So, y'all explain Easter to me.

[gwalchmai]

I got in trouble on my little hometown FB page for asking questions about Easter, and I thought "I bet folks on TBS can explain it". So can you explain to someone, who let's say isn't a Christian but who's not Anti-Christian, just ignorant, what Easter is and why it's important to Christians? You may assume (or not) that the audience knows what Christianity is. 

[LostinTexas]

Celebration of the resurrection of Christ. Yep, that simple. A lot more to the whole story, but that is it short and simple.

If curiosity ever overtakes you, check out a Passion Play. It is the story of the end of Christ's life and resurrection.

Not sure when eggs and a giant scary rabbit came in.

[Mrs.Cicero]

If you put any of the following into your search bar, it'll pull up the relevant verses, which are the four accounts of Jesus' resurrection in the Bible.  That is what is preached and celebrated on Easter.  This website at the bottom of the list explains why that resurrection is so important to Christians.  

Matthew 26:1-28:20

Mark 14:1-16:30

Luke 22:1-24:12

John 18:1-20:23

https://www.gotquestions.org/resurrection-Christ-important.html

[Batesmotel]

Commemoration of the resurrection of Christ. 
 

The Bunny, Eggs etc are a holdover from pagan traditions of spring and fertility celebrations that got mingled into Christian traditions when Europeans converted to Christianity. 

[ChuteTheMall]

You could watch a Mel Gibson produced movie called The Passion Of The Christ but the ending is a bit of a spoiler. It's mostly about Good Friday.

[DAKA]

Ummm.....I need some further explanation of  ALL RELIGIONS.... Ya know that being in the sky ......

(NOW I'VE DONE IT)    FLAME SUIT ON              

[Huaco Kid]

He has risen.

 

[Mrs.Cicero]

4 hours ago, DAKA said:

Ummm.....I need some further explanation of  ALL RELIGIONS.... Ya know that being in the sky ......

(NOW I'VE DONE IT)    FLAME SUIT ON              

Do not mock the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

[Batesmotel]

Pastafarianism is a recognized religion. 
 

But then so is Frisbeeism  

 

 

[railfancwb]

15 minutes ago, Batesmotel said:

Pastafarianism is a recognized religion. 
 

But then so is Frisbeeism  

 

 

The fact it is recognized doesn’t make it correct. Lack of recognition doesn’t make a religion wrong. 

[DAKA]

Is there a CORRECT RELIGION ?

[janice6]

7 hours ago, DAKA said:

Ummm.....I need some further explanation of  ALL RELIGIONS.... Ya know that being in the sky ......

(NOW I'VE DONE IT)    FLAME SUIT ON              

As a kid I would attend all the different churches in my home town town with my friends, each Sunday a different one.  I found that all taught the same thing, that they were the only true religion.  Meanwhile they all taught from essentially the same bible.  I learned about the unique characteristics of my fellow man..............  

I learned to follow your religion by yourself.  Believe what you think is right.  Follow the golden rule until they want the other cheek then check your ammunition.  Your beliefs are yours.  Others are not necessarily yours.

[janice6]

2 hours ago, railfancwb said:

The fact it is recognized doesn’t make it correct. Lack of recognition doesn’t make a religion wrong. 

Recognition means popularity.  Popularity proves nothing!

[tous]

Like you, I sampled as many religions as I could and concluded the main difference amongst them was the ritual, not the belief.

[Maser]

[tous]

Several recent remarks have led me to recall a Star Trek episode titled, "Let That Be You Last Battlefield."

I'm old and I can remember things that happened  more than 50 years ago better than things that happened yesterday.   

Basically, two aliens with faces half black, half white, hate each other and are engaged in perpetual battle, risking the Enterprise.

When asked what they are fighting about, both are incredulous and mystified.  "He's half black on the left side," stated one.  "I'm half black on the right side!"

The only difference.

The aliens hijack the Enterprise to return them to their home world, only to arrive and find it desolate and uninhabited.  Their  people, both sides, had destroyed themselves.

Undeterred, the aliens, the last of their kind,  beam down to the now-vacant planet and continue their war.

Frank Gorshin and Lou Antonio portrayed the aliens and deserved any and all acting awards of the era.

I cannot tell you the effect that this episode had on a nineteen-year-old lad, it vividly reinforced my conclusion about the utter absurdity of bigotry.

I highly recommend watching that episode.

As much as I try to ignore YouTube, the episode is available there.

edited to correct: it seems that only vignettes are available free of charge. 

edited yet again.  Vimeo has it at not cost

As you watch it, remember that this in 1969 and NBC nearly didn't let the episode air.

 

[Batesmotel]

26 minutes ago, janice6 said:

Recognition means popularity.  Popularity proves nothing!

Recognition means the government has given it a tax number and tax status as a non profit entity. 
 

Want to run a lucrative business that needs to produce nothing and pays no taxes? Start a church. 

[Batesmotel]

31 minutes ago, janice6 said:

As a kid I would attend all the different churches in my home town town with my friends

We changed churches every time my parents got recruited onto a new bowling team. That’s all it took for my parents to switch religions. And they sent me to Catholic school. 

[Huaco Kid]

46 minutes ago, DAKA said:

Is there a CORRECT RELIGION ?

"I'm afraid it's The Mormons.  Mormons is the correct answer."

"Aaawwww!!"

[tous]

My family, not LDS, moved out of Bountiful, Utah (suburb of Salt Lake City) when my sister and I were getting to the age where we couldn't participate in the activities that all of our friends did because those activities were centered on the ward, like a diocese or parish  in the Catholic faith.

For Cub Scouts, Brownies, Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts, the Mormons had their packs and troops and all of us other non-LDS kids had a different pack or troop.  We could not belong to an LDS-sponsored group. 

[tadbart]

ZOMBIES!!!

[Mrs.Cicero]

I don't think official recognition is good for any religion.  

[DAKA]

I had this long winded thing about RELIGION......Power Money, Control...(.but I deleted it_)

It all boils down to a few simple "rules"   DO THE RIGHT THING  

[Huaco Kid]

Caramel-creme chocolate eggs.

I think that's it.

and peeps.

[railfancwb]

9 hours ago, tous said:

Several recent remarks have led me to recall a Star Trek episode titled, "Let That Be You Last Battlefield."

I'm old and I can remember things that happened  more than 50 years ago better than things that happened yesterday.   

Basically, two aliens with faces half black, half white, hate each other and are engaged in perpetual battle, risking the Enterprise.

When asked what they are fighting about, both are incredulous and mystified.  "He's half black on the left side," stated one.  "I'm half black on the right side!"

The only difference.

The aliens hijack the Enterprise to return them to their home world, only to arrive and find it desolate and uninhabited.  Their  people, both sides, had destroyed themselves.

Undeterred, the aliens, the last of their kind,  beam down to the now-vacant planet and continue their war.

Frank Gorshin and Lou Antonio portrayed the aliens and deserved any and all acting awards of the era.

I cannot tell you the effect that this episode had on a nineteen-year-old lad, it vividly reinforced my conclusion about the utter absurdity of bigotry.

I highly recommend watching that episode.

As much as I try to ignore YouTube, the episode is available there.

edited to correct: it seems that only vignettes are available free of charge. 

edited yet again.  Vimeo has it at not cost

As you watch it, remember that this in 1969 and NBC nearly didn't let the episode air.

 

Kirk’s Star Trek managed to touch a lot of buttons during its relatively short original broadcast life.

I also remembered this program. Thanks for reminding me.