Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Adam H. Kerman" Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Christians moving Easter about (was: "Speak Out Loudly Against This Evil": Internet Erupts Over Biden Declaring Easter "Trans Day Of Visibility") Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2024 19:01:02 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 20 Message-ID: References: <586q0jhc72hirltvf2trveiki56u8vcbkd@4ax.com> Injection-Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2024 19:01:03 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="a816d6510490615e9ed85081e2e71aec"; logging-data="1631510"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+hUPXg/lQLohTgOn8lq8uk/7xbnYRGm30=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:NS+nr2hvieGGjLFuWj8fpQgZQ44= X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test77 (Sep 1, 2010) Bytes: 1757 The Horny Goat wrote: >>. . . >Christianity moves the date of Easter about chiefly because the >gospels describe it in relation to the Jewish Passover. Minor >observances tend to be tied to the major festivals - Lent, Pentecost >and the like Uh, what? Good Friday was supposed to be the First Seder. Centuries ago, Christians decided to break the link to Passover. Good Friday doesn't necessarily fall within Passover, which is 8 days, and they forced Easter to fall on Sunday. Then they forced the change of the Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday because of Easter, ignoring Genesis. Who asked them?