The Pagan Origins of Easter
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The Pagan Origins of Easter
A number of Pagan religions of the ancient Mediterranean region held a major celebration after the spring equinox. One Pagan religion believed that the Phrygian fertility goddess Cybele had a consort named Attis, born of a virginal birth. Each year, Attis died and was resurrected during the spring equinox, around the time of Easter today. This account is similar in concept to the Christian account of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
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5/27/2007 7:24:36 PMDavid Curtis said:
Nimrod's wife Semiramus and her legendary virgin birth of Tammuz had its various forms and customs preserved through out world history. different names have been applied to them but they are all truly her. Nimrod built the tower of Babel. When he died his wife said he was the sun god and that his soul ascended into it. later when she became pregnant she claimed his spirit over shadowed her and gave her a miraculous child. The pagans worshipped Sunday in honor of Nimrod, and what we now call Easter for his wife Simiramus. Their supposed miracle child was born on December 25. All pagan religions spring from this ancient family, and bulders of the tower of babel.
