I love the way that Easter in Australia seems to have very little to do with dead blokes waking up and going to see their old mates.
The fertility aspect of the Northern Hemisphere’s spring festival, eggs and rabbits, seems to prevail and Pesach is unmoved with the hunting of the afikoman which the traditional egg hunt probably parallels.
Funny how the origins of these practices, especially Pesach from which the Christian version has grown, still grab the imagination where the Christian version is quite depressing and glum if you don’t go with the resurrection narrative.
Give me chocolate and flat bread any day!
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The hills are alive with wildflowers and Meadowlarks singing!
"This is a celebration of Spring Equinox more than any Christian Easter!" my hiking partner Karen, a fellow atheist, said.
LiterateHiker
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Apr 21, 2019
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Exactly. I think, but not sure, Eostre was a female fertility deity, and from where the word oestrogen is derived.
oh these are beautiful pics. Thanks.
And, of course, celebrate the Teutonic god of fertility, Eostre.
Petter
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Apr 21, 2019
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Exactly.
Chocolate, wine and then more chocolate has been the theme of mine so far!
Marionville
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Apr 21, 2019
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The fun parts are so obviously earth centric/Pagan with the eggs and the bunnies.
And even the day of Easter the first Sunday after the first full moon after the Spring Equinox.
How can that possibly be anything but earth centric?
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Apr 21, 2019
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