tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5528158760608808912.post4195294693992137375..comments2024-03-17T17:55:18.426-04:00Comments on AS BEREANS DID: Easter FAQMarthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438486498450616814noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5528158760608808912.post-69926775928046702892014-02-10T08:53:14.865-05:002014-02-10T08:53:14.865-05:00Absolutely true on the crop cycle. The crop cycle ...Absolutely true on the crop cycle. The crop cycle and such natural events (like, say, the flooding of the Nile) were very much linked with the myths.xHWAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01061716053302210598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5528158760608808912.post-63480308823631156172014-02-10T08:49:55.110-05:002014-02-10T08:49:55.110-05:00I'm no fan of Richard Rives. WorldNetDaily.com...I'm no fan of Richard Rives. WorldNetDaily.com pushes his material pretty hard which may bring him some popularity, but not from me.<br /><br />Thing is, he basically took Hislop's material and warmed it up. I'm not saying he plagiarized it necessarily, but when I watched his videos it was precisely the same style and mindset and claims as Hislop. They both use the same non-research. They both use the same sweeping generalities and hasty conclusions. They both make definite claims of truth from the barest minimum of evidence. They both twist facts and seemingly could care less if they are wrong. <br /><br />Richard Rives, Alexander Hislop, and to a lesser degree Chuck Missler are all on my "avoid" list.xHWAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01061716053302210598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5528158760608808912.post-38842462414033190742014-02-09T18:13:34.764-05:002014-02-09T18:13:34.764-05:00I'm assuming you know the book "Too long ...I'm assuming you know the book "Too long in the sun" by Richard Rives. I noticed one thing in both Babylonian and Egyptian mythology, they use the concept of crop cycle. For example when Tammuz dies in summer, the plants start to wither away then you have autumn. It's like Ceres and Persephone, when Persephone is abducted, plants and flowers stopped growing and winter came.OrthodoxApologia92noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5528158760608808912.post-86676481566047334022014-01-31T19:29:03.319-05:002014-01-31T19:29:03.319-05:00I was being both serious (from a Chronological per...I was being both serious (from a Chronological perspective on the dating of Pascha) and mocking towards Armstrongists. Ishtar symbols are lions and an eight pointed star. Bunnies and eggs are not one of them, but if the Armstrongist wanted to assert that we should not use eggs because they are used during this time of year by pagans, then someone had better tell the Jews to remove the beitzah from their Seder.OrthodoxApologia92noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5528158760608808912.post-71038493246892573302014-01-27T09:13:01.967-05:002014-01-27T09:13:01.967-05:00OA92,
Greetings!
I'm going to LOL! at your c...OA92,<br /><br />Greetings!<br /><br />I'm going to LOL! at your comment, because I'm going on the assumption that you're being facetious, and I think it's absolutely hilarious. Very well done! I really needed that laugh today.<br /><br />(If you were somehow being serious, I don't mean to offend.)xHWAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01061716053302210598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5528158760608808912.post-69493070549244938972014-01-25T11:46:02.908-05:002014-01-25T11:46:02.908-05:00The so called goddess hugging a bunny is actually ...The so called goddess hugging a bunny is actually Ix Chel the rainbow goddess with the rabbit. Rabbits have been synonymous with the moon in various cultures. It is dated during the time AFTER Nicea.OrthodoxApologia92noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5528158760608808912.post-53700476934974064502013-04-20T23:33:59.500-04:002013-04-20T23:33:59.500-04:00Short answer: no.
Long answer: No one exactly kno...Short answer: no.<br /><br />Long answer: No one exactly knows, but looking at what we do know does not support "adopting pagan customs" as Nicolaitanism.<br /><br />You can read every Bible commentary and they will each say something a little different.<br /><br />Irenaeus, Eusebius and others claimed there was a bishop named Nicolas and he taught sexual freedom and idolatry.<br />Clement of Alexandria says Nicolas was a chaste man and jealous husband, and he didn't actually teach fornication or idolatry, but his words were abused by his followers.<br /><br />Several sources confirm this and add Gnosticism to the mix.<br /><br />Some commentaries try to tie Nicolaitanism to overbearing church leadership. I'm not an advocate of controlling leadership, but I've got to say there's almost no reason to agree with this position.<br /><br />Most people say Nicolaitans is really just the same thing as Balaam. The sin is the same.<br /><br />In the end, it's pretty inconclusive. But adopting pagan customs does not appear to be one of the options.xHWAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01061716053302210598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5528158760608808912.post-35867461048197371442013-04-20T22:10:44.731-04:002013-04-20T22:10:44.731-04:00Isn't adopting pagan customs, the Nicolatian h...Isn't adopting pagan customs, the Nicolatian hypocrisy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5528158760608808912.post-720811573762352702013-04-18T00:05:36.459-04:002013-04-18T00:05:36.459-04:00Yes there are countless websites all claiming that...Yes there are countless websites all claiming that Tammuz was wept for, for forty days. HWA took Hislop's work and embellished it and created another story out of thin air. Lent was celebrated for as long as Christians wanted to in the early church.<br />@Anonymous<br />There are artworks of Eostre but only as referenced by Wiccans and other modern pagans.Dillonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5528158760608808912.post-7641148660697986152013-04-12T08:37:51.526-04:002013-04-12T08:37:51.526-04:00Anonymous April 12,
Welcome! Thank you for comment...Anonymous April 12,<br />Welcome! Thank you for commenting here.<br /><br />I know that there are many paintings and etc of Eostre/Ostara, but they all recent. If they are recent then they can't quite be used as evidence of anything ancient.<br />For example, one can't use a statue from the 1800's to prove something predated the 700's.<br /><br />I am not unaware of any such ancient statue. If you could get me a link or something I'll gladly check them out.xHWAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01061716053302210598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5528158760608808912.post-58519309490457630562013-04-12T08:31:21.732-04:002013-04-12T08:31:21.732-04:00Dillon, I can't tell you how many people I'...Dillon, I can't tell you how many people I've seen lately who have been claiming that Lent is the weeping for Tammuz. It's really total nonsense, and demonstrably untrue, but they don't seem to care.<br />It's emotional. Logic and reason will not sway an emotional issue like that.xHWAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01061716053302210598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5528158760608808912.post-14817709376762519782013-04-12T03:11:10.441-04:002013-04-12T03:11:10.441-04:00Isn't there a statue of a goddess hugging a bu...Isn't there a statue of a goddess hugging a bunny? I found a couple of these on the internet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5528158760608808912.post-58658054198963405902013-04-05T20:23:03.071-04:002013-04-05T20:23:03.071-04:00I couldn't agree with you more on that Tammuz&...I couldn't agree with you more on that Tammuz's fest day was not in March or April. The weeping for Tammuz didn't last for forty days. The month of Tammuz in Old Testament times is roughly equivalent to our July. To the best evidence, that was when the Babylonian pagans, and the fallen Israelites mentioned in Ezekiel 8:14 would “weep for Tammuz”. Also, this weeping took place on the second day of that month, right after the new moon.Dillonnoreply@blogger.com