[CONTENTEMBED=/t/181788/apple-reveals-most-employees-are-white-men-says-diversity-needs-to-be-improved/400_100#post_2578879 layout=inline]Try reading The Book of Common Prayer.[/CONTENTEMBED]
Never heard of it. I only read english / hebrew scripture and cross referenced versions that are accredited.
Your ignorance is irrelevant.
My point still stands: Easter is lunar-based, at least partly, and your assertion that it is bogus is built on sand, and the tide has come in.
My confusion with CE and BCE is the use of the exact same years. They seem to exist solely to remove any direct reference–no matter how small (and, in this case, not even spoken)–to Christianity. That’s kind of self-serving itself (and without point, since we already have a universally known–if not used–system). Why not use the Roman numbering system for years, then? Or the Chinese?
It's not self-serving but generalized terminology. It's also an intelligent compromise to not try to get the world to use an entirely new dating system which, if the US is any indication of changes to measurements, would go very poorly.
My point still stands: Easter is lunar-based, at least partly, and your assertion that it is bogus is built on sand, and the tide has come in.
Although I have considerable experience studying judean /christian literature and history, I do not believe any of the supernatural mythology including the resurrection of the Messiah, so we will have to remain in disagreement.
I guess I missed a turn a few hundred pages ago. Are you saying that Time Cook refuses to hire people who celebrate Easter?
And BTW, it's not "Catholic and Greek Easters". Let's not forget our Protestant and our Russian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Romanian, etc. friends. I prefer the terms "Western Easter" and "Eastern Easter" (especially since the latter has a nice alliteration!)
[CONTENTEMBED=/t/181788/apple-reveals-most-employees-are-white-men-says-diversity-needs-to-be-improved/400_100#post_2578886 layout=inline]My point still stands: Easter is lunar-based, at least partly, and your assertion that it is bogus is built on sand, and the tide has come in.[/CONTENTEMBED]
Although I have considerable experience studying judean /christian literature and history, I do not believe any of the supernatural mythology including the resurrection of the Messiah, so we will have to remain in disagreement.
I already knew it was your fault. The question was rhetorical.
Nope. It was SolipsismX bemoaning the use of BC and AD. Because everyone wrings their hands in anguish day after day at the fearful prospect of having to refer to 2014 as 2014.
Nope. It was SolipsismX bemoaning the use of BC and AD. Because everyone wrings their hands in anguish day after day at the fearful prospect of having to refer to 2014 as 2014.
What? Did you totally imagine a different argument that didn't happen?
Nope. It was SolipsismX bemoaning the use of BC and AD. Because everyone wrings their hands in anguish day after day at the fearful prospect of having to refer to 2014 as 2014.
That's a completely didn't conversation that, in no way, has to do with books of prayer or closet zealots. It was simply about neutral terms for a global standard. If you'd like another example of universal standards, I think the US should finally get on board with the metric system.
...lays the eggs, for which reason they are hidden in a nest or in the garden. The rabbit is a pagan symbol and has always been an emblem of fertility (Simrock, Mythologie, 551).
2. Easter Eggs
The custom may have its origin in paganism, for a great many pagan customs, celebrating the return of spring,
Easter candy isn’t Christian. The Easter bunny isn’t Christian. Easter eggs aren’t Christian. Most of what people commonly associate with Easter is pagan in origin; the rest is commercial.
Sure, and so is Christmas (Santa Claus, Christmas trees), but those are not the Christian-faith based observances. While it's true that the dates of Christmas and Easter were deliberately fixed to coincide with and, it was hoped, cover up the pagan rituals, it doesn't detract from their true meaning, the birth of Christ and the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ.
None of that deals with my claim. All of those tests might be valid , I am sure they are because humans have all kinds of bias, but not just white/ black. I am talking about the biases not tested for. Americans tend not to look into class biases because there is a general uniformity of class accents. And regional biases tend to be limited as the accent is fairly uniform. These things do exist elsewhere and may overcome racial biases ie somebody with a RP/Oxbridge accent in the UK regardless of race will generally get more favourable treatment than a working class Geordie.
Don't assume I am a white American either.
I'm not assuming anything about you. On the other hand, your saying that doesn't give me pause to think you are not a white male either.
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Your ignorance is irrelevant.
My point still stands: Easter is lunar-based, at least partly, and your assertion that it is bogus is built on sand, and the tide has come in.
It's not self-serving but generalized terminology. It's also an intelligent compromise to not try to get the world to use an entirely new dating system which, if the US is any indication of changes to measurements, would go very poorly.
Although I have considerable experience studying judean /christian literature and history, I do not believe any of the supernatural mythology including the resurrection of the Messiah, so we will have to remain in disagreement.
How so? The liturgical year is still 1 year that follows the seasons, not something that occurs every 28 days.
That was written in the 16th century. That seems as valid for saying Easter is in the Bible as John Smith saying Jesus visited North America.
How so? The liturgical year is still 1 year that follows the seasons, not something that occurs every 28 days.
That was written in the 16th century. That seems as valid for saying Easter is in the Bible as John Smith saying Jesus visited North America.
How does this relate to "Apple reveals most employees are white men, says diversity needs to be improved"?
The same way a single-celled organism relates to us: read the previous 472 posts to see how the conversation evolved.
And BTW, it's not "Catholic and Greek Easters". Let's not forget our Protestant and our Russian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Romanian, etc. friends. I prefer the terms "Western Easter" and "Eastern Easter" (especially since the latter has a nice alliteration!)
What a disaster of a thread.
Perhaps you'll see the light one day!
Read the thread; don't be lazy.
I already knew it was your fault. The question was rhetorical.
Nope. It was SolipsismX bemoaning the use of BC and AD. Because everyone wrings their hands in anguish day after day at the fearful prospect of having to refer to 2014 as 2014.
Nope. It was SolipsismX bemoaning the use of BC and AD. Because everyone wrings their hands in anguish day after day at the fearful prospect of having to refer to 2014 as 2014.
What? Did you totally imagine a different argument that didn't happen?
That's a completely didn't conversation that, in no way, has to do with books of prayer or closet zealots. It was simply about neutral terms for a global standard. If you'd like another example of universal standards, I think the US should finally get on board with the metric system.
Easter is littered with Pagan rituals. Straight from the Catholic Encyclopedia
http://oce.catholic.com/index.php?title=Easter
Bunny rabbit? eggs?
3. The Easter Rabbit
...lays the eggs, for which reason they are hidden in a nest or in the garden. The rabbit is a pagan symbol and has always been an emblem of fertility (Simrock, Mythologie, 551).
2. Easter Eggs
The custom may have its origin in paganism, for a great many pagan customs, celebrating the return of spring,
Easter candy isn’t Christian. The Easter bunny isn’t Christian. Easter eggs aren’t Christian. Most of what people commonly associate with Easter is pagan in origin; the rest is commercial.
Sure, and so is Christmas (Santa Claus, Christmas trees), but those are not the Christian-faith based observances. While it's true that the dates of Christmas and Easter were deliberately fixed to coincide with and, it was hoped, cover up the pagan rituals, it doesn't detract from their true meaning, the birth of Christ and the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ.
Don't throw the baby out with the bath water!
Ah, yes, that old pagan tradition that eventually became the Catholic infant baptism¡
I'm not assuming anything about you. On the other hand, your saying that doesn't give me pause to think you are not a white male either.
Ah, I see. But really, it's all about costs. The rest is just a smokescreen to attempt to hide that.
I feel as though it required, as you either don't understand what I wrote, or chose not to.