Well, Now that the discussion has passed on to the history of Easter itself, check this link for something i found on the net. I however dont know about it authenticity.
http://wilstar.com/holidays/easter.htm regards, Vishak ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 4:10 AM Subject: RE: [delphi-en] Calculate South Africa Public Holidays? Hi Dave, This is a little out of topic, but I may try to answer your question: First of all there are many mysteries in the life of Christ, and the religion is claiming neither that it can explain, nor that it hides any of them. Secondly, the resurrection from the dead of the Christ was the last event of this magnitude after many thousands of years (not considering that Christ himself has effectuated such a miracle in his live (many times?)), so this event has impressed the people of that time as much as the splendid full moon that coincided with the event. For many next years that would have come, Christians were more founded of the full moon than a fixed date, and this is how the Easter entered the religious history. Than, don't forget that the life of Christ was from the very beginning connected with astral events: it was a(n unknown) star rising over the place where Christ was born! It was missing at his end and his resurrection from dead, but that splendid full moon... Anyway - I want to state clearly that I do not want to be connected with any anti-Vatican protest! (I am a simple orthodox, not a prist.) Thank you, Horia ;^b -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Smith Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 5:57 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [delphi-en] Calculate South Africa Public Holidays? This brings up an interesting question: I(t's based on the phases of the moon. I'd like to ask a priest why that is since it's supposed to be when Christ was resurrected from the dead.. you'd think that would be a FIXED date right? Can anyone answer that one? Shall we start protesting in front of the Vatican until they answer it? How about hacking the Vatican firewall for the answer? How about hacking the Vatican firewall for ALL of the hidden secrets of the world they've been absconding with over the last 2000 years? Dave [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/A77XvD/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/i7folB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ----------------------------------------------------- Home page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/delphi-en/ To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/delphi-en/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
