matter how much things change, they always seem to stay the same.

I wonder how long until people wake up and realise that 'secularity' is no different than religions. Just as intolerent. And, just as eager to steal good holidays.

reply to post by peck420

"pagan" often refers to any polytheistic religious tradition, when moses and the isrealites went into the promised land and burned the groves, they were pagan groves, most of the people they killed or drove from the land were pagans....
the word might not have been around, but the meaning behind it was.
non-abrahamic religions, goddess oriented religions, animists, and those who had many gods and goddesses were considered pagan....
and the story of christ's ressurectons expresses the same idea as the bunny and egg....rebirth, spring...

reply to post by Sinnthia


Culture is shared so "our" seems appropriate.

If I was visiting a foreign country, I'd like to see really what that country is. If they just go about sanitizing everything by being PC, it just takes away the uniqueness.

reply to post by dolphinfan


How can the revolutionary vanguard free the workers if their minds are tainted in youth with this sinister opiate of the masses?

Originally posted by Turq1
reply to post by Sinnthia

 

Culture is shared so "our" seems appropriate.

This is about a culture? I thought it was about 1 school? Are you suggesting that this school is dictating what I call my colored eggs or are you being a little silly here?

If I was visiting a foreign country, I'd like to see really what that country is. If they just go about sanitizing everything by being PC, it just takes away the uniqueness.

Great but that has nothing to do with this. Easter is not an American culture things and if it were, this one school is not changing that in any way. Maybe I need to get rid of my non-Christian neighbors because they are ruining the culture for you. Your post made no sense. 1 school doing what they wat is not a culture. There are plenty of schools that do not celebrate easter.

Hillel Community Day School - guess what they call their Easter eggs. Just take a guess. Hint, it is a private Jewish school. You are telling me that them pesky Jews are ruining American culture too? Did you miss the big Easter movie that is number 1 at the box office in the US? They call Easter "Easter" in the movie and everything. If you wan American culture, you will find plenty of Easter eggs, and plenty of people that do not celebrate Easter.

reply to post by dawnstar


I am fully aware of what the term 'pagan' is used for. What I dislike is that one day it will be used to describe us (doesn't matter who/what/religion/culture you are).

I would prefer if we at least made an attempt to honour those that came before us (wether we agree or disagree with their beliefs) by at least using their names...or in this case their religion's name.

I am well aware that this poses a serious problem with our limited historical knowledge, but perhaps we can avoid creating the same issues of lost knowledge for those that will come later.

Originally posted by Sinnthia

Originally posted by Turq1
reply to post by Sinnthia

 

Culture is shared so "our" seems appropriate.

This is about a culture? I thought it was about 1 school? Are you suggesting that this school is dictating what I call my colored eggs or are you being a little silly here?

If I was visiting a foreign country, I'd like to see really what that country is. If they just go about sanitizing everything by being PC, it just takes away the uniqueness.

Great but that has nothing to do with this. Easter is not an American culture things and if it were, this one school is not changing that in any way. Maybe I need to get rid of my non-Christian neighbors because they are ruining the culture for you. Your post made no sense. 1 school doing what they wat is not a culture. There are plenty of schools that do not celebrate easter.

Hillel Community Day School - guess what they call their Easter eggs. Just take a guess. Hint, it is a private Jewish school. You are telling me that them pesky Jews are ruining American culture too? Did you miss the big Easter movie that is number 1 at the box office in the US? They call Easter "Easter" in the movie and everything. If you wan American culture, you will find plenty of Easter eggs, and plenty of people that do not celebrate Easter.

Is PC limited to just this school? No, it expands beyond that. PC is a trend, and that does affect culture.

Easter is a part of American culture, how could it not be part of the culture? Non-Christian neighbors are also part of the culture. The problem is when you take that difference between people, and try to homogenize it.

Originally posted by Turq1
Is PC limited to just this school? No, it expands beyond that. PC is a trend, and that does affect culture.

No one is calling them spring spheres anywhere else and I see Easter crap for sale all over the place so yes, this is limited to just this one school. If you can find any other examples then please do.

Easter is a part of American culture, how could it not be part of the culture?

I never said it was not a part of American culture. It is also part of the culture in other countries just like not celebrating Easter is also part of American culture. America does not own Easter and Easter is Not an "American" holiday unless you are going to tell me you cannot be Jewish and American. The 4th of July is an American Holiday. Easter is a Christian holiday with mildly secular appeal, you know after you take out that whole Jesus part and just replace him with a bunny rabbit that lays eggs from his...well I am not sure.

Non-Christian neighbors are also part of the culture. The problem is when you take that difference between people, and try to homogenize it.

Then I guess it is a pretty good thing I am not trying to do anything to anyone but many of you would be happy to do something to this school in order to change the way THEY want to be. Neat logic.

I'm talking about the broader picture of political correctness in the country. I'm not saying that "spring sphere" usage will spread.

Spring spheres, no body is a winner in that case.

Everything is terrible to everyone! Everyone is offended or whatever. I'm a Jewish convert I do not celebrate Easter but I will respect people who do!

Originally posted by sepermeru
reply to post by dolphinfan

 

While 'spring spheres' sounds a bit silly to me, Easter is undeniably a religious holiday. Why do I have the feeling if the kids were forced to celebrate a Jewish or Muslim holiday, you'd also call that "political correctness"?

By the way, is it political correctness to object to someone calling your mother a nasty name to her face? If not, explain why not.

let us call Christmas from now on : Dollarmas !!! Yeah, the only real value !!! = sarcasm !!
let us forget our history, our values and our honour !
come on : we are the champions of intelligence !!! by the way : let us call morality = pornality and politics = greedytics - why not ?? we change all the definitions, and # is becoming cake ! stupid world anyway, too much radiation on the brains today !!

Originally posted by Turq1
I'm talking about the broader picture of political correctness in the country. I'm not saying that "spring sphere" usage will spread.

Interesting because I was talking about this story in this thread but I believe I already went over your point for you. One anonymous story about a school choosing to not celebrate Easter vs a movie about Easter being number 1 at the box office two weeks in a row hardly does your point any favors. The "broader picture of political correctness" is hardly bolstered by this story or even this holiday. Fox wants to pretend there is a war on Christmas now and they are going to lose and take your point about this broader picture down with it.

Spring spheres, no body is a winner in that case.

Says who? You? How about the people that wanted to celebrate their Spring holiday without referencing your Jesus? Seems like they win to me and you can still call your eggs anything you like. What a bunch of whiny, pouty little kids the Christian right and the FOX newsites present themselves as.

Originally posted by FeraVerto
Everything is terrible to everyone! Everyone is offended or whatever. I'm a Jewish convert I do not celebrate Easter but I will respect people who do!

Exactly. I'm not Jewish or Christian but people can celebrate their holidays however they want. Some of the traditions are quite lovely, even if you aren't a part of the religion.

Originally posted by Turq1

Originally posted by FeraVerto
Everything is terrible to everyone! Everyone is offended or whatever. I'm a Jewish convert I do not celebrate Easter but I will respect people who do!

Exactly. I'm not Jewish or Christian but people can celebrate their holidays however they want. Some of the traditions are quite lovely, even if you aren't a part of the religion.

Which is exactly why we should respect this school for wanting to celebrate exactly how they choose to celebrate. In all this time discussing it, not one story of a parent or student of the school complaining has surfaced. The only people complaining about it are some girl from a different school that took it upon herself to go to a public school with Easter eggs and members of ATS. So let them have their damn Spring Spheres.

Your post made me laugh...I remember when....a long time ago now, when I was going to my ex's church and was trying to be involved in the church and gasp, made the suggestion to the pastor of the church to have an "Easter Egg hunt." He looked at me kind of funny and just shook his head. Did I feel stupid. Gosh, guess the little ones can't have any fun. Don't see why ya can't incorporate the two....how else to bring the souls to God than a little reward? That's the way I learned to be a Christian....rewards.

Originally posted by dolphinfan

Seattle school renames Easter eggs 'Spring Spheres'

www.mynorthwest.com

"At the end of the week I had an idea to fill little plastic eggs with treats and jelly beans and other candy, but I was kind of unsure how the teacher would feel about that," Jessica said.

She was concerned how the teacher might react to the eggs after of a meeting earlier in the week where she learned about "their abstract behavior rules."

"She said that I could it as long as I called this treat 'spring spheres.' I couldn't call them Easter eggs."

'Oh look, spring spheres'

(visit the link for the full news article)

Idiot teacher. How is an egg spherical?
I have a better name:

Spring Ovoids

Meh.

What do you think a child would rather do?
Hear about how Romans tortured to death a Jew who claimed he was the son of God and then respawned.
or
Hear about the magical life sized rabbit who travels all over the world giving children brightly colored baskets full of candy of all variety of shapes and sizes!

Jelly beans, cadbury eggs and marshmallow peeps
or
Torture through crucifixion until death followed by a respawn

Face it the story of Jesus being tortured to death just plain sucks. No kid wants to hear that crap. Change it around or something. Make Jesus bleed out Hersheys chocolate sauce or something. Make the crucifix made out of candy and Jesus escaped by eating his way off it or something. As it is now the story is not very kid friendly.
Easter Egg hunt > torture to death through crucifixion followed by a respawn.

reply to post by HorizonMan
You are so right,,,, And maybe we can get the Government to regulate and control the words people us in the titles of their threads. We could even get them to tell us how to color the childrens Ashtar Eggs, Since Easter was really a pagan Holiday for a Female Goddess, We should change it to Celebrate Her. Oh but I doubt the Government would ever allow a Holiday for a Women.

reply to post by clay2 baraka


Spring Ovum might work as well.

Might as well learn a little biology.