PhillyKev 0 #1 March 11, 2003 The name "Easter" is based on german-pagan mythology. "The name for this holiday comes from much older times whose customs we're now not all that familiar with. Many old religions had a Spring Goddess, a special deity who breathed life back into the world, both by banishing Old Man Winter and by encouraging growing things to grow and living things to mate. She went by many names. The Scandinavians called her Ostra, the Anglo-Saxons Eostre, and those who lived in the region that is now Germany knew her as Eastre. The Easter Bunny is of German origin. He shows up in 16th century literature as a deliverer of eggs, in his own way a springtime St. Nicholas bent on rewarding the good. (Colored eggs were left only for well-behaved good children, you see.) " I know it's not France, but why stop at Freedom Fries? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stacy 0 #2 March 11, 2003 so come to the german pagan mythology boogie at ZHills. What better way to celebrate? I'll be there. Right now I need a vacation. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrHixxx 0 #3 March 12, 2003 Well I guess we'll have to piss away Christmas too. Santa is just an anagram for Satan. -Hixxxdeath,as men call him, ends what they call men -but beauty is more now than dying’s when Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,158 #4 March 12, 2003 QuoteWell I guess we'll have to piss away Christmas too. Santa is just an anagram for Satan. -Hixxx Yes. Christmas is indeed just the northern European (pagan) winter soltice festival re-named. And most of our months and days are named for pagan gods too: Sun, Moon, Twia, Thor, Woden, Freya, Saturn, Janus, Mars, Maia, Juno, Julius, Augustus (emperors being considered deities).... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zeemax 0 #5 March 12, 2003 What the heck, you may as well just stop speaking too... after all it is ENGLISH.... Phoenix Fly - High performance wingsuits for skydiving and BASE Performance Designs - Simply brilliant canopies Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,121 #6 March 12, 2003 >What the heck, you may as well just stop speaking too... after all it is ENGLISH. Yeah, but I think we currently like the UK, even if they do talk funny, and are constantly squabbling over men wearing orange and whatnot. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zeemax 0 #7 March 12, 2003 men wearing orange? like stellios?Phoenix Fly - High performance wingsuits for skydiving and BASE Performance Designs - Simply brilliant canopies Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,121 #8 March 12, 2003 >men wearing orange? Orangemen. The Protestant Orange Order marches through Portadown in N. Ireland once a year, through a mostly catholic neighborhood, and they often get unruly. Occasionally they burn down a few buildings. Nothing new; it's been going on for about 300 years now in one form or another. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zeemax 0 #9 March 12, 2003 i knew what you were talking about, just trying to change the topic slightly. Any excuse to get a dig in about easy jet really.Phoenix Fly - High performance wingsuits for skydiving and BASE Performance Designs - Simply brilliant canopies Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lazerq3 0 #10 March 12, 2003 QuoteThe Easter Bunny is of German origin. He shows up in 16th century literature as a deliverer of eggs, Kill da wabbit kill da wabbit.......West winds bwow...east winds bwow......I will sway him wif my mighty sword and arrows..... jasonFreedom of speech includes volume Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kmcguffee 0 #11 March 12, 2003 Quote Kill da wabbit kill da wabbit.......West winds bwow...east winds bwow......I will sway him wif my mighty sword and arrows..... LMAO. Oh man, my side hurts. You spent way too much time in front of the TV on Saturdays. "Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do." Ben Franklin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrHixxx 0 #12 March 12, 2003 Many of my ancestors are Irish Protestants. Is that why I find it so much fun to pick on my guilty Catholic friends?-Hixxx death,as men call him, ends what they call men -but beauty is more now than dying’s when Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deuce 1 #13 March 12, 2003 Just keep on drinking your prod whiskey from distilleries owned by Frenchmen. Oh. The Catholic distilleries are owned by Frenchmen too. Shite. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerm 0 #14 March 12, 2003 the whole christmas tradition is based on pagan ritual as well but more importantly.. and yes this is a threat if you fuck up easter and there's no more cadbury creme eggs i will hunt you down and feed you to the jersey devil piece by piece... got it??? Landing without injury is not necessarily evidence that you didn't fuck up... it just means you got away with it this time Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kmcguffee 0 #15 March 12, 2003 Quote the whole christmas tradition is based on pagan ritual as well Errr......except for that ole Jesus being born and stuff story. "Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do." Ben Franklin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kris 0 #16 March 12, 2003 Quote Errr......except for that ole Jesus being born and stuff story. Sorry, wrong answer... Christmas' pagan origins KrisSky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johnny1488 1 #17 March 12, 2003 Then throw away christianity alltogether. All its major holidays and rituals are pagan. Made the christianity easier to swallow in europe if it resembled their current practices. Much easier to control a group of people who are afraid of a spiteful god who wants you to be meek and humble than one (or many) who want you to live as equal to them and fight for your land and family. As it was mentioned find new days of the week. Our society is pumping with pagan blood in its veins. To believe monotheistic christianity sprung from the ground is almost laughable except for the fact that so many have filled the spiritual void in their lives with it. Pesonally I believe christainity has done more to destroy life on this planet then any means of physical destruction man can dream up. Not to bash anyone who truly believes but if you looked at what religion did for you in your life you would do good to see what lies in your past and connect with your true spirtuality and not some king james toilet paper rag. Hell i think the bible holds more water as a hermeticly coded description of the acient writings o atlantis but I jump out of planes so I must be a nutbag. Johnny --"This ain't no book club, we're all gonna die!" Mike Rome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #18 March 12, 2003 Yep. that's right, it was when the Roman emperor decided to convert himself & all of Rome to Christianity in the 4th century. At the beginning of the 4th century, you could be killed for being a Christian. At the end of the 4th century, you could be killed for NOT being a Christian. So they swapped in Christmas for Saturnalia. In the Bible the Gospel according to Luke mentions shepherds tending their sheep out in the fields. That means the Christ was probably born in the springtime, not Dec 25th. If it was winter time, the sheep would have been kept in the corral. Who cares, as long as you don't forget what Christmas is really about. People like the trees & the gifts & Santa Claus etc. so WTF. Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarkF 0 #19 March 12, 2003 Quote if you fuck up easter and there's no more cadbury creme eggs i will hunt you down and feed you to the jersey devil piece by piece... got it??? And if you somehow, by some miracle or another, escape from him you'd better stay alert 'cause that means I'll be after you. When I catch you I'll force feed you Fosters (swill of the south) with peanut butter and Vegemite sandwiches. With the Vegemite spread thickly. Then I'll hand you over to PhillyKev..Ooroo Mark F... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #20 March 12, 2003 Quote Pesonally I believe christainity has done more to destroy life on this planet then you are being fooled by facades. Christendom has done a shitload of damage, not christianity. Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johnny1488 1 #21 March 12, 2003 no Christianity and its warped belief structure and unnatural life cycle. Christiandom or what ever is fed by the belief itself. About as far from any natural law as any idea can get. Johnny --"This ain't no book club, we're all gonna die!" Mike Rome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #22 March 12, 2003 well fine, believe what you want. Religious bigotry is probably not going away any time soon. But the hypocracy of the whole politcally correct movement is pretty obvious right here. When someone blames Islam for terrorism, everyone leaps to correct him/her, saying, "Oh no, it's just a few fucked up people with a warped version of it!" (And I believe this is in fact correct ) But when someone does the same thing with Christianity, it's seen as correct in certain circles. The whole PC movement is a sham, it is nothing more than substituting in a more fashionable form of bigotry. Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,121 #23 March 12, 2003 > Is that why I find it so much fun to pick on my guilty Catholic >friends? That's too easy; like shooting fish in a barrel. They have classes on guilt in catholic high schools for those catholics who haven't mastered it yet. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jraf 0 #24 March 12, 2003 I'm Jewish, so how am I to really ignore easter...and I am an atheist...so what am I ignoring...but the ZHills boogie is a must...whatever the name jraf Me Jungleman! Me have large Babalui. Muff #3275 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #25 March 12, 2003 yeah, well Jews don't get to eat candy on Easter because its still passover so nyaah nyahh nyaaaah!! My Catholic church (or at least the one I go to in Baltimore sometimes) is pretty cool: it recognizes its Jewish roots so we actually celebrate Passover: the whole deal, we wear the yarmulkas, we read from the Haggadah & do the whole thing with the matzo, bitter herbs, and the wine (oh yeah, the wine let's not forget Catholics are the Irish, Polish, and Italians in Baltimore..) When I was growing up in Boston all my Jewish friends said that the coolest thing about Passover is you could watch your grandmother get drunk! Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites