Happy Easter

Killzig · Post by **Killzig** » Fri Apr 09, 2004 11:17 pm

I suppose, the world is all sorts of wacky like that.

DJ SlamÃƒÂ¡k · Post by **DJ SlamÃƒÂ¡k** » Fri Apr 09, 2004 11:23 pm

Pagans started doing rituals for some reason, then the christian church came and for the purpose of easier conversion of the pagans to christianity, tacked their own meaning onto the existing holiday. This meaning became dominant for some time, but now nobody gives a fuck about either anymore and just pays attention to teh snazzy easter eggs and shit in shiny wrappings at the mall? End of story I guess. We can all become loving brothers in consumerism. Happy Easter.

Neon Dingo · Post by **Neon Dingo** » Fri Apr 09, 2004 11:26 pm

Here's something a friend of mine wrote that explains it all pretty well.

Corpson wrote:let's say that there are a bunch of romans in the town square doing the roman dance. everyone is happy, dancing the roman dance. then, way in the corner, practically away from everyone else, is a christian, and he's doing the christian dance. the romans are all drunk and one roman happens to imitate the christian, so he starts doing the christian dance. then another roman sees the other roman doing the christian dance, so he starts doing the christian dance. after a while, everyone in the whole town square is doing the christian dance, following this same pattern. no one even remembers what happen to the roman dance, suddenly everyone is dancing the christian dance.

around spring time (vernal equinox?), the romans were mostly involved in courtship festivals.
the christians created easter and celebrated it around that time. think about the symbolism of the traditional easter imagery:
rabbits,
chicks,
eggs!
this was a time of fertility.

around summer time (summer solstice), many romans would get married. it was easier to heat water around the summer time for baths (people normally showered once a year). weddings would take place around this time because the bride could become clean. think about it, white=purity=cleanliness.
weddings would take place in cathedrals and everyone except the bride would still be dirty, so, needless to say, the catherdal would smell really bad, with you being the only clean one. with this, it was a custom for the bride to hold flowers next to her nose during the ceremony; not because it was nice and lovely, but because the whole, entire place stunk like roman ass-rot.
christians created "michael's mas" around this time (a commonly long-forgotten holiday).
what other holidays/events are around this time?
graduations, father's day...

around winter most of the romans were getting drunk from another festival they held so the christians made up "christ mas", then eventually everyone was dancing the christian dance.

the romans were usually so drunk and careless that they got themselves caught up in celebrating these holidays that have no part in their culture.

now here's where it gets interesting:

all right so today's valentine's day! what's today?
= 2/14

ok, now subtract 6 weeks from that, where do you end up?
=12/25
CHRISTMAS!!!
haha

ok, now back to valentine's day, 2/14
add 6 weeks on to 2/14, what do you end up with?
=5/15
mother's day

now add 6 more weeks on to 5/15,
what do you get?
=6/20
father's day.

what's around father's day?
=weddings, graduations...a lot of flowers given, received...

mother's day also involves a lot of flower sales...

certaintly easter involves flowers as well...

just as christmas does....

guess how long it takes to grow flowers?
....
.....
.....
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6 weeks.

now that's what i call productive resources...

P.S. - Generalized insults kick ass.

Aneurysm · Post by **Aneurysm** » Fri Apr 09, 2004 11:37 pm

Heh that text has alot of bullshit facts, still it's funny.

Wolfman Walt · Post by **Wolfman Walt** » Fri Apr 09, 2004 11:42 pm

Your friends math is abit off. Theres 52 days between Christmas and St Valentines day IE about 7.4 weeks.
To Mothers day its actually 13 weeks or 91 days as Mothers day is 3 Months from St. Valentines.
Even to fathers day its shorter then 6 weeks from Mothers day by about 5 days.

White has ALWAYS been a symbol of purity, not just to romans.

Didn't Zig just get done saying that Easter was created by Pagans, not by anyone else? What is there some sort of weirdo bizzaro multi-creation?

As such, I suggest your friend takes some basic math courses for he's not the sharpest needle in the haystacks.

P.S. Nihilism is a fools practice

Megatron · Post by **Megatron** » Fri Apr 09, 2004 11:50 pm

flowers don't grow in winter bucko.

p.s I'm going to be a flower talisman ^---6^_^_^ kekekeke

It doesn't really matter when or who created something, now it's even more terrific and horrible than wrapping paper or the engine that runs on water!!!

pps my glands hurt

Neon Dingo · Post by **Neon Dingo** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 12:01 am

Nihilism isn't really a practice. You don't have to do anything.

And yeah, his math is a bit off, I didn't think he wasn't going for precise math anyhow, but I thought it was an interesting read, nonetheless.

Wolfman Walt · Post by **Wolfman Walt** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 12:03 am

Probably should have instituted "Philosphy" instead of practice, still, what good is the document if its complete BS? Thats like saying Hitler is still alive and ready to overtake america tommorow morning or proving that Tupac is still alive.

Killzig · Post by **Killzig** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 12:15 am

No more foolish than christianity.

Wolfman Walt · Post by **Wolfman Walt** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 12:26 am

Thats debatable, but lets not.

Aneurysm · Post by **Aneurysm** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 12:32 am

Killzig wrote:No more foolish than christianity.

Blasphemy ! You say that because you were excomungated when you were younger , due to an affair with a poney...

Killzig · Post by **Killzig** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 12:35 am

Wolfman Walt wrote:Thats debatable, but lets not.

any point is debatable walt.

Megatron · Post by **Megatron** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 12:38 am

thats debatable

I NEEDED TO SAY IT BEFORE SOME OTHER LOSER DOES OMG IM SORRY

Mandalorian FaLLouT GoD · Sat Apr 10, 2004 6:14 pm

Neon Dingo wrote:Nihilism isn't really a practice. You don't have to do anything.

funny, i could say that about anything.

when you think of easter, does it bring back that scene in mallrats when jay and silent bob kick the shit out of the easter bunny?

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 3:31 pm

Mandalorian FaLLouT GoD wrote:
Neon Dingo wrote:Nihilism isn't really a practice. You don't have to do anything.
funny, i could say that about anything.

when you think of easter, does it bring back that scene in mallrats when jay and silent bob kick the shit out of the easter bunny?

Now that you mention it...

Tank · Post by **Tank** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 3:45 pm

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 3:58 pm

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 5:38 pm

I dunno, but Easter makes me think of Death to Smoochy, which was one of the worst movies ever, so now I hate Easter