Stephen Jay Hawkings
Vital Football Legend
Great comment BBJ, too true unfortunately
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If the word Easter gets removed from chocolates, it could have a damaging effect on the whole industry. In would be in their best interests to keep Easter going for as long as they can.
But who are they up against? Mainly the media, as they like to sensationalise everything and paint a picture on humanity that might not necessarily be there.
But who are they up against? Mainly the media, as they like to sensationalise everything and paint a picture on humanity that might not necessarily be there.
Juan Mourep
Vital 1st Team Regular
Why would it be damaging? Would people suddenly stop eating chocolate eggs?
I say it would make no difference to sales, the only people with an interest in this, are christians who want to keep the dubious link going.
I know posters who seem to behave in exactly that way :17:
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Yes!
Not just Christians buy Easter eggs.
You are not alone!
Juan Mourep
Vital 1st Team Regular
Why? What evidence do you have for this?
Exactly! So why would the omission of a word make a difference?
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I think the omission of the word Easter, would eventually mean the omission of the festival Easter and the Easter egg.
Its a slow process(hence the title of this thread) but just like Christmas was once a quiet day in regards to business activity, over time it starts to become just another ordinary day.
I talk of nostalgia because it is not just Christians that celebrate these days. The festivals are slowly but surely in demise as the human race moves towards it's utopia.
Its a slow process(hence the title of this thread) but just like Christmas was once a quiet day in regards to business activity, over time it starts to become just another ordinary day.
I talk of nostalgia because it is not just Christians that celebrate these days. The festivals are slowly but surely in demise as the human race moves towards it's utopia.
The Fear
A Wise Man (once sat next to him)
It's pretty obviously a press overreaction.
It is easter, they are eggs, what do people think they are?!
As Juan has said, it wasn't even part of the Christian festival it was (another thing) picked up from a pagan ceremony.
You think not putting easter on the front of a chocolate egg could spell the end of easter? If only it was that easy to get rid of religion!
It is easter, they are eggs, what do people think they are?!
As Juan has said, it wasn't even part of the Christian festival it was (another thing) picked up from a pagan ceremony.
You think not putting easter on the front of a chocolate egg could spell the end of easter? If only it was that easy to get rid of religion!
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Both yourself & Juan have mentioned this now, who cares and how is it relevant to the thread? I don't care if Donald Duck invented Easter and Mickey Mouse hijacked it. Its more concerning that people want "names" changed for things because "we don't like them" that bothers me. Or lets get rid of the festival altogether... Millions of people eat Easter eggs with no damn connection to anything - so who is fighting their corner to keep the name Easter on a Egg? Or don't they matter? Who is fighting the corner for all the people that celebrate Christmas with no religious connections? Or again do they not matter? I didn't realise it was mandatory for "only" religious people to enjoy these festivals?
Yes it could spell the end of Easter, as the word would no longer exist.
And yes its pretty easy to get rid of any religion. We went from Gods to God pretty easy, without television, media or social networks.
I've already mentioned in another thread - you can sell anything you want these days. Coca Cola is great example of this.
We could turn Islam, Christianity etc into nothing more than religious sects based on a stupid stunt in less than 5 years if we really wanted to.
We can tap anything in to the human brain. We eat stuff because the packaging looks nice. We believe stuff because we get spoon fed the info..
The Fear
A Wise Man (once sat next to him)
Religion is already turning into sects as so many are turning their backs.
And why is it relevant? You are being indignant about Easter being removed, we are merely pointing out that it was taken from the pagans and used by the Christians so it is now being taken from the Christians, then too bad!
But it isn't, people are overreacting.
Anyway, easter eggs don't fit into my macros so I don't care what they say on the box :128:
And why is it relevant? You are being indignant about Easter being removed, we are merely pointing out that it was taken from the pagans and used by the Christians so it is now being taken from the Christians, then too bad!
But it isn't, people are overreacting.
Anyway, easter eggs don't fit into my macros so I don't care what they say on the box :128:
Juan Mourep
Vital 1st Team Regular
It wasn't pretty easy, it took a while, it may have happened without TV, but it did happen by the sword, so large groups of people using violence to enforce their religious beliefs, makes Daesh look like a bunch of boy scouts, doesn't it.
????? All religions are religious sects as far as I am concerned GT
This is where we differ greatly, I do not eat anything because the packaging looks nice, I dig much deeper than that, I choose to eat actual food, not mass produced chemical concoctions.
I certainly do not believe anything that is forced upon me, that started a long time ago when my schools tried to force me to sing hymns and the Lords prayer in assembly and with meals, even going as far as dedicating a complete lesson to such brainwashing, again, I have my own mind, I dig much deeper than that.
The media are still in the business of brainwashing, I still take everything with a very large pinch of Himalayan pink salt, it is easier to find the truth these days although it still takes a lot of digging to get past the bull, so no, we are not all so easy to brainwash GT, thankfully more and more people seem to be joining me.
I hope that one day everyone will wake up, then, just maybe, we can move a bit quicker towards Utopia, religion has held the human race back more than enough already.
The Fear
A Wise Man (once sat next to him)
Ha, SNAP.
I got a few detentions for refusing so the next time I yelled out the hymn and they got the message, relented, and said just stand and shut up.
It's 'evil' in my opinion to force these things. I wasn't having any of it, including the lords prayer. My ribs had been mashed, bashed and brutalised by that stage, I saw no god and had no wish to sing in what I didn't believe in. I argued it well for a 13 year old I think, I was saying to them no disrespect to your beliefs, I'm glad you've got a God and that you revel in worshipping it. But why do you then have to force your God onto me? It didn't go down well because I was meant to do what I was told apparently.
Never have, never will!
mike_field
Vital Football Legend & Fun Sponge
It was only when the ebola outbreak came around and I listened to the American expert who told me on television not to eat poo off the floor that I stopped.
It worked as well, I am free from Ebola.
That stupidity virus is proving problematic though.
It worked as well, I am free from Ebola.
That stupidity virus is proving problematic though.
The Fear
A Wise Man (once sat next to him)
http://www.esquire.com/lifestyle/a40399/jesus-real-face/
Interesting, seen this sort of thing before. Not trying to be inflammatory although I guess the statement or question is a bit...
I wonder how big Christianity would have become if 'modern' images of Jesus hadn't made him a good looking white man with flowing locks?
In the US where KKK and segregation ran rife right into the 70's at the very least, would they have accepted a black face?
Not sure if this is the right thread really but didn't think we needed another religious thread.
Interesting, seen this sort of thing before. Not trying to be inflammatory although I guess the statement or question is a bit...
I wonder how big Christianity would have become if 'modern' images of Jesus hadn't made him a good looking white man with flowing locks?
In the US where KKK and segregation ran rife right into the 70's at the very least, would they have accepted a black face?
Not sure if this is the right thread really but didn't think we needed another religious thread.
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Click on the link below if you want to see what Jesus looked like.
The project’s 33 members ran the gamut of scientific disciplines, and their credentials included high-level posts at 20 major research institutions. They arrived in Turin with seven tons of equipment and worked in shifts 24 hours a day. An associate team of European scientists acted as expert observers.
Their analyses found no sign of artificial pigments. “The Shroud image is that of a real human form of a scourged, crucified man. It is not the product of an artist,” the project’s 1981 report declared. “The blood stains are composed of hemoglobin and also give a positive test for serum albumin.” But the report also conceded that no combination of “physical, chemical, biological or medical circumstances” could adequately account for the image.
The Shroud of Turin, the STURP team concluded, “remains now, as it has in the past, a mystery.”
For believers, the radiation thesis suggests that a “divine light” in the tomb might have seared the crucified form of Jesus Christ onto the shroud. “One could look at hypotheses outside the realm of science, a sort of miracle,” says Di Lazzaro. “But a miracle cannot be investigated by the scientific method.”
The Vatican takes no official position on the shroud’s authenticity, although it encourages the faithful to venerate it as a symbol of Christ’s suffering. As Pope John Paul II put it in 1998, “The Church entrusts to scientists the task of continuing to investigate.”
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/04/150417-shroud-turin-relics-jesus-catholic-church-religion-science/
The project’s 33 members ran the gamut of scientific disciplines, and their credentials included high-level posts at 20 major research institutions. They arrived in Turin with seven tons of equipment and worked in shifts 24 hours a day. An associate team of European scientists acted as expert observers.
Their analyses found no sign of artificial pigments. “The Shroud image is that of a real human form of a scourged, crucified man. It is not the product of an artist,” the project’s 1981 report declared. “The blood stains are composed of hemoglobin and also give a positive test for serum albumin.” But the report also conceded that no combination of “physical, chemical, biological or medical circumstances” could adequately account for the image.
The Shroud of Turin, the STURP team concluded, “remains now, as it has in the past, a mystery.”
For believers, the radiation thesis suggests that a “divine light” in the tomb might have seared the crucified form of Jesus Christ onto the shroud. “One could look at hypotheses outside the realm of science, a sort of miracle,” says Di Lazzaro. “But a miracle cannot be investigated by the scientific method.”
The Vatican takes no official position on the shroud’s authenticity, although it encourages the faithful to venerate it as a symbol of Christ’s suffering. As Pope John Paul II put it in 1998, “The Church entrusts to scientists the task of continuing to investigate.”
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/04/150417-shroud-turin-relics-jesus-catholic-church-religion-science/
