Jesus, Myth, etc.

[Magic_Man]

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Sample rebuttal of the "allegations" against Christian religion. The author rebutts the "allegation" that Easter was adopted from pagan custom :

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The largest danger in the ancient world for the Israelites was idolatry. Now consider this situation: Everyone else around them was celebrating at the Spring Equinox, doing all the usual orgiastic things. Now as a parallel, if you are in a business, and your rival business is having a big sale on April 10, how might you get something out of that and also deflect your rival's success? The answer: Hold an even bigger sale the same day. And that's the "why" of Passover being scheduled on the Spring Equinox (and by this I also mean that God intended it that way when He timed the plagues of Egypt).

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Lame-o land.

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How about a link? The quote you gave references the Passover and Exodus, not Christianity.


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The title of the page is "Easter a pagan holiday?" This is an absolutely horrible refutation of the allegation. Also, I believe it is fairly well established that some of the holidays are "borrowed" from Pagan celebrations, no? And IMO, there is no problem with that. It seems perfectly reasonable and logical for a religion to borrow from others, particularly when trying to convert the masses. The fact that the author decides to try to refute these points seems overly defensive and unnecessary. Why make up terrible analogies like the above unless he feels threatened?