Yay, Easter!

[vilakins]

I'm home after a long (though only 4-day) week of overtime and so looking forward to four days off.

The moon was shining brightly in a clear sky as I drove home, which reminded me of a friend I used to go yachting with a lot a few years ago. We went away one Easter and she said, looking at her calendar, "Oh look, it's going to be a full moon again! It's amazing how often you get that at Easter." I did tell her why this happens.

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[vandonovan.livejournal.com]

Ahaha. Today my dad and my brother's girlfriend (both church going Christians) were trying to figure out if Easter was the day Christ was killed or the day he rose. I was preparing tea and listening in to the conversation. My dad started going on about how Jesus died "forty days ago" and rises on Easter. My brother's girlfriend was not disagreeing.

It was I, the atheist-since-age-16, that turned to them and explained Good Friday and the resurrection and all that. *laughs* Honestly, some people.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Wow. It's very strange that two Christians didn't know that.

[vandonovan.livejournal.com]

I thought so too. I'm sure my mom and brother would have, but still. I think it's sort of . . . obvious?


I randomly like that icon a lot, ahahaha.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I don't use it that often (or the eyeroll one) unless it's obvious it's not about the person I'm talking to.

[filius-lupi.livejournal.com]

Ah, one of those people who think that Easter falls on different days each year... again I say "Bede should be taught in schools!"

[kalinda001.livejournal.com]

Have a great long long weekend! You deserve it.

[kalypso-v.livejournal.com]

I know a grown-up Frenchwoman whose explanation of Easter was that it was the day all the church bells fly to Rome to see the Pope. She seemed surprised when two atheist friends pointed out that traditionally there was a bit more to it than that. At least they do still seem to mention it in English schools; my niece, when about seven, could offer an only slightly garbled account about Christ rising from the dead on a cross.

[snowgrouse.livejournal.com]

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Oh... my... Did she believe in tooth fairies too?

I'm not sure they teach it at non-church schools, but I thought all the major stories (Moses leading the freed slaves from Egypt, Noah and the ark, Jonah and the whale, etc) were widely known and a part of culture.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Apparently there's worse: look in the comments above. :-)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Well, it does! But she'd never known why. :-P

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I plan to! :-)

[snowgrouse.livejournal.com]

Oh dear. I'm resisting the urge to ask my sister, now, because those all sound like things she'd say...

[nautile26.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's precious! Enjoy your Easter break.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Oh, go on! Dooooo eeeeet! ;-)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Thank you; you too!

[snowgrouse.livejournal.com]

I don't see her often, but I'll try asking something simple like that the next time I run into her...