This is strange thought of mine. Only really coming together over the past few days and such, but I've held some of these beliefs for a few years now. The last one in particular.
OK time to explain myself. The Easter story is essentially this. Jesus is betrayed, crucified and resurrects a few days later. Xmas is all about his birth which we have concrete day to celebrate, albeit one not specified in the bible. But Easter is different every year. If Jesus was real. and the resurrection is real, shouldn't there be a specified day for Easter every year, given that you only die once, or is it implied that Christ dies and resurrects every year.
And if he did die once and resurrect as scripture says, then shouldn't some of his followers in antiquity have made a note of the day of his death and resurrection, and basically worship Easter on that day year after year instead of this crazy moveable feast we do, year after year.
The second question is a thought I've held for much, much longer. It boils down to this. Given there is no date for Xmas in the bible and that the themes of Easter are, mythologically speaking, more to do with winter. I know the bible has it to do with the festival of Passover, but shouldn't we really celebrate Xmas in spring, with its theme of life and celebration, and celebrate Easter at the end of the new year due to its death and resurrection themes.
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