The Easter Bunny

[Mungo]

Mungo, please, look, if you wanna believe in Easter, even though it isn't in the Bible, and teach it at Passover time, and buy your kids bunnies and color Ishtar-eggs and then come ask me about fertility rites, wth am i even talking about, then prolly i am not going to have any evidence that would sway you, ok? I understand; and i am not here to dispute holidays with you. Beliefs are not that important. It is what is in one's heart that is important. If you have found a way to put Christ back in Ishtar then more power to you, imo.

You are Catholic? Well i was raised like Southern Baptist, et al, but i note that when i was destitute, out on the streets, nowhere to go, it was Catholics that helped me out, The Baptists were all too busy pointing fingers. I still volunteer for Catholic Charities every chance i get, Love those guys. So to heck with the rest of it ok. I'd rather talk about the weather, tbh.

If you want to talk about the weather -OK

But if you can't support your assertions about Ishtar and Easter then don't bring it up. Easter has nothing at all to do with Ishtar.

 

[bbyrd009]

If you want to talk about the weather -OK

But if you can't support your assertions about Ishtar and Easter then don't bring it up. Easter has nothing at all to do with Ishtar.

yes, it does. I mean, if you can't see fertility rites being practiced in bunnies and eggs, then ok, it isn't. Whatever.
If you can find either one in Scripture, then go with that.

But we aren't in your church right now, where i would not say a peep; we are on a forum, and you are insisting on something that it is, after all, you who cannot support, while i in fact can,
would you like to stop dancing now and go to the Book, or what. Of course not, right.

So, how's the weather in your neck of the woods, then.

 

[Mungo]

yes, it does. I mean, if you can't see fertility rites being practiced in bunnies and eggs, then ok, it isn't. Whatever.
If you can find either one in Scripture, then go with that.

But we aren't in your church right now, where i would not say a peep; we are on a forum, and you are insisting on something that it is, after all, you who cannot support, while i in fact can,
would you like to stop dancing now and go to the Book, or what. Of course not, right.

So, how's the weather in your neck of the woods, then.

Please explain what Ishtar has to do with Easter and provide some evidence for whatever nonsense you come up with.

 

[bbyrd009]

well...i'm more inclined to provide evidence for Christ as our Passover, Mungo, i mean, everyone is entitled to their own opinions, after all.

but, since, like you say, Ishtar does not really exist, and Easter apparently does, my approach would be to go find it in the Book, cuz after all their is only one place, no Witness iow--a big deal, kinda--and then Lex that verse, once you've found it, and watch Easter disappear, too! Then we can talk about what matters, which is Passover, which believe it or not is gonna cause Big Problems, because believe it or not Easter serves a purpose, that being to obscure Passover--which is kind of another way to say "God, overlooking a matter," Pass~over--and then the lesson of the Snake on a Pole out in the Wilderness, from there, and then you're led to Nehushtan, from there, in the Promised Land, several generations later

(which you, or someone, could be there by sundown, if you wanted...but a lot of people are happy with their Snake on a Pole, and applying the lesson of Nehushtan--which also has no Witness, in one sense, quite important, but in another sense it provides its own Witness, right there in the passage, by referring back to the Snake on a Pole--is not something those people are really interested in doing, see, they have an opinion, and their kids like Easter, of course, because candy)

then, next thing you know, alla sudden "Christ, and Him crucified" starts to take on a hollow ring--which you are not reading that like i mean it, ok, Christ died for our sins--and you start wondering how Christ can be coming back bodily, if we are the Body of Christ, that little (huge) hypocrisy starts gnawin atcha--but usually i have been banned by then, tbh; cuz if you think the Snake is a Sacred Cow, woo-ey--but anyway, by that point, one is usually ready to admit--or i guess i mean affirm, what it is everyone keeps admitting; with their mouths, anyway--that Christ is already here, fully alive, or, in the individual's case, coming to life; they are then ready to meet Him in the Air, ol' Delta Dawn is ready to trade in her Faded Rose at that point, for a Nest, and find the Word...

but a lot of people like roses, and candy, Mungo, and i've prolly said too much already. Don't find love until you are ready, and all that.
i mean, in your model, you have a Priest, right? You are not a Priest--if i have that right?--and i am a Priest, so we should be having that convo first, anyway, imo. peace

 

[bbyrd009]

plus, i think Rocky is just being evil on purpose, though i don't even know him, so i'm gonna go buy some candy too, because after all i like candy, and i might even buy a bunny, give it to the kid across the street, what the heck. It's the thought that counts, right? :)

i mean, Passover isn't going anywhere, and that kid can find Passover when she is ready, just like i did. If it isn't broke, then why fix it.

 

[Mungo]

well...i'm more inclined to provide evidence for Christ as our Passover, Mungo, i mean, everyone is entitled to their own opinions, after all.

but, since, like you say, Ishtar does not really exist, and Easter apparently does, my approach would be to go find it in the Book, cuz after all their is only one place, no Witness iow--a big deal, kinda--and then Lex that verse, once you've found it, and watch Easter disappear, too! Then we can talk about what matters, which is Passover, which believe it or not is gonna cause Big Problems, because believe it or not Easter serves a purpose, that being to obscure Passover--which is kind of another way to say "God, overlooking a matter," Pass~over--and then the lesson of the Snake on a Pole out in the Wilderness, from there, and then you're led to Nehushtan, from there, in the Promised Land, several generations later

(which you, or someone, could be there by sundown, if you wanted...but a lot of people are happy with their Snake on a Pole, and applying the lesson of Nehushtan--which also has no Witness, in one sense, quite important, but in another sense it provides its own Witness, right there in the passage, by referring back to the Snake on a Pole--is not something those people are really interested in doing, see, they have an opinion, and their kids like Easter, of course, because candy)

then, next thing you know, alla sudden "Christ, and Him crucified" starts to take on a hollow ring--which you are not reading that like i mean it, ok, Christ died for our sins--and you start wondering how Christ can be coming back bodily, if we are the Body of Christ, that little (huge) hypocrisy starts gnawin atcha--but usually i have been banned by then, tbh; cuz if you think the Snake is a Sacred Cow, woo-ey--but anyway, by that point, one is usually ready to admit--or i guess i mean affirm, what it is everyone keeps admitting; with their mouths, anyway--that Christ is already here, fully alive, or, in the individual's case, coming to life; they are then ready to meet Him in the Air, ol' Delta Dawn is ready to trade in her Faded Rose at that point, for a Nest, and find the Word...

but a lot of people like roses, and candy, Mungo, and i've prolly said too much already. Don't find love until you are ready, and all that.
i mean, in your model, you have a Priest, right? You are not a Priest--if i have that right?--and i am a Priest, so we should be having that convo first, anyway, imo. peace

What a ramble!

 

[Mungo]

Mungo get your pope to explain to you what Ishtar has to do with easter...the Roman church officials will know right away, as they are the ones who decided the true Biblical day of the Passover was to be abandoned, and their pagan worshipping day dedicated to the fertilitiy goddess Ishtar is to be followed....so Mungo your religious experts on paganism should be able to answer you very quickly...Rev 12,13,17 and 18

Since you seem to be an expert on this perhaps you could explain it.

 

[bbyrd009]

What a ramble!

excellent, ty, that means i'm getting better; last week it was "can someone please interpret for me?" :lol

 

[Stranger]

well...i'm more inclined to provide evidence for Christ as our Passover, Mungo, i mean, everyone is entitled to their own opinions, after all.

but, since, like you say, Ishtar does not really exist, and Easter apparently does, my approach would be to go find it in the Book, cuz after all their is only one place, no Witness iow--a big deal, kinda--and then Lex that verse, once you've found it, and watch Easter disappear, too! Then we can talk about what matters, which is Passover, which believe it or not is gonna cause Big Problems, because believe it or not Easter serves a purpose, that being to obscure Passover--which is kind of another way to say "God, overlooking a matter," Pass~over--and then the lesson of the Snake on a Pole out in the Wilderness, from there, and then you're led to Nehushtan, from there, in the Promised Land, several generations later

(which you, or someone, could be there by sundown, if you wanted...but a lot of people are happy with their Snake on a Pole, and applying the lesson of Nehushtan--which also has no Witness, in one sense, quite important, but in another sense it provides its own Witness, right there in the passage, by referring back to the Snake on a Pole--is not something those people are really interested in doing, see, they have an opinion, and their kids like Easter, of course, because candy)

then, next thing you know, alla sudden "Christ, and Him crucified" starts to take on a hollow ring--which you are not reading that like i mean it, ok, Christ died for our sins--and you start wondering how Christ can be coming back bodily, if we are the Body of Christ, that little (huge) hypocrisy starts gnawin atcha--but usually i have been banned by then, tbh; cuz if you think the Snake is a Sacred Cow, woo-ey--but anyway, by that point, one is usually ready to admit--or i guess i mean affirm, what it is everyone keeps admitting; with their mouths, anyway--that Christ is already here, fully alive, or, in the individual's case, coming to life; they are then ready to meet Him in the Air, ol' Delta Dawn is ready to trade in her Faded Rose at that point, for a Nest, and find the Word...

but a lot of people like roses, and candy, Mungo, and i've prolly said too much already. Don't find love until you are ready, and all that.
i mean, in your model, you have a Priest, right? You are not a Priest--if i have that right?--and i am a Priest, so we should be having that convo first, anyway, imo. peace

Sure, everyone is entitled to their opinons, of which you have plenty. But what does the Passover have to do with Easter? Or, what does the Passover have to do with the Resurrection? One is where the Saivour died. One is where He rose from the dead. You say Easter obscures Passover. How does it obscure it when the Cross was necessary before the Resurrection?

'Christ and Him crucified' shows your immaturity as a believer, or ignorance, or whatever. For that statement was given by Paul, not to glory in, but as an indictment against the Corinthian believers. In other words, is that all you know? Paul is saying to the Corinthians and you, I have to go back to the A, B,C's.

Stranger

 

[bbyrd009]

But what does the Passover have to do with Easter? Or, what does the Passover have to do with the Resurrection? One is where the Saivour died. One is where He rose from the dead. You say Easter obscures Passover. How does it obscure it when the Cross was necessary before the Resurrection?
Stranger

...go find it in the Book, cuz after all their is only one place, no Witness iow--a big deal, kinda--and then Lex that verse, once you've found it, and watch Easter disappear, too! Then we can talk about what matters, which is Passover, which believe it or not is gonna cause Big Problems...

lol

 

[Stranger]

lol

So, what is your point. I interpret 'lol' as you have nothing to say. Nothing of any substance, anyway.

Stranger

 

[bbyrd009]

'Christ and Him crucified' shows your immaturity as a believer, or ignorance, or whatever. For that statement was given by Paul, not to glory in, but as an indictment against the Corinthian believers.

--which you are not reading that like i mean it, ok, Christ died for our sins--

hope these help, and if you are still confused, let me know.

 

[Stranger]

hope these help, and if you are still confused, let me know.

I'm not confused. You just don't know what you're talking about. 'Jesus Christ and Him crucified' was an indictment against the Corinthians. Yet you try and use it as a badge of honor. In other words, you are very ignorant. (1Cor. 2:1-2, 3:1)

Stranger

 

[bbyrd009]

So, what is your point. I interpret 'lol' as you have nothing to say. Nothing of any substance, anyway.

Stranger

um, i was laughing about the "big problems" part, just so you know.
I interpret "Nothing of any importance, anyway" as that you are a deeply insecure person, who feels better for a minute by putting others down, i guess? So, my point is that i think your questions were addressed in the post, only you didn't like the conclusions, perhaps? Or something? Not sure, there. I can only assume at this point that you are deeply confused, as well, so, if the reiterations are not enough, just say so, iow if you have a point, that has not been addressed, please make it.

 

[bbyrd009]

I'm not confused. You just don't know what you're talking about. 'Jesus Christ and Him crucified' was an indictment against the Corinthians. Yet you try and use it as a badge of honor. In other words, you are very ignorant. (1Cor. 2:1-2, 3:1)

Stranger

i beg your pardon? I think you are misunderstanding my treatment there, wherein i am agreeing with Paul, and referring to those who use the phrase present-day, not that you even bear notice. Is "hollow ring" not clear enough to you? Are you sure that maybe you aren't a little confused, perhaps?

 

[Stranger]

um, i was laughing about the "big problems" part, just so you know.
I interpret "Nothing of any importance, anyway" as that you are a deeply insecure person, who feels better for a minute by putting others down, i guess? So, my point is that i think your questions were addressed in the post, only you didn't like the conclusions, perhaps? Or something? Not sure, there. I can only assume at this point that you are deeply confused, as well, so, if the reiterations are not enough, just say so, iow if you have a point, that has not been addressed, please make it.

I'm not insecure. And you haven't addressed anything I have said. Which means you just rattle at the mouth but have no substance. Where is there a conclusion when you don't address what I have said?

Address your ignorance of (1Cor. 2:1-2 and 3:1). Instead of ignoring it.

Stranger

 

[Stranger]

i beg your pardon? I think you are misunderstanding my treatment there, wherein i am agreeing with Paul, and referring to those who use the phrase present-day, not that you even bear notice. Is "hollow ring" not clear enough to you? Are you sure that maybe you aren't a little confused, perhaps?

Beg all you like. You use the pharse as a badge of honor, and Paul was not using it that way. The hollowness is ringing in your ears. No, I am not confused at all.

Stranger

 

[bbyrd009]

well, i actually meant to comment, lightly, without any withering condemnation iow, upon those who presently use that as a badge of honor, which i have already been told was quite clear, so sorry if you got the wrong impression there.

 

[Stranger]

well, i actually meant to comment, lightly, without any withering condemnation iow, upon those who presently use that as a badge of honor, which i have already been told was quite clear, so sorry if you got the wrong impression there.

No, you just didn't know what you are talking about when you quote that verse concerning 'Christ and Him crucified'. And you still didn't answer my question about what the Passover has to do with Easter as far as obscuring it.

Stranger

 

[bbyrd009]

No, you just didn't know what you are talking about when you quote that verse concerning 'Christ and Him crucified'. And you still didn't answer my question about what the Passover has to do with Easter as far as obscuring it.

Stranger

i am now, slowly, seeing that this is not going to be possible, and your aim here is not to explore the validity of Easter at all, or most likely, any other subject of Christianity. So i'll just invite you to locate "Easter" in the Bible, and bring it here, and we'll go from there, ok?