tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-914842448114558426.post8146917089574935850..comments2023-12-01T01:00:34.093-05:00Comments on The Paranormal Pastor: Easter's Dark SecretPastor Swopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16008265694116146151noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-914842448114558426.post-84284788298556799972010-04-09T01:16:43.625-04:002010-04-09T01:16:43.625-04:00Crap on a stick, I never even noticed the Ishtar/E...Crap on a stick, I never even noticed the Ishtar/Easter similarity. Also note that therefore the goddess Astarte and then probably the demon Astaroth are connected in a similar linguistic fashion. I think Astaroth was derived from Astarte (who was basically a version of Ishtar in another Middle Eastern mythology)... not sure.<br /><br />You may have come across it, but as far as I know the celebration of Christmas on December 25 is the product of the Roman Empire. The Cult of Mithras, which was very prominent among the Roman military, also had one of the dead and resurrected gods like the early Tammuz, Osiris, etc. I believe December 25 was actually the date on which the cult celebrated Mithras' birth.Andrew D. Gablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13270538788314012863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-914842448114558426.post-78742632038736653572010-04-06T12:27:04.019-04:002010-04-06T12:27:04.019-04:00Well, Swope, the problem is just that you speak En...Well, Swope, the problem is just that you speak English. See http://cantuar.blogspot.com/2010/04/does-word-easter-have-pagan-origins.html. <br /><br />Perhaps soon you'll discover that "God" comes from a word German pagans used to describe the demons they worshiped! It doesn't come from the Greek New Testament or the Hebrew Old Testament! How shocking! We should separate ourselves from those thinly disguised pagans who say they love "God"!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-914842448114558426.post-19863901234737848822010-04-05T12:56:18.085-04:002010-04-05T12:56:18.085-04:00Good job, Robin.Good job, Robin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-914842448114558426.post-86460414328685971122010-04-04T23:21:53.090-04:002010-04-04T23:21:53.090-04:00Thanks Eibhear,
I make the artwork myself with ph...Thanks Eibhear,<br /><br />I make the artwork myself with photoshop. A little extra work but I like the challenge!Pastor Swopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16008265694116146151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-914842448114558426.post-68224042550905886442010-04-04T23:20:00.003-04:002010-04-04T23:20:00.003-04:00Thanks for the comment Anonymous,
However most of...Thanks for the comment Anonymous,<br /><br />However most of the history of Ishtar/Easter comes from Seminary. My Biblical studies focused on the Old testament and customs, especially the Pentatuech. Most of the research comes from Dr. Brian Widbin,an old professor of mine who is a University of Chicago Grad who's focus of study was ancient Mesopotamian Religion and the Akkidian language. He was also my Hebrew instructor and gave me the worst grade I ever earned in higher learning, darn it!<br />Also converted and superadded is just symantics is it not?Pastor Swopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16008265694116146151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-914842448114558426.post-87033541783190317692010-04-04T20:07:51.865-04:002010-04-04T20:07:51.865-04:00Very absorbing post, as usual, Pastor. On a comple...Very absorbing post, as usual, Pastor. On a completely unrelated topic, I've always wondered where you get those lovely paintings you use as mastheads. Happy Easter!Eibhearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02708908805965148671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-914842448114558426.post-82047898628105699682010-04-04T16:27:35.660-04:002010-04-04T16:27:35.660-04:00Interesting post however, it does draw from some e...Interesting post however, it does draw from some error of the internet and otherwise. From what I have come to understand, there was no goddess "Easter" - this was an error on the part of the historian Venerable Bede, having no independent existence outside of conjecture. Moreover though, pagan symbols where not "converted" to Christian use, Christianity was superadded to existing customs that mainly were not in themselves pagan but based on cycles in nature and the cosmos. Paganism did not invent them just as later Christian belief did not convert them. My two denarii into the morass of internet religiousity: the Christ is a physical and natural phenomenon as well as spiritual and His Resurrection, recorded historically as much as able in it's time was, like everything natural, in season. <br />Happy Easter all.<br />Godspeed, Pastor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-914842448114558426.post-56809404173840224822010-04-04T11:02:57.186-04:002010-04-04T11:02:57.186-04:00awesomeness. thanks.awesomeness. thanks.ransomedhandmaidenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01243600791280051735noreply@blogger.com