Jewish terrorist escapes from prison

[Bunk]

Also Easter was originally the celebration of Ishtar, before Constantine

Instead of being about the resurrection, it was about fertility and sex.

So really we should be shagging like easter bunnies, not eating chocolate eggs

No reason we can't do both.

Edit: By 'we' I mean people in general, not you and me

[cojak]

Also Easter was originally the celebration of Ishtar, before Constantine

Instead of being about the resurrection, it was about fertility and sex.

So really we should be shagging like easter bunnies, not eating chocolate eggs

Maybe is those foreign parts, but around about here we celebrated Eostre, which involved eggs AND shagging...

[NotAllThere]

Also Easter was originally the celebration of Ishtar, before Constantine

Instead of being about the resurrection, it was about fertility and sex.

So really we should be shagging like easter bunnies, not eating chocolate eggs

The Christian festival currently called Easter is grounded in the Jewish passover. Paul's letters reference Jesus's death and resurrection in letters which are generally considered by historians to originate in around 50-60AD. (So thirty years after Jesus' death, and ~300 years before the Constantine disaster). The whole theology of the death and resurrection of Jesus is centred around the exodus from Egypt (which includes the passover). The bunnies, chocolate and eggs are of course pagan additions/continuations.

I expect come December we'll have someone informing us,wide-eyed and breathless with the revelation, that Christmas is based around the festival of Saturnalia.

[Paddy]

The Christian festival currently called Easter is grounded in the Jewish passover. Paul's letters reference Jesus's death and resurrection in letters which are generally considered by historians to originate in around 50-60AD. (So thirty years after Jesus' death, and ~300 years before the Constantine disaster). The whole theology of the death and resurrection of Jesus is centred around the exodus from Egypt (which includes the passover). The bunnies, chocolate and eggs are of course pagan additions/continuations.

I expect come December we'll have someone informing us,wide-eyed and breathless with the revelation, that Christmas is based around the festival of Saturnalia.

The Zoroastrian year is 3751 (going back to 747BC). New Year is just around Easter time and celebrated by Iran with.... painted eggs

[NotAllThere]

If the Exodus was an historical event, then it could have happened around 1400BC. (E.g. David Rohl's Egyptian Chronology). Bloomin' Zoroastrians - nicking Hebrew myths for their own religion.

If it was a myth concocted during the Babylonian captivity, then it comes from around 600BC, and so could have been influenced by Zoroastian beliefs. Of course, both could have had roots in earlier origin tales, which may even have a basis is actual events. (That's the trouble with ancient history. The bastards weren't very good at keeping what we consider historical records).

Anyway, the point is that Easter was firmly established as a Christian festival, centred on Passover, long before Constantine stuck his oar in.