General Chat

Statement on the NT home page
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/news/were-proud-to-help-families-celebrate-easter

Yes and prior to this hitting the papers it just said egg hunt.

Well, as my daughter said on FB , 'Christians taking over a pagan festival, then complaining about it!!'

Easter is the pagan festival of Eastra, the goddess of spring, in whose honour sacrifices were offered in Spring (about Passover time in the Christian calendar)

But which came first?

Was the Christian Festival being 'dissed' or the Pagan one?

Good point :-D ....Like I said I agree it was pagan first but if it's good enough for the church....as is Christmas also on a pagan day.

It is - near to the Winter Solstice.

What the heck lets all just eat far too much chocolate and be done with it, and hard luck if that upsets anyone :-P

You are the only one who is implying it might upset someone.

Nobody has said they are upset. Who do you think it will upset?

Simple question, not sure why you won't answer it.

We have been to 3 NT places this week and the word Easter is mentioned in all of them. Their hunts (not just Easter Egg) are all through the children's Easter holidays as far a I can see, all sorts, the one on Sunday was a hunt for letters to make a word, we watched them doing it, they had great fun and were learning about the garden as they did it. So maybe they had dropped the word Easter as they were not all actually at Easter. :-)

Guinevere not sure why you're always being so confrontational with me. If you don't like any comment I make then don't read them simple.
Other never answer any questions ever and yet you're not on here trying to start something.

As I said earlier agree to disagree.

It's not confrontational to ask a question, surely?

It's more confrontational to refuse to answer. If you introduce a topic and get some facts wrong then expect to be challenged.

No one (not even those of other religions - which is what I suspect you were getting at) has complained about the word Easter being used in relation to the NT hunts. It's not a question of disagreeing it's a matter of fact.

And the fact is online they at first dropped the word Easter. I can't say what local properties did on their own.
You are being confrontational and trying to start an argument.
I started a thread asking what people thought as it seems this was happening, as I like the Press were looking at their original online adverts which have now been changed.
Quite why you're getting so upset over this I can not say. Do you work for the National Trust as you seem to know a lot about this situation?

One of my colleagues, Thamir, is a fairly conservative Muslim. He does not seem to have a problem with a pint of beer or a megafest of Easter eggs for his grandkids though.

Back in the C19 one of my rellies was a cofe bishop. He was very opposed to what he saw as pagan celebratons at Christmas and Easter.

Much binding in the marsh.

I don't work for the NT, although I'm a life long member. I just have a preference for the truth rather than veiled insinuations.

They didn't drop the word Easter online at all. Just from the page advertising the Cadbury Egg Hunt, which was Cadbury's decision. Every other page had Easter all over it, always did.

I'm not upset, I'm irritated by the inaccuracy of your statements.

And, given your constant sniping at another member, it's a bit much for you to have the nerve to call me confrontational. And you still haven't answered the question, I guess you never will.

I haven't done any such thing, veiled insinuations come on.

Quite why you'd be irritated....

My statements have not been inaccurate.

As for constant sniping at another member...I know that person is more than able to speak for themselves not requiring others to "defend" them...and hardly "an offence" that can be aimed only at me.

Is there anything on this earth not capable of annoying someone, somewhere?

Nope, for sure Dermot.

Forgive me for preferring the truth to made up rubbish. I'll leave you to your righteous indignation.

I'm not the one acting with righteous indignation.

No wonder the boards are so bare these days, you start a thread on a current news story and it was meant to just be that no hidden agenda.

So Guinevere the only comment you're going to be happy with is yes you are so right and I and the British press are so wrong and we are confrontational.

Again please feel free to not read any comments or threads I post if I offend so much I'll be fine with that.

No, I wanted you to say who you thought would be upset, had the story actually been true. You still haven't.

I will reply to whatever threads I like. Feel free to ignore me if I reply to any of yours if it upsets you so much, even if I'm only replying to correct inaccuracies, or challenge odd beliefs.

Odd beliefs...okay I'm a Christian that's odd !!

Never said you couldn't reply to any threads, just said you were free to not do so if you wish. I'm not upset.