Do we Christianize Pagan Culture ? Easter is the most important holiday for Christians who commemorate the Death and Resurrection of Christ and days following his crucifixion. It believed by Christians that Jesus, the son of God, died for everyone’s wrong-doings and then came back to life three days later to defeat death and evil: so if you believe in Him you will live forever in Heaven. 1. Lent is the forty-six day period just prior to Easter Sunday and it begins on Ash Wednesday as the first day of Lent. The name comes from the tradition of putting a small cross of ash ...
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As with almost all "Christian" holidays, Easter has been secularized and commercialized. The dichotomous nature of Easter and its symbols, however, is not necessarily a modern fabrication. Since its conception as a holy celebration in the second century, Easter has had its non-religious side. In fact, Easter was originally a pagan festival. The ancient Saxons celebrated the return of spring with an uproarious festival commemorating their goddess of offspring and of springtime, Eastre. When the second-century Christian missionaries encountered the tribes of the north with their pagan celebrations, they attempted to convert them to Christianity. They did so, however, in a clandestine manner. It ...
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Pagan Reconstructionists, or more commonly referred to in the Pagan Community simply as Recons, is a fast growing movement within Paganism. For the past ten years really, the Recons have been steadily growing as the undercurrent in popular Paganism. While the status of the Pagan Community continues to evolve here in America, it is the Recons who will become the balance point for the popularity of the Wiccan movement.
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