As the Pesach, and Easter holidays come this year and the problems of the Middle East continue one has to wonder about a few things about religion. I have always had a question that I have always wanted to ask Christians around the world, and I hope that this article does not get controversial, and I don't offend anyone. Why do Christians not celebrate Jewish holidays such as Passover and Purim and others. After all Jesus Christ and the first Christians were Jews and celebrated these holidays. Christians study and worship the Old Testament Rosh Hashanah, Hanukkah, Passover, Purim are holidays that all Christians and Jews in my opinion could enjoy. Living in the bible belt here in the states one see many different types of Christianity. It would be great I think to have a Sedar with my Christian neighbors joining in, or to join celebrating Hanukkah not as a curiosity but as a symbol of how Christianity is truly from Jewish roots. Hag Sameah to one in all Jews and Christians
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passover_(Christian_holiday)
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2 comments:
Hi Ralph...excellent post. In my previous life I used to insist that a person could not be a Christian until he/she had an solid understanding of Judaism.
Sharing the holidays - well, I think you'd find both parties unlikely to come to the party.
Not that it's not a good idea.
You know about my blog, Contextual Criticism. I've got a poetry blog, Creative Confections, and have posted a satire called "The Gospel of the Easter Bunny," which should, I hope spur some thinking about Easter and its meaning.
See you on ListJ-2.
Jacob
I forgot: The URL for Creative Confections is:
http://jacobsconfectionary.blogspot.com.
Sorry about that!
Jacob
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