Comments on: Is It Easter Yet?

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 07:00:27 +0000

Wow Tony you’re hot and utterly brilliant, first time I’ve ever seen anyone in a gay blog mention Eostre and the Gregorian formula for predetermining Easter!

Amazing! You’re hot and you rock! Glad Påsk!

Phil

By: Michlt

Michlt — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 06:45:24 +0000

Make life simple for yourself — just celebrate the First Day of Spring. It floats too but in a much less dramatic way.

Besides the Vernal Equinox is the touchstone for pagans, Druids, Christians, Mithrians, Zorastrians, and — most important of all –the Farmers Almanac. That was my Grandfather’s real bible, the one that told him when to start planting to get the longest growing season with the best chances of avoiding frost.

That simple fact is what lies behind all that other bull (compost).

By: Rich

Rich — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 23:30:09 +0000

Who could have ever dreamed that a couple of horny roman soldiers doing a little grave robbing and necrophilia would cause a whole mass religious movement that would last over 2000 years?

By: La'akapu

La'akapu — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 20:52:58 +0000

Hey stud, yeah I remember reading about how Easter got chosen in the first place.. apparently, the Catholic Church is actually primarily based on the pagan religion in Rome prior to the rule of Constantine… he had a council gather in Nicaea to draft the Bible.. and that’s also where they came up with all the religious symbols like halos above angelic heads, the same symbols for Sun discs… and with the holidays like Easter and Christmas, which is actually the birthday of a couple pagan gods… since Jesus was actually born sometime in March…

I thought that was incredible to read!!

By: Gurkie

Gurkie — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 13:05:07 +0000

Also, I like that you think and have a sense of humor. You never fail to make me smile with your posts at either your humor or your thoughts.

By: Gurkie

Gurkie — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 13:03:31 +0000

First, I strongly disagree with the government being controlled by the religious right. If that were the case I think things would be a lot worse because we would have humans speaking for God and that worked so well under the Holy Roman Empire, didn’t it?

Second, it’s true that Easter used to be a pagan holiday but was Christianized. You mention that you don’t know where in the Bible it states that Jesus was crucified, buried and rose on a spring weekend. The Bible states that it was Passover weekend that this occurred, which is in the spring. I’m with you on not understanding why Easter can’t be the same time every year.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 04:14:49 +0000

I’ve never seen anything cuter and sexier than a hot man (you) with the cutest bunny bouncing across your masthead in celebration of Easter. Absolutely darling, and makes me love you more.

By: Patric

Patric — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 00:31:54 +0000

Thank goodness somebody else out there realizes that Easter used to be a pagan holiday: Eostre. Mentioning this got me booted from class in high school.

By: wah

wah — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 22:40:03 +0000

egg coloring looks fun.
but do you eat them later?
or just for design?

By: David Quinn

David Quinn — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 19:59:52 +0000

I love David Sedaris. And Me Talk Pretty One Day is the best book yet. Thanks for the link.

Happy Easter.