Star Wars Memes

Remember Star Trek III...?

That doesn't even cover the issues of explaining how they figure out what DAY it is every year.

"Okay, so they start by figuring out when the Earth has the most direct sun on the the Tropic of Cancer... no, not the disease, a giant crab... it's a line of latitude approximately 23°27′ north of Earth's Equator, right? Yes, there's math. Anyway, the take the day the sun is strongest and weakest, called the solstices, and ... the solstices... It doesn't matter, It mattered for agriculture back then, especially when spring and fall were, which are the calendar dates in between them, yeah? So the spring equinox ,., that's what they call the 'in between solstices,' equinox... which is March 21st or 22nd or something. What? No no, I am explaining how they figure out when easter is. I haven't forgotten. So now we know when the spring equinox is, so now we look at a chart of the moon, and figure out when it is full. Full. No, not 'full of what?' it's full meaning that you can see all of in the sky. Well one half of it, actually. The sunlit half, but it's FACING us, see... The sun lights up and it shows as a circle instead of a crescent or something. Moving on, they look at the FIRST Sunday AFTER the FIRST full moon that occurs on or after the spring equinox. Except if the full moon falls on a Sunday, then Easter is the next Sunday. Why? Well, St. Bede the Venerable, the 6th-century author of Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum ('Ecclesiastical History of the English People'), maintains that the English word 'Easter' comes from Eostre, or Eostrae, the Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring and fertility. That's where the Spring Equinox comes in. NO I AM NOT MAKING THIS UP!"

I've always assumed that Scotty beamed him up to the ship where he spent 3 days in medical having Bones fix him before they beamed him back down.

right, so he comes back to life after 3 days...

I never understood how Friday to Sunday is 3 days. There's one full day between them.

I've heard the term Easter originates from Eostre which is a pagan goddess of the spring. That being said the reference is exclusively an English/Germanic thing. The Orthodox church uses the more ancient term of "Pascha" which derives from "Passover". So you are partially right but no Christian versed in their history would say it takes away from the holiness of the holiday. The Orthodox church would often observe pagan customs and peacefully orient them towards Christ. As a result the church has a rich tapestry of jurisdictions with their own liturgical nuances. Easter is about Christ defeating death. Glory to God.

I thought he was more of a revenant.

Christmas trees predate Christmas.

This post is a tongue and cheek comparison of how capitalism has eaten Christian holidays, and how resurrection is handled in fiction.

I was raised in an authoritarian Christian environment, but on the plus side I am actually able to dissect a lot of popular fiction for my wife who was not raised with this burden. It turns out it's actually sort of hard to understand certain metaphors, symbols and short hand if both your parents are sarcastic atheists.

That's interesting that you feel so out of place. I dated a Jewish woman for a little while and went to synagogue with her for Shabbat, and spent a couple holidays with her family. It all felt comfortable to me. I suppose maybe it's more natural for a Christian to participate in Jewish holidays than it is for a Jew to participate in Christian holidays. Judaism is basically half of Christianity, whereas Christianity is something completely separate to the Jewish. Rather, Christianity is something the Jewish have directly stated they don't believe the basis for. Does that sound accurate to you?

I'm not too familiar with it, but does it really work? I feel like just the first point, ordinary world, has some huge issues

The hero begins in a situation of normality from which some information is received that acts as a call to head off into the unknown

I think Jesus was always seen as special, even before birth. If we go with the Biblical story I mean

Jesus is more of an isekai protagonist than a classic hero.

It's one of the biggest Christian holidays so if you're in a Christian country or around Christians, people might care. Also, holidays are always nice

If you're in a religious country, everyone still takes this seriously.

You know if people want to eat candy, go to church and spend time with fam in peace, who am I to say no even if I don't buy into it?

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