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Atheists & Agnostics

rurallib

(63,304 posts) Mon Feb 26, 2018, 09:08 PM Feb 2018

One thing that has always perplexed me is the movable date of Easter [View all]

Was raised catholic and never could understand why the date of the VERY CENTRAL belief of christianity was movable.

I know the reason of christianity usurping pagan holidays and all that.

What I could never understand was that if this holiday was so important why did the church(es) not establish one set date to be -as it were - the holiest day of the year? If it only happened once it had to happen only on one date, not one of six Sundays based on the cycle of the moon.

Makes me think maybe it never really happened.

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One thing that has always perplexed me is the movable date of Easter [View all] rurallib Feb 2018 OP

Here's the answer to your question PJMcK Feb 2018 #1

yeah I know that - my question is more why the church rurallib Feb 2018 #2

It's pegged to the timing of Passover instead of a specific western calender date. Tanuki Feb 2018 #3

yes, but the actual Last Supper supposedly only happened once rurallib Feb 2018 #5

But Last Supper was on Passover SCantiGOP Feb 2018 #9

Yeah, but it didn't happen on our calendar. Sentath Feb 2018 #11

Passover starts on a fixed date in the Hebrew calendar muriel_volestrangler Feb 2018 #19

And the Greek Orthodox church uses a different calendar altogether. Laffy Kat Feb 2018 #4

I didn't want to even throw that one in...... rurallib Feb 2018 #6

If it were up to me... defacto7 Feb 2018 #7

Weekend Cartoonist Feb 2018 #8

At least Good Friday SCantiGOP Feb 2018 #10

BUT IF IT DIDN'T MOVE . . . Brainstormy Feb 2018 #12

Agree. If they can nail down the birthday mountain grammy Feb 2018 #13

that is the perfect concise way to put it rurallib Feb 2018 #14

Because like most Xian holidays edhopper Feb 2018 #15

It all dates back to Pope Ziggy the Capricious (Kidding) -nt Freelancer Feb 2018 #16

Because the calendar year is not a perfect circle A HERETIC I AM Feb 2018 #17

Sunday has something to do with it. Iggo Feb 2018 #18

One group in ancient times DID have a set date The Genealogist Mar 2018 #20

that is interesting that at least one group would follow a set date. rurallib Mar 2018 #21