Originally Posted by wizzywick:
“Exactly. Also I'm a little concerned that it will lose its whole Christian tradition of not falling in the Jewish week of passover. I realise that on a few occasions this has already happened but if Jesus was crucified in Passover AND it was during the first full moon following the Spring Equinox, then surely it should remain. I know, as a Christian, why don't we fix the date of Islamic festival of Ramadan? Are people so thick these days that they need everything made really easily for them? Here's a radical idea if you want to know when Easter is, buy a bloody calendar!”
As someone who probably falls in the 'So thick these days they need everything made really easily for them (sic)' brigade, could someone explain the following (which I must admit has puzzled my inadequate mind for years):-
If we must celebrate Christ's birth on the same day, why on earth would you not commiserate his crucifixtion or celebrate his being raised on the same days? The fact that it was passover or full moon is totally irrelvant. So why move it every year?