Happy Easter, heretics.

[Gonzo]

You Tube

[godfry n. glad]

Easter?

Can I check something out? This is the holiday where we acknowledge that this dude Jesus was betrayed, arrested, tried, scouraged, driven through town carrying a cross and then subsequently nailed to that same cross and left in the sun to die? Then, he was taken down and placed in a tomb, from whence he arises from the dead and leaves the tomb? It's that story, right?

So, my question is, after he rises from the dead and steps out of the tomb, is it "six more weeks of winter" if he sees his shadow, or if he doesn't?

[Gonzo]

Stop spoiling it. I'm only at the part where he walks on water.

[Watser?]

Did he turn the water into wine first?

[Gonzo]

Your Mom turns to wine first... before, well, you know.

[curses]

Eddie Izzard - Easter and Christmas - YouTube

[ShottleBop]

I am Jewish. Technically, doesn't that mean that I'm simply a heathen, rather than a heretic?

[thedoc]

Hoppy easter everyone. - You too.

[Kael]

Most people here would be either heathens (not Christian or Jewish, sorry ShottleBop but Jews don't get to be heathens) or apostates (those who formally denounce or leave the faith). Heretics are those who hold beliefs within the faith that differ from official doctrine, from something as central as who is or is not the Messiah to what date the celebration of a given holiday should actually take place.

I think we've just got Angakuk to cover that angle.

[Ymir's blood]

The Easter Bunny left a big chocolate egg in my toilet!

[Vivisectus]

lol Heretic Atheists

[livius drusus]

I wish all the Kinder eggs I ate as a child would resurrect so I could eat them all over again.

[Vivisectus]

Doesn't Heathenism imply that you follow some kind of religion? Just not one that the person calling you a heathen likes?

[Qingdai]

I thought the heathen was you were left out of the church on the hearth. Shows what I know. Happy bunnies to you all.

[Kael]

Heathen pretty much just means "anyone who isn't Christian or Jewish," but like Pagan it has some connotations of "backward country bumpkin whom the light of God (and thence civilization) hasn't reached" to it.

[seebs]

I've not seen anything suggesting Angakuk is a heretic any more than any other Christian. I'm pretty sure I'm technically not a heretic either, although my total lack of concern on the question probably strikes some as heretical.

[Pan Narrans]

Burn the heretic! Kill the mutant! Purge the unclean!

[ZEZOZE]

happy easter!

[thedoc]

Originally Posted by Kael

Most people here would be either heathens (not Christian or Jewish, sorry ShottleBop but Jews don't get to be heathens) or apostates (those who formally denounce or leave the faith). Heretics are those who hold beliefs within the faith that differ from official doctrine, from something as central as who is or is not the Messiah to what date the celebration of a given holiday should actually take place.

I think we've just got Angakuk to cover that angle.

Hey! I'm right here.

[thedoc]

Originally Posted by Kael

Heathen pretty much just means "anyone who isn't Christian or Jewish," but like Pagan it has some connotations of "backward country bumpkin whom the light of God (and thence civilization) hasn't reached" to it.

I think 'Heathen' would anyone outside the religion that is applying the label.

A 'Pagan' is one who worships nature, in the woods, outside a "civilized" setting, - a Church building.

[Angakuk]

I am not now and may never be a heretic.

[thedoc]

Originally Posted by Angakuk

I am not now and may never be a heretic.

That's only because you think your beliefs should be the 'Official Doctrine' and everyone else is wrong.

[godfry n. glad]

Originally Posted by thedoc

That's only because you think your beliefs should be the 'Official Doctrine' and everyone else is wrong.

Yeah...All those heretics tend to be like that.

[Angakuk]

Especially the ones with the funny hats.

For the record: My beliefs are the Official Doctrine and everyone else is wrong. Fact!

[Vivisectus]