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1. Posted by Roda86 12th April, 2009 at 8:52 am

   Yes, at a church where I attended the Pastor always called it “Resurrection Sunday.” I didn’t have an issue with that. I did wonder if he was disappointed that it didn’t catch on with most of the congregation.

   No doubt, if he’s there long enough, he will weed out the compromisers and have a church full of people who eschew Easter baskets, Easter eggs, and Easter outfits in favor of the sanctified Resurrection Sunday baskets, Resurrection Sunday eggs, and Resurrection Sunday outfits.

2. Posted by 1611girl 12th April, 2009 at 12:31 pm

   haha at our church our pastor says Easter… but we don’t attend the typical “Fundy” church, either.

3. Posted by reglerjoe 12th April, 2009 at 4:11 pm

   Ha! This is funny, ’cause just last week I got buttonholed by a visitor (who was not from a fundy church) and was reprimanded for using “Easter” from the pulpit. Easter is bad cause it’s pagan, y’know. Strangely, he wasn’t offended when I wished him a “happy Sunday.”

4. Posted by Andrew 12th April, 2009 at 8:49 pm

   I grew up in a church that essentially ignored everything about Easter – the whole thing was heathen. No Christmas and no Easter. Jesus was never born, crucified, and resurrected, I reckon…

5. Posted by Sarah 13th April, 2009 at 10:23 am

   Would “Pascha” be an acceptable substitute? That’s what the Eastern Orthodox call Easter….

6. Posted by John D. Chitty 13th April, 2009 at 4:10 pm

   It may compromise their separation standards, but Christian History magazine has an antidote to this fundy fave…

   http://capthk.wordpress.com/2009/04/05/treating-easterphobia/

7. Posted by Bob Hayton 13th April, 2009 at 6:44 pm

   I’m with Andrew here. Some fundy churches I was a part of, never emphasized Easter or Christmas. They never stopped their normal preaching routine at all to cover these Christian holidays.

8. Posted by Andrew 13th April, 2009 at 9:44 pm

   I was happy, Bob, if they stuck with a normal preaching routine instead of preaching a Christmas/Easter bashing message. Funny how those visitors who had been coming for a few months never came back…

9. Posted by Wally Ballou 3rd April, 2010 at 2:14 pm

   A fundy aunt of mine always makes a point of wishing each of us a “Happy Resurrection Sunday” at annual family Easter gatherings, and doing so in that passive-aggressive way that so much as says [i]You’re all heathens and going straight to hell.[/i]

   My aunt as some serious and longstanding mental and emotional problems (which I’m sure is why she, born and raised a more-or-less nominal Lutheran like the rest of us) was attracted to fundy theology in the first place), so I try to be patient and understanding around her. Besides, she’s family. But that shit does get very, very old after a while.

10. Posted by Ron Bean 3rd April, 2010 at 5:29 pm

    Wow, Wally! I thought you dies with Bob and Ray!

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_and_Ray

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