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Originally Posted by jerry
Perhaps their definition of "Christian" means Catholic church. They are the ones who brought a lot of paganism into Christendom and called it Christian.
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Quite true. For example, the Roman Catholics, and most all protestant denominations, celebrate the Lord's resurrection on "Easter Sunday", the date of which jumps around and is based on some mystical solar/lunar dating system, and closely corresponds with the pagan fest of Ishtar. On the other hand Orthodox Christianity celebrates "Easter" at about the same time as the Hebrew "Passover" which is more accurate and closer in typology to the slaying of the Lamb. Which brings up another interesting point: If the Hebrew passover is celebrated by slaying and eating a Lamb (type of Christ) then why do most Americans eat a big HAM for Easter? Just something not quite kosher there - smile.