The quiet Dumbing down of Easter

Good Fridays of old used to be a wall to wall Charlton Heston Fest on TV.
You maybe right M D'H, I didn't watch much tv over the weekend, just picked up that comment on another thread. But definitly did notice the Egg Packaging change.

stickyvicky    28 Mar 16 23:16 
Good Fridays of old used to be a wall to wall Charlton Heston Fest on TV.

I think somebody removed the remote control from his cold dead hands. You should be grateful.

I will concede the wording on my kids' 'chocolate eggs' wasn't what I expected when I went to check.

I'm sure it was to comply with Sharia law.

I've no objection to them removing the word tbh. It's all a load of sh!t ain't it? (Says he with two girls in Catholic school. Poor fkers!)

Of course it is a load of shiit Mikael but then like Christmas it is a long standing part of our culture and history and as such I object on the basis that it is clearly a deliberate policy. Removing the Easter from Easter doesn't happen by accident. You jest about Sharia and of course that isn't the issue but it isn't a million miles away. All cultures but our own seem to be not only encouraged but celebrated. Is it too much to ask that this country which is still overwhelmingly, if weakly, associated with Christianity is allowed to celebrate its own culture and historical special days? Shall our children be denied the wonder we took for granted?

Whatever they've learned will make them considerably more educated on the matter than you.

Some beautiful mosques around here. You have to admire the architecture.

Egg change is all about commerce. For the last few years, hot cross buns and Cadbury's Creme Eggs are sold all year round, to all-comers. The Easter Egg people want to sell chocolate eggs to non-Christians because they'll make more money that way.

They should have Easter when the weather is better too.  These religious nutjobs already make us take 2 of our 8 bank holidays in the middle of p1ssing winter, then they take another 2 in March(this year).  It's all b.ollox, Lets face he didnn't die and rise again 3 days later so lets just scrap it all and have a long weekend in middle of summer.

Early spring is magnificent and Easter very beautiful. The US Masters starts soon.

There's about 20 religion channels on sky, they had loads on

^^Go home Facts and Mikael D'Haguenet .

I see no abuse.. having said that facts and the other apologist  deserves all  criticism that comes there way.

I've never seen the connection between chocolate and religion. Maybe a chocolate crucifix would help fill the gap.

I've heard numerous explanations for this - all total rubbish. eg. the egg signifies the new life brought about by the resurrection (), the egg is loosely based on the stone that was rolled away ().
This year, our pastor point blank refused to use the 'E' word during sunday service and kept referring to it as 'resurrection day' () which is technically correct if a little pedantic! made me chuckle though, I agree, chocolate has nothing to do with the resurrection of Christ whatsoever!


Crippen don't stress about the haters. If you know 2 Timothy 2 & 3 it prepares you for what reaction to expect from the world and the fact that the world proceeds to play it out so accurately should encourage you and offer even more proof of how NAP those texts are! If it's any consolation, I saw a panel show discussing this issue over the weekend and the panel included a muslim who literally couldn't believe that companies would do this. "After all, who's offended by muslims and sikhs celebrating ede, diwali etc." he said. no one, its daft and really, we know its to appease the atheists who are the only ones who would ever dream of even batting an eyelid at this kind of thing.
Spekaing of atheists, I watched Jim al-coholic's show about the universe which was decent. The irony couldn't pass me by though of how, during easter week, he again shows his sheer ignorance by implying the big difference between christians and atheists is what you make of creation. I tell you all the truth, the difference between christians and atheists is what you make of the resurrection. Now more than ever is the time to remember we are not creationism, neither are we godianity. we are followers of Jesus who died at the hands of pilate, came out of a grave guarded by roman soldiers and then appeared for 40 days to hundreds of people. bizarre? - yes! absurd? - absolutely! but this story is testified to by thousands. so why not look into it? unless you're scared of something that might make you think, why not open your mind to the possibilities? After all, how is any of this more absurd than quantum theory?

on your hands and knees

I didn't realise it was such an old tradition:

This custom of the Easter egg can be traced to early Christians of Mesopotamia, and from there it spread into Russia and Siberia through the Orthodox Churches, and later into through Europe through the Catholic and Protestant Churches.[7][6][8][9] This Christian use of eggs may have been influenced by practices in "pre-dynastic period in Egypt, as well as amid the early cultures of Mesopotamia and Crete"