My analysis
A number of Catholics priests usually put on an appearance of being logical and very knowledgeable; however, they can be the most fallacious human beings you have ever encountered. For example Fr. William Saunders is asked to prove that Easter is not a pagan festival. He starts by saying: ‘’I think your relative is confused to say the least’’. The fallacy he is using here is called appeal to abuse. People who lack sound arguments in a number of cases appeal to abuse to intimidate their critics. The question at stake requires appeal to reason and scripture and not abuse. Secondly, Fr.Saunders fallaciously argues that, ‘’In accord with the Gospels, Easter is unequivocally the solemn feast celebrating Christ’s Resurrection’’. He fails to produce a single scripture in the four gospels that mentions the term Easter. The word Easter appears once in Acts 12 in the KJV bible. Acts 12: 1-4 tells us that Peter was arrested during the days of unleavened bread. This means that the Passover had passed because the Jews celebrated the days of unleavened bread after the Passover(Exodus 12:18). Therefore Herod, a pagan could not look into the offence of Peter because he had to celebrate the pagan festival of Easter. Peter’s arrested coincided with the celebration of the pagan festival of Easter. Thus, he had to be kept in prison until after the celebration was finished. Counterfeit catholic bibles say that Peter was to be brought for judgment after Passover. This a contradiction because the Passover had already passed(Exodus 12: 3 &6 ); and was being followed by the feast of unleavened bread. This is a very simply logic. Fr.Saunders ends his so called answer by contradicting himself as follows: ‘’Even though the etymological root of the word Easter may be linked to the name of a pagan goddess or pagan ceremonies, the feast which the word describes is Christian without question. Exactly why the English language did not utilize the Hebrew-Greek-Latin root is a mystery’’. Precisely, he concludes that Easter has pagan roots but is Christian any way. This is confusion of the highest order. Fr.Saunders is actually the one who is very confused to say the least. The catholic priest cements his confusion by reiterating that, ‘’Any confusion, therefore, rests with etymology, not theology’’. Whose theology? Catholic theology of course. Straight answers indeed!!
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My analysis
A number of Catholics priests usually put on an appearance of being logical and very knowledgeable; however, they can be the most fallacious human beings you have ever encountered. For example Fr. William Saunders is asked to prove that Easter is not a pagan festival. He starts by saying:
‘’I think your relative is confused to say the least’’. The fallacy he is using here is called appeal to abuse. People who lack sound arguments in a number of cases appeal to abuse to intimidate their critics. The question at stake requires appeal to reason and scripture and not abuse.
Secondly, Fr.Saunders fallaciously argues that, ‘’In accord with the Gospels, Easter is unequivocally the solemn feast celebrating Christ’s Resurrection’’. He fails to produce a single scripture in the four gospels that mentions the term Easter. The word Easter appears once in Acts 12 in the KJV bible. Acts 12: 1-4 tells us that Peter was arrested during the days of unleavened bread. This means that the Passover had passed because the Jews celebrated the days of unleavened bread after the Passover(Exodus 12:18). Therefore Herod, a pagan could not look into the offence of Peter because he had to celebrate the pagan festival of Easter. Peter’s arrested coincided with the celebration of the pagan festival of Easter. Thus, he had to be kept in prison until after the celebration was finished. Counterfeit catholic bibles say that Peter was to be brought for judgment after Passover. This a contradiction because the Passover had already passed(Exodus 12: 3 &6 ); and was being followed by the feast of unleavened bread. This is a very simply logic.
Fr.Saunders ends his so called answer by contradicting himself as follows: ‘’Even though the etymological root of the word Easter may be linked to the name of a pagan goddess or pagan ceremonies, the feast which the word describes is Christian without question. Exactly why the English language did not utilize the Hebrew-Greek-Latin root is a mystery’’. Precisely, he concludes that Easter has pagan roots but is Christian any way. This is confusion of the highest order. Fr.Saunders is actually the one who is very confused to say the least.
The catholic priest cements his confusion by reiterating that, ‘’Any confusion, therefore, rests with etymology, not theology’’. Whose theology? Catholic theology of course. Straight answers indeed!!
Easter: A Pagan Holiday?
https://catholicexchange.com/easter-pagan
April 24, 2017Q: A relative who left the Catholic Church and joined some Messianic-Jewish sect made the comment that Easter was originally a pagan holiday named after some German goddess, Eoster. We had a pretty good argument about that. Where would he get such a notion?
I think your relative is confused to say the least. In accord with the Gospels, Easter is unequivocally the solemn feast celebrating Christ’s Resurrection. In the Church’s Western tradition Easter has been celebrated on the first Sunday following the new full moon, which occurs on or immediately after the vernal or spring equinox. This dating was established by the Council of Nicea in A.D. 325. As such, Easter may range from March 22 to April 25. (The Orthodox Churches follow a different dating system and will thereby celebrate Easter one, four, or five weeks later.)
Your brother’s confusion lies in the etymology of the word itself. In the original language of the Gospels, the Greek word pascha is used for the Aramaic form of the Hebrew word pesach, which means Passover. During the first three centuries of the Church, Pasch referred specifically to the celebration of Christ’s Passion and death; by the end of the fourth century, it also included the Easter Vigil; and by the end of the fifth century, it referred to Easter itself. In all, the term signified Christ as the new Passover Lamb. Together, the mystery of the Last Supper, the sacrifice of Good Friday, and the resurrection of Easter form the new Passover — the new Pasch.
However, according to St. Bede (d. 735), the great historian of the Middle Ages, the title Easter seems to have originated in English around the eighth century A.D. The word Easter is derived from the word Eoster, the name of the Teutonic goddess of the rising light of day and spring and the annual sacrifices associated with her. If this is the origin of our word Easter, then the Church “baptized” the name, using it to denote that first Easter Sunday morning when Christ, our Light, rose from the grave and when the women found the tomb empty just as dawn was breaking.
Another possibility which arises from more recent research suggests the early Church referred to Easter week as hebdomada alba (“white week”), from the white garments worn by the newly baptized. Some mistranslated the word to mean “the shining light of day” or “the shining dawn,” and therefore used the Teutonic root eostarun, the Old German plural for dawn, as the basis for the German Ostern and for the English equivalent Easter. In early English translations of the Bible made by Tyndale and Coverdale, the word Easter was substituted for the word Passover, in some verses.
Even though the etymological root of the word Easter may be linked to the name of a pagan goddess or pagan ceremonies, the feast which the word describes is Christian without question. Exactly why the English language did not utilize the Hebrew-Greek-Latin root is a mystery. Unlike Christmas which was set on December 25 and “baptized” the former Roman pagan feast of the sun, Easter is a unique celebration. Any confusion, therefore, rests with etymology, not theology.
MUST READ:
UNVEILING THE GREATEST LIES IN CHRISTENDOM: CHRISTMAS AND EASTER ARE SIMPLY BOGUS PAGAN HOLIDAYS
http://watchmanafrica.blogspot.com/2009/10/unveiling-greatest-lies-in-christendom.html
The True Meaning of Easter and The Passover
http://www.thebibleistheotherside.org/message23.htm
The Pagan practice of worshipping the goddess of fertility : Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter with the diabolical Easter eggs