This all has to do with the mindset of the JWs and other related groups who are obsessed with discrediting the mainstream churches as apostate since the days of the apostles. And these clowns appeared after nearly 2000 years to put things right, that's how important they are and how much respect ppl must have for them.
Surprisingly, whatever the word Easter means, in most other European languages the word comes from the Jewish word for the passover pesach, eg French paques, Spanish pascua, Greek and Russian Pascha, Swedish pask, only in German it is Ostern.
ARE EASTER AND ISHTAR RELATED? POSSIBLY NOT!
by badboy 13 Replies latest jw friends
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greendawn
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badboy
I looked up Alexander Hislop and he was saying that Beltis was pronounced ISHTAR etc saying that Beltane and Easter were same thing.
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Leolaia
Short answer: Hislop is full of sh*t.
Beltis (< Akkadian baltu, belit "lady, mistress") has nothing to do with Celtic Beltane (< Old Irish Beltain "bright fire" < Proto-Celtic *belo-te(p)niâ < Proto-Indo-European *bhel- "shine, flash, burn" + *tep "heat, blaze"; cf. English bleach "whiten", Latin tepidus "warm").
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badboy
LEOLOLIA,THANKS FOR THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
I HAVE TO AGREE ABOUT HISLOP BEING FULL OF SH*T.
I WONDER IF ANYONE HAS TOLD THE WT/WCG THAT.