Tonight I got an email from my cousin with the following text....I did not check out if this was a factual email or not...the fact is it made me laugh...and I like it alot!
In Florida , an atheist became incensed over the preparation of Easter and Passover holidays. He decided to contact his lawyer about the discrimination inflicted on atheists by the constant celebrations afforded to Christians and Jews with all their holidays while atheists had no holiday to celebrate.
The case was brought before a judge. After listening to the long passionate presentation by the lawyer, the Judge banged his gavel and declared,
"Case Dismissed!"
The lawyer immediately stood and objected to the ruling and said, 'Your honor, how can you possibly dismiss this case? The Christians have Christmas, Easter and many other observances. Jews have Passover, Yom Kippur and Hanukkah...yet my client and all other atheists have no such holiday!'
The judge leaned forward in his chair and simply said, 'Obviously your client is too confused to even know about, much less celebrate his own atheists' holiday!'
The lawyer pompously said, 'Your Honor, we are unaware of any such holiday for atheists. Just when might that holiday be, your Honor?'
The judge said, 'Well it comes every year on exactly the same date---April 1st! Since our calendar sets April 1st as 'April Fools Day,' consider that Psalm 14:1 states, 'The fool says in his heart, there is no God.' Thus, in my opinion, if your client says there is no God, then by scripture, he is a fool, and April 1st is his holiday! Now have a good day and get out of my courtroom!!
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4 comments:
Wait a minute.
We have the same holidays you guys have. Easter, the beginning of new and abundant life. It's celebrated with the rabit and lily. It's the first Sunday following the first full moon of the spring equinox. That's why it changes every year.
The growing season had ended and the tribe had to live off of stored food and whatever animals they could catch. The people would be troubled as the life-giving sun sank lower in the sky each noon. They feared that it would eventually disappear and leave them in permanent darkness and extreme cold. After the winter solstice, they would have reason to celebrate as they saw the sun rising and strengthening once more. Although many months of cold weather remained before spring, they took heart that the return of the warm season was inevitable. The concept of birth and or death/rebirth became associated with the winter solstice. The people had no elaborate instruments to detect the solstice. But they were able to notice a slight elevation of the sun's path within a few days after the solstice by DEC-25. Celebrations were often timed for about the 25th.
Lots of different religions, pagans, worshipers of all the various gods have reassigned them over the centuries. The one's you mentions are simply the most recent. From the 1600's when King James re-wrote the bible.
Just sayin', ya know.
I didn't mean anything offensive...I just chuckled when she sent this to me and thought I'd share. Again I didn't check the validity of the email . :)
I understood your post. I was playing along.
Okay, never know on the computer if someone was seriously offended or not :)
Also your comments are duly noted... I took a world religions class in college that was very interesting...learned some stuff the church never tells ya!
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