Christ sacrificed Himself on the cross to erase your bad KARMA

For Christians, the origin of Easter is simply the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ about 2,000 years ago. According to the Gospel accounts, Jesus Christ, the true Messiah :palm:promised in the Old Testament, :palm:was crucified and resurrected at the time of the Jewish Passover. Since that awesome event took place, those who believe Christ is their Messiah have honored that day and often celebrated it with the traditional Passover. As the Gospel of Christ spread throughout non-jewish nations, among people who did not have a history of celebrating the Passover, the pagan rites of Easter gradually became assimilated into what the Christian church called "Resurrection Day." Compromising the commandments of God with the comfort of the world is as old as the nation of Israel itself. Actually, American history teaches us that Easter was dismissed as a pagan holiday by the nation's founding Puritans and did not begin to be widely observed until just after the Civil War.
 
iolo said:
The title of the thread, surely, suggests a discussion of Good Friday? A discussion of the Resurrection would be driven indeed!
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Too right you are.

The OP certainly seemed to explicitly hold out the crucifixion of Jesus on the cross on Good Friday as the central and most noteworthy element of the Easter celebration.
Which is weird, since Easter - in my life experience with Orthodox Christians - is it almost entirely about the resurrection, the divine nature of the resurection, and if we are honest with ourselves how it really is an extension of the ancient pagan spring celebrations of rebirth and renewal. The resurrection is the very essence of Christianity. No resurrection = no Christianity.
I found the OP focus on a death fetish, the fixation on the crucifixion, blood, and torture as being the main story of Easter to be a little weird....and creepy!

I am barely knowlegable about religions - but sometimes I get the impression that posters who thump the bible the loudest, who wear their religion on their sleeve, actually don't seem to know much about Christianity and its history.
 
tinfoil said:
Christianity is a death cult. They celebrate the death of Jesus and their biggest symbol is the vehicle of Jesus' death.

I was raised catholic, 6 years of catholic school, but quit at age 12. Sorry, logic already had me by 12
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countryboy said:
Not logic, bitterness.

We don't celebrate the death of Jesus, we celebrate His resurrection.
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If you are going to plagiarize me, at least credit me as your source.

There is a kernel of truth to tinfoils claim that some bible thumpers seem to have a death fetish.

The entire premise of the OP was about linking being nailed to a cross and bleeding out, to the Easter celebration. The crucifixtion didn't even happen on Easter, and the crucifixion is not even the central point of the Easter celebration, at least in my experience

Plenty of bible thumpers participated in this thread, and as far as I can tell not one of them mentioned the significance of the resurrection to the Easter celebration until I pointed it out.
 
guno said:
Despite its so called significance as a Christian holy day, many of the traditions and symbols that play a key role in Easter observances actually have roots in pagan celebrations—particularly the pagan goddess Eostre (or Ostara), the ancient Germanic goddess of spring
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sure.......like the Christian icon, the Easter Bunny.........obviously the Easter YOU are thinking of is the atheist's version........
 
tinfoil said:
Christianity is a death cult. They celebrate the death of Jesus and their biggest symbol is the vehicle of Jesus' death.

I was raised catholic, 6 years of catholic school, but quit at age 12. Sorry, logic already had me by 12
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Are you saying you don't believe in death? :cof1:
 
Bigdog said:
I'm not familiar with the term. Is it ...

"Love your neighbor as yourself"?



And I don't think a lot of westerners are aware that repetitive prayer is the same as chanting.
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I forgot about the Jesus prayer:
The Jesus Prayer, also known as The Prayer, is a short formulaic prayer esteemed and advocated especially within the Eastern churches:
"Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner."
The prayer has been widely taught and discussed throughout the history of the Orthodox Church.
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Chanting [as I know it] is the translation of the Sanskrit [yoga] term: Japa ---which refers to rosary-bead repetition of a prayer.

I was actually referring to How Jesus said to pray:

'Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come,
your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.'
Luke 11:2–4 (ESV)

Lord's Prayer - Wikipedia


It is sad imho that if an Avatar shows up and does all sorts of pastimes and
at some time is specifically asked, "How do we pray"
and the answer is given, yet we take for granted that this "Lord's Prayer" is just some interesting footnote.
 
Bigdog said:
I'm not familiar with the term. Is it ...

"Love your neighbor as yourself"?



And I don't think a lot of westerners are aware that repetitive prayer is the same as chanting.
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Congregational Call and response as in Gospel choir etc are examples of chanting. Congregational chanting.

What I find funny is when I see a homeboy "singing? aloud" Rap-song lyrics [I guess to memorise or self-entertain] ---I see the said homeboy as chanting.

[I often musically mutter to myself: Aaaahmen! Hoping that the homeboy hears me and considers that he is sort of praying via his recitations.]
 
bhaktajan said:
Congregational Call and response as in Gospel choir etc are examples of chanting. Congregational chanting.

What I find funny is when I see a homeboy "singing? aloud" Rap-song lyrics [I guess to memorise or self-entertain] ---I see the said homeboy as chanting.

[I often musically mutter to myself: Aaaahmen! Hoping that the homeboy hears me and considers that he is sort of praying via his recitations.]
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I associate chanting with meditation.

I do see what you're saying about music and chanting :0)
 
Cypress said:
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If you are going to plagiarize me, at least credit me as your source.

There is a kernel of truth to tinfoils claim that some bible thumpers seem to have a death fetish.

The entire premise of the OP was about linking being nailed to a cross and bleeding out, to the Easter celebration. The crucifixtion didn't even happen on Easter, and the crucifixion is not even the central point of the Easter celebration, at least in my experience

Plenty of bible thumpers participated in this thread, and as far as I can tell not one of them mentioned the significance of the resurrection to the Easter celebration until I pointed it out.
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Lol, the resurrection is the central tenet of Christianity, without it, there is no Christianity. And you want to take credit for mentioning what goes without saying? Lol, oooo-kay, if that makes you feel important. Happy Easter anyways Cypress.
 
countryboy said:
Lol, the resurrection is the central tenet of Christianity, without it, there is no Christianity. And you want to take credit for mentioning what goes without saying? Lol, oooo-kay, if that makes you feel important. Happy Easter anyways Cypress.
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The thread premise was that being nailed to a cross and bleeding out was the most noteworthy and central tenet of the Easter celebration.

You had plenty of opportunity to participate in the thread and never disputed that premise, before I showed up.

You only pivoted to Easter being first and foremost a celebration of the resurrection after I pointed it out, and after Tinfoil noted the death, blood, and torture fetish you bible thumpers were fixating on.

If you were going to parrot what I said, you could have at least given credit.
 
I'm not sure why so many are insistent upon minimizing the crucifixion. Why did Christ have to suffer such a brutal death. Why not a simple beheading? The resurrection of a beheaded Man would certainly be quite memorable and impressive.

Paul in Corinthians said - “Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures”
 
Cypress said:
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If you are going to plagiarize me, at least credit me as your source.

There is a kernel of truth to tinfoils claim that some bible thumpers seem to have a death fetish.

The entire premise of the OP was about linking being nailed to a cross and bleeding out, to the Easter celebration. The crucifixtion didn't even happen on Easter, and the crucifixion is not even the central point of the Easter celebration, at least in my experience

Plenty of bible thumpers participated in this thread, and as far as I can tell not one of them mentioned the significance of the resurrection to the Easter celebration until I pointed it out.
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The entire celebration is about Christ's resurrection. I haven't seen a denial about that from anyone.
 
Damocles said:
No. For example... Bad karma would not be generated by a good faith homosexual relationship, however sin would.
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What kind of karma will this get me? Does it take into account the excellent timing of the picture??

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