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What a fook'in nonsense...
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I KNOW!
Do you think we'll all get a vote on when it is?
That said, they have said they're going to wait until all branches agree, and bearing in mind this was one of the reasons behind the Big Schism, I wouldn't hold your breath!
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"I think it's a good idea!!! 2 Easters in 1 leave year is a killer!!! "
^ this! But isn't it all meant to based on the number of cycles of the moon? Or summit like that? |
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Have a read it right?.
They just want to set it for the same date every year which will be in the time scale it falls each year anyway. I don't think they are planning on changing it and moving it to October or such like
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"this idea a bit too radical for you then?
Yeah I'm not comfortable having the church dictate when I can roll my egg down the hill...  "
I understand negotiations with the Easter Bunny are the main sticking point  |
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"this idea a bit too radical for you then?
Yeah I'm not comfortable having the church dictate when I can roll my egg down the hill...
I understand negotiations with the Easter Bunny are the main sticking point "
That Bunny can be such a tardy bastard.......  |
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"Can we have it in July?
The risk of getting sticky fingers makes it impractical....
Chocolate and sunshine simply don't mix.... "
Oh yeah good point. 
October then. Thanks. |
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I don't see the point to be honest!
As for religion, it's a religious holiday!!!! Should we move Christmas? If you don't like it, don't celebrate it, simple really.
To most it's just two extra days off!!! |
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"Can we have it in July?
The risk of getting sticky fingers makes it impractical....
Chocolate and sunshine simply don't mix....
Oh yeah good point.
October then. Thanks. "
Octobers ruled out.....
It would cause ecumenical ructions if Easter and Halloween were placed close together... |
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"bit of a meaningless date anyway isn't it?"
It's meaningless if you don't have faith. To Christians it's the most important date in the religious year, far more important than Christmas.
It's become an excuse for an early holiday and lots of chocolate just as Christmas has become an excuse for too much food, too much booze and exchanging expensive gifts that will take months to pay for and are probably not really wanted anyway.
Fine set a regular date for the bank holidays/school holidays but it shouldn't be called Easter but perhaps the spring bank holiday and leave those with faith to celebrate Easter when it falls in the ecclesiastical calendar in the same manner those with faith celebrate Ramadan when it falls. |
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Like most of these things ( including "Christmas" in December, they are ancient pre-Christian festivals that were hijacked by the Christian faith.
The date of Eastrr has noting to do with the actual date of Christ's Crucifixion just like Hecwas not burn in December, but almost certainly in June or July .
It is linked to the moon, as ancient civilisations used both sun and moon to mark important parts of the year; and the first full moon after the vernal equinox is agriculturally important as it marks the start of the Spring ( sowing seeds) season.
There has never really been a religious reason for the date of Easter, and nowadays, there is no reason not to fix the date of the "early spring holiday" |
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"bit of a meaningless date anyway isn't it?
It's meaningless if you don't have faith. To Christians it's the most important date in the religious year, far more important than Christmas.
It's become an excuse for an early holiday and lots of chocolate just as Christmas has become an excuse for too much food, too much booze and exchanging expensive gifts that will take months to pay for and are probably not really wanted anyway.
Fine set a regular date for the bank holidays/school holidays but it shouldn't be called Easter but perhaps the spring bank holiday and leave those with faith to celebrate Easter when it falls in the ecclesiastical calendar in the same manner those with faith celebrate Ramadan when it falls."
not sure why easter is tied to a lunar event and christmas isn't .... if the phase of the moon is so important in calculating religious events then why isn't every religious event hopping about like a bunny on crack? a bit of consitancy would be good either way. |
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"Like most of these things ( including "Christmas" in December, they are ancient pre-Christian festivals that were hijacked by the Christian faith.
The date of Eastrr has noting to do with the actual date of Christ's Crucifixion just like Hecwas not burn in December, but almost certainly in June or July .
It is linked to the moon, as ancient civilisations used both sun and moon to mark important parts of the year; and the first full moon after the vernal equinox is agriculturally important as it marks the start of the Spring ( sowing seeds) season.
There has never really been a religious reason for the date of Easter, and nowadays, there is no reason not to fix the date of the "early spring holiday""
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not sure why easter is tied to a lunar event and christmas isn't .... if the phase of the moon is so important in calculating religious events then why isn't every religious event hopping about like a bunny on crack? a bit of consitancy would be good either way."
(Shhh, because Easter, like Christmas, didn't start as a Christian festival, but we have to gloss over that bit)
Interestingly, the first problems arose because Spring, in the Northern Hemisphere, didn't always fall at the time of Easter, so 'we' decided those pesky Jerusalem/(Alexandrian) folk had it wrong.
Besides I thought 25th March was the most important date in the Christian Calendar? The day celebrated as when Jesus was sent to Earth. |
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"I think Bede got it sorted out 1300 years or so. Seems a shame to undue all that work. "
Yep and he was from Jarrow,,,
By the left quick march....... |
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not sure why easter is tied to a lunar event and christmas isn't .... if the phase of the moon is so important in calculating religious events then why isn't every religious event hopping about like a bunny on crack? a bit of consitancy would be good either way.
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Christmas is tacked on to the celebrations of a lunar event, the winter solstice on 21st/22nd December.
This was an extremely significant event for early man as it marked the lengthening of the days and the advent of spring. Stonehenge is aligned on the sunset of the shortest day primarily, the fact that the reciprocal alignment is on the sunrise of the longest day is not thought to be the primary driver for building it in that orientation. |
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not sure why easter is tied to a lunar event and christmas isn't .... if the phase of the moon is so important in calculating religious events then why isn't every religious event hopping about like a bunny on crack? a bit of consitancy would be good either way.
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Christmas is tacked on to the celebrations of a lunar event, the winter solstice on 21st/22nd December.
This was an extremely significant event for early man as it marked the lengthening of the days and the advent of spring. Stonehenge is aligned on the sunset of the shortest day primarily, the fact that the reciprocal alignment is on the sunrise of the longest day is not thought to be the primary driver for building it in that orientation."
erm .... the soltice isn't a lunar event |
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