tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post8027640032367339416..comments2024-03-20T14:31:49.238-07:00Comments on mole: Doing SomethingDalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-16066264009190588522013-04-03T12:39:49.221-07:002013-04-03T12:39:49.221-07:00I think this is a perfectly good way to celebrate:...I think this is a perfectly good way to celebrate: "yes, I am going out to look at the stars in the morning, and making coffee." But then I like the occasional holiday bustle too. Nimblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16426446791363667887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-58525391183731440582013-04-01T08:22:18.319-07:002013-04-01T08:22:18.319-07:00You're most welcome, Dale. I wasn't raised...You're most welcome, Dale. I wasn't raised Christian, either — and many decades later, I'm still contentedly religionless — but I do enjoy a feast now and again. :)Death Zenhttp://www.twitter.com/deathzennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-31845974354947019242013-04-01T06:22:29.581-07:002013-04-01T06:22:29.581-07:00Thanks, Death Zen! Yes, that makes it make sense. ...Thanks, Death Zen! Yes, that makes it make sense. (And thanks for the correction about Orthodox Easter!) And goes to point up the dangers of pontificating about other people's religious lives: if you're not doing it, you probably don't understand what it's about. (I wasn't raised Christian, so I see it from the outside, mostly.)Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-38481057354115737582013-04-01T04:01:50.701-07:002013-04-01T04:01:50.701-07:00Actually, only some of the Christians were "h...Actually, only some of the Christians were "holding" their Easter yesterday, Dale. A roughly estimated 225-300 million Orthodox Christians worldwide won't be celebrating Easter until May 5. And the reason that the faithful joyously celebrate the resurrection of Jesus by feasting on Easter is because they've been observing <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lent" rel="nofollow">strict Lenten diets</a> for several weeks: no meat, no fish, no eggs, no dairy, no wine, no oil, and curtailed frequency and portions of all meals. (The same applies to lesser feast days on the liturgical calendar: they, too, mark the end of a dietary fast.) Despite the fact that many Christians worldwide no longer fast during Lent or otherwise, this is the rationale behind all feast days.Death Zenhttp://www.twitter.com/deathzennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-82313386163746711312013-04-01T00:41:13.440-07:002013-04-01T00:41:13.440-07:00You're not the odd man out on this one. I'...You're not the odd man out on this one. I'm with you here, which makes two... so you're even.Mike McLarenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17881672365554137673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-40801109607285169592013-03-31T17:44:36.484-07:002013-03-31T17:44:36.484-07:00I understand the celebration as a means to acknowl...I understand the celebration as a means to acknowledge the miracle of resurrection and of His forgiveness of our sins; but I don't get the bunny or the chocolate.Phil Plasmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062925429031957360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-22663139878755544562013-03-31T12:14:43.663-07:002013-03-31T12:14:43.663-07:00I get annoyed at the 'special' word in que...I get annoyed at the 'special' word in questions too. I try not to literally tilt my head at a person speaking such a thing to me. I normally politely say, "I find it degrading that my normal would not be enough for me to speak of and that by your wish for only special that you erase me." <br /><br />Sometimes they will grin, if they know me at all, and try again...<br />I save them then, and I say I am standing here speaking with you and next, I will be noticing the next thing, and perhaps deciding how long to attend it. <br /><br />It can be simpler to just go out to that stone. <br /><br />I wonder that Pentecost isn't a 'feast' day or something else instead. I imagine that marketers couldn't find a way to advertise and attach a brand-like feeling and obligation to keep up. (brand-like is the wrong word but at the moment I haven't access to the correct one in memory)Elisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04319973381032258515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-42348028877003931362013-03-31T09:19:30.066-07:002013-03-31T09:19:30.066-07:00Not so odd.
I think of the "what are you do...Not so odd. <br /><br />I think of the "what are you doing for (Holiday)?" question to be along the lines of "How are you?" The answer is, 'fine.' Or for the holiday "Oh, just quiet at home." <br /><br />I also make origami bunnies. Just glad not to be spending the whole week on a hard pew. Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.com