The Profound Connection Between Easter and Passover
Source: The Wall Street Journal By R.R. Reno April 14, 2017 8:45 a.m. ET Easter stalks Passover. They arrive together every spring, like the daffodils and magnolia blossoms. This year, […]
This Is Where the Word ‘Easter’ Comes From
Source: Time By Katy Steinmetz Apr 15, 2017 Why do we use the word Easter to describe the spring’s eggiest holiday? There’s more than one theory, but the most interesting intertwines […]
On Easter, Mary Magdalene will be maligned as a prostitute. Except she wasn’t.
Source: The Washington Post By Petula Dvorak Columnist April 13 at 6:02 PM Here’s who Mary Magdalene was: one of Jesus Christ’s original followers, the last to stay with him […]
Egypt beefs up security outside churches ahead of Easter
Source: Associated Press By HEBA AFIFY CAIRO (AP) — Outside of Cairo’s St. Mark’s Cathedral, the seat of the Coptic Orthodox Pope, a dozen high-ranking police officers are stationed on […]
Why Easter is called Easter, and other little-known facts about the holiday
Source: The Conversation This Sunday, April 16, Christians will be celebrating Easter, the day on which the resurrection of Jesus is said to have taken place. The date of celebration […]
25% of Christians do not believe in resurrection and Queen’s former chaplain calls them non-Christians
You CANNOT be Christian if you don’t believe in the resurrection, Queen’s former chaplain Source: Daily Express By Sophia Petkar A FORMER chaplain to the Queen has said that a […]
Churches in southern Egypt will not celebrate Easter
Source: Associated Press By MENNA ZAKI CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian churches, in the southern city of Minya, said on Tuesday that they will not hold Easter celebrations in mourning for […]
Resurrection did not happen, say quarter of Christians
Source: BBC A quarter of people who describe themselves as Christians in Great Britain do not believe in the resurrection of Jesus, a survey commissioned by the BBC suggests. However, […]
Cadbury’s ‘War on Easter’ Brings Out the Inner Churchill in Theresa May
Source: Time By Dan Stewart At last, Britain’s Prime Minister is really angry about something. No, not Scotland’s renewed bid for independence. Not even the E.U.’s apparent attempt to use Gibraltar […]
Theresa May criticises Cadbury over Easter egg hunt
Source: BBC Theresa May has described the decision to drop the word Easter from the name of Cadbury and National Trust egg hunts as “absolutely ridiculous”. Her comments come after […]
CNN Original Series: ‘Finding Jesus’ Season 2 Staring Today
Source: CNN Promos Finding Jesus discovers fascinating new insights into the historical Jesus, utilizing the latest scientific techniques and archaeological research. Season 2 premiers today on March 5, on CNN […]
Video: On Easter Let Us Visit the Church of Holy Sepulcher, Site of Jesus’ Crucifixion and Burial
Morgan Freeman visits the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in the old city of Jerusalem where the tomb of Jesus is believed to be located. The Muslim Times has the […]
The swoon hypothesis
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The swoon hypothesis is any of a number of ideas that aim to explain the resurrection of Jesus, proposing that Jesus did not die on the cross, but merely fell unconscious (“swooned”), and was later revived in the tomb in the same mortal body. This […]
The crux of the matter: The Filipinos crucified on Good Friday
The Muslim Times has the most extensive collection on rational understanding of Easter By Euan McKirdy, CNN (CNN) Some devout Catholics in the deeply religious Southeast Asian nation of the […]
What Is Easter Without the Resurrection?
Source: Huffington Post By Christian Chiakulas; Writer, activist, and musician from Chicago John Dominic Crossan closes the main text of his 1994 book Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography with the question: […]
Happy Palm Sunday: The Muslim Times has the Most Extensive Collection about Rational Understanding of the Easter
Palm Sunday is this weekend, marking the last Sunday before Easter. The sacred Christian holiday commemorates the entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem, where he rode into town on a donkey as […]
‘Jesus Christ WASN’T nailed to the cross’ claims religion expert who reveals artifacts that ‘prove’ it
Source: Mirror Meredith Warren, who is a Lecturer in Biblical and Religious Studies at the University of Sheffield, has shed light on the shocking claims An expert in religion has […]
Crucifixion Discussion at the Redmond Regional Library
Source: Redmond patch, in the state of Washington Guidance available on Good Friday for researching the claim that the crucifixion of Jesus was a near death experience. This Good Friday […]
My atheism does not make me superior to believers. It’s a leap of faith too
Post originally made by Dr. Falak Rahman Source: The Guardian: By Ijeoma Oluo, who is a Seattle based writer and internet yeller. Her work on feminism and social justice has been […]
The Muslim Times has the Most Extensive Collection on Rational Understanding of Easter
Epigraph: And We made the son of Mary and his mother a Sign, and gave them refuge on an elevated land of green valleys and springs of running water. (Al […]
