Diff Dates
Why do people celebrate Easter on diff. dates and not on a particular date like X’mas?
I want to know why people celebrate it lyk every second sunday of april or however it is. Why doesnt it have a specific date?Why do they celebrate?What proof do they have its happend on that particular day itself?
The same is for Christmas also. Please give me an answer either seperatly for Easter and Christmas or both together.
Easter is celebrated on the first Sunday after the first full moon of spring. This is in commemoration of the rebirth of the goddess of fertility, which was incorporated into Christianity in order to make it palatable to pagans who were being enticed to join the ranks of this fledgling religion in the fourth century.
The proper Holy Days were commanded by God in Leviticus 23 and include Passover and the Feast of Firstfruits. Passover is always on the fourteenth day of the Hebrew month of the abib (ripened barley).
Christmas is celebrated at the time of the renewal of the yearly cycle when the day starts getting longer, another pagan holiday. For the biblical truth of when Jesus was born, see http://www.messianic.com/articles/dates.htm.
(BTW, the only birthdays mentioned in the Bible were associated with ungodly men and had dire consequences — Gen. 40:20 and Matt. 14:6.)
Double Date