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ORDagnabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 12:39 PM Original message |
Tis the reason for the season! Eostre... I love our Pagan roots. |
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katandmoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
1. K&R |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. The official Christian church accepted reincarnation until 555 AD. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 12:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Pssssssssssssssssssst |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 01:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. DING! DING! DING! DING! DING! DING! DING! DING! DING! DING! DING! DING! DING! DING! DING! DING! |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 01:42 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. LOL |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 07:09 PM Response to Reply #16 |
27. ooooppss! |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 01:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. And many of the attendees were married men. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 01:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. It did? A few Neo-Platonist bishops and monks did, but I doubt it was generally accepted. |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 03:56 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. the literalists ruined religion. the gnostics were destroyed and we |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 04:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
22. And then branded Origen a heretic to boot! n/t |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 10:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
29. If you're talking about the Second Council of Constantinople, you're wrong. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yep. That egg-thing is soooooooooo Female, as in "keep 'em pregnant & un-educated, NOT inthe pulpit" |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 12:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. ....not to mention all those fertile rabbits hopping down the ol' bunny trail.....nt |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 01:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. AND!! What the Heck IS a "bunny trail" anyway!!! ESPECIALLY when it leads to eggs?? |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 10:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
30. Some people call it the happy trail |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
6. I love fertility and rebirth celebrations! |
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mimitabby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 01:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Easter/ Estrus |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 02:41 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. I thought you wrote "same organ" for a couple of seconds. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 04:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. No; 'estrus' comes from the Greek for 'gadfly' or 'frenzy' |
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ShrimpScampi (42 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
8. Love it. |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
12. Xtians have waged the War on Eostre |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
14. It's extremely unlikely that the Council of Nicaea was adopting Germanic or Saxon customs |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 05:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. Holy S***!! |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
15. IIRC "Easter" is cognate with the Greek deity Eos, goddess of dawn. |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
17. My semi-fundie SIL nearly passed out... |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 05:28 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. Wait till you tell her about Easter....and christmas trees...... |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
20. K&R |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 05:45 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. W...T...F?!?! n/t |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 09:52 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. When I first saw it..... |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
23. I haven't visited the site because I am working (tax time) so I am |
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