View Full Version : As Christians Prepare to Celebrate Easter, 76% Believe Jesus Rose from the Dead
And this is something we didn't know?
Saturday, March 22, 2008
"A recent Rasmussen Reports survey found that 83% of American adults believe the person known to history as Jesus Christ actually walked the earth around two-thousand years ago. Just 7% do not while 10% are not sure. Seventy-seven percent (77%) believe that Jesus was who Christians say he is--the Son of God who came to earth to die for our sins. Seventy-six percent (76%) also think that Jesus Christ rose from the dead."
Ref: http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/general_lifestyle/as_christians_prepare_to_celebrate_easter_76_belie ve_jesus_rose_from_the_dead
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"PRINCETON, NJ -- America's churches will be much fuller than usual this weekend as Christians celebrate Easter, one of the two times a year when church attendance in the United States is traditionally at its highest.
http://media.gallup.com/poll/graphs/20080321easter1.gif
Research Gallup has conducted in past years has shown that anywhere between 62% and 64% of Americans say they plan to attend church on Easter.
That can be contrasted with the more typical attendance patterns by which about 4 out of 10 Americans tell Gallup interviewers that they either attended church within the last seven days, or that they attend at least once a week or almost every week."
Ref: http://www.gallup.com/poll/105544/Easter-Season-Finds-Religious-Largely-Christian-Nation.aspx
KD7ZRT
03-23-2008, 08:57 AM
What I'd like to know is of those that plan to, how many actually do attend?
w2amr
03-23-2008, 10:30 AM
I'm more inclined to go with the Easter Bunny myth.
BTW, what does any of this have to do with politics?
Well, with the current crop of Apocalyptics in the WH I guess it might fall under politics...
K8YZK
03-23-2008, 12:39 PM
I'm more inclined to go with the Easter Bunny myth.
BTW, what does any of this have to do with politics?
Because both parties are wooing the Christians saying they are the true saviors of the US and true christians, and that the other party is not.
Also if religion isn't directly involved with politics, why is Wright such a pain in the ass for Obama. So many dem's are saying what he said in the church that Obama has gone to for 20yrs has no bearing on who Obama is, yet Obama says he(Wright) is his friend/pastor/mentor.
Happy Easter
W3MIV
03-23-2008, 01:38 PM
Also if religion isn't directly involved with politics, why is Wright such a pain in the ass for Obama. So many dem's are saying what he said in the church that Obama has gone to for 20yrs has no bearing on who Obama is, yet Obama says he(Wright) is his friend/pastor/mentor.
This has nothing to do with religion, and everything to do with intraparty politics. One needs to be neither Thomas Jefferson nor William Jennings Bryan to see that quite clearly.
America's churches will be much fuller than usual this weekend as Christians celebrate Easter, one of the two times a year when church attendance in the United States is traditionally at its highest.
It's truly a pity that the Churches only have their highest attendance on Easter and Christmas. OTOH, it's also a pity that they keep sticking their foot in their mouth and driving decent people away the rest of the year too.
Can you be Christian and not believe in the Resurrection?? Worse yet, how can you worship someone that you don't believe existed??
Otherwise...
A VERY HAPPY EASTER TO ALL
...(who are celebrating).
W4MAJ
03-23-2008, 02:10 PM
HAPPY EASTER!!
Count me in with the 76 percent!
we typically get a full church at Christmas and Easter depending on the Mass that most attended. (we have three masses). On typical Sunday or Saturday Mass we get about 70% of a full church. Easter and Christmas Midnight Mass are usually standing room only.
I do believe that Jesus did rise from the dead and that he is the son of God.
I hope that everyone who celebrates Easter has a great day!
73
George
K3UD
w2amr
03-23-2008, 02:57 PM
Jesus never brought me candy eggs or jelly beans. :p
Jesus never brought me candy eggs or jelly beans. :p
That's the Easter Bunny's job.
KB9YCO
03-23-2008, 09:19 PM
Hope everyone is having a good holiday today. Regardless of what your personal ideology is, for most Americans, religious or not, it's just a day of celebration, a chance to visit with family, a celebration of spring, etc. As most people know the Christian version of Easter has roots in Judaism (Passover), Paganism (spring solstice & the Teutonic goddess of the dawn), and of course the Christian belief that Jesus rose from the grave. It's another interesting holiday with numerous and varying roots. While I am not personally religious I enjoy history, and there is plenty of history in religion, and plenty of religion in history.
Have a safe and enjoyable holiday everyone, hope the weather is nice where you are, it's finally sunny in SE Wisconsin, but still a bit cold. (After it being 50 last week we just got anywhere from 6 to 10 inches of snow around the area! D'oh!!)
(I don't endorse or condemn any of the following, it's just that all the different theories and beliefs are interesting to me.)
RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE . ORG:
The name "Easter" originated with the names of an ancient Goddess and God. The Venerable Bede, (672-735 CE.) a Christian scholar, first asserted in his book De Ratione Temporum that Easter was named after Eostre (a.k.a. Eastre). She was the Great Mother Goddess of the Saxon people in Northern Europe. Similarly, the "Teutonic dawn goddess of fertility [was] known variously as Ostare, Ostara, Ostern, Eostra, Eostre, Eostur, Eastra, Eastur, Austron and Ausos." Her name was derived from the ancient word for spring: "eastre." Similar Goddesses were known by other names in ancient cultures around the Mediterranean, and were celebrated in the springtime. (http://www.religioustolerance.org/easter1.htm)
CHRISTIAN ANSWERS . NET:
The name “Easter” has its roots in ancient polytheistic religions (paganism). On this, all scholars agree. This name is never used in the original Scriptures, nor is it ever associated biblically with the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. For these reasons, we prefer to use the term "Resurrection Sunday" rather than "Easter" when referring to the annual Christian remembrance of Christ's resurrection. (http://www.christiananswers.net/q-eden/edn-t020.html)
WIKIPEDIA:
Easter, also called Pascha, is the most important religious feast in the Christian liturgical year. It is believed by the Christians to be the resurrection of Jesus, which Christians believe occurred on the third day after his crucifixion around AD 33. Many non-religious cultural elements have become part of the holiday, and those aspects are often celebrated by many Christians and non-Christians.
Easter also refers to the season of the church year called Eastertide or the Easter Season. Traditionally the Easter Season lasted for the forty days from Easter Day until Ascension Day but now officially lasts for the fifty days until Pentecost. The first week of the Easter Season is known as Easter Week or the Octave of Easter...
Easter is linked to the Jewish Passover not only for much of its symbolism but also for its position in the calendar. The Last Supper shared by Jesus and his disciples before his crucifixion is generally thought of as a Passover meal, based on the chronology in the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew 26:17; Mark 14:12; Luke 22:7). The Gospel of John, however, speaks of the Jewish elders not wanting to enter the hall of Pilate in order "that they might eat the Passover", implying that the Passover meal had not yet occurred (John 18:28; John 19:14). Thus, John places Christ's death at the time of the slaughter of the Passover lamb, which would put the Last Supper slightly before Passover, on 14 Nisan of the Bible's Hebrew calendar. According to The Catholic Encyclopedia, "In fact, the Jewish feast was taken over into the Christian Easter celebration." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter)
THE RCG . ORG:
...There are absolutely no verses, anywhere in the Bible, that authorize or endorse the keeping of Easter celebration! The Bible says nothing about Lent, eggs and egg hunts, baskets of candy, etc., although it does mention hot cross buns and sunrise services as abominations, which God condemns...
Early Christians kept the Passover, not Easter. Notice this from the Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th edit., Vol. 8, p. 828: “There is no indication of the observance of the Easter festival in the New Testament, or in the writings of the Apostolic Fathers…The first Christians continued to observe the Jewish festivals [God’s festivals of Leviticus 23], though in a new spirit, as commemorations of events which those festivals had foreshadowed. Thus the Passover, with a new conception added to it, of Christ as the true Paschal Lamb…continued to be observed.” (http://www.thercg.org/books/ttooe.html)
I gave up Christianity for Lent. :)
K6BBC
03-24-2008, 01:48 AM
That settles it - it must be true.
And how many believe Elvis is still alive?
bbc
Most churches in feudal america are too busy preaching about money than to have time for Jesus. They worship the dollar while ignoring the poor. I went to services for a short time at a place that talked constantly about Bill Gates, who is atheist. They went on and on about how wonderful he was and how God blessed him with all that money. I mentioned that I ran Linux on my computer and they ripped me up. They called me a communist and that I was "stealing" by not paying Microshaft and needed to repent. I never went back there.
Just look at the parking lots of typical churches. They are full of Acuras, Lexuses, Infinities, BMWs, Mercedes, all nearly new. How many of them are supporting the rescue missions? Not many. They hold "seminars" on investing and tax loopholes. One church here has a men's group. Their idea of activities are golf (like I have $75 for a few hours of that), RV camping (I'll just take the $200k diesel pusher out for a spin), and dinners at $75 a person restaurants. I made them mad when I told them I had played miniature golf years back! I still remember when the guys would spend time painting the fellowship hall, cooking breakfast at the church on Saturdays, or meeting for coffee during the week. That doesn't cut it anymore I guess.
kc9jwa
03-24-2008, 04:18 AM
God can do anything, i use go to church then i found out my pastor was using the churches money to bring all of his family from another country. Also tryed to marry off as many american citizens as he could, i was one, i got smart and left. I yet found a church that i like to attend. Or trust another one becouse it's hard to find a good church, the only othe ris one on the other side of town, now it ok i guess, before it was some of the people would touch anothers forhead and fall back, and alot of it was fake i found out. Now i guess it gottin better by a new preacher took it over. Sad thing is my mom still brain washed by the old church i use to attend, at least pastors kids now know what they did is wrong.
w2amr
03-24-2008, 08:29 AM
That settles it - it must be true.
And how many believe Elvis is still alive?
bbc
Will Elvis rise from the dead? I don't think I want to see that. :eek:
WB2WIK
03-24-2008, 03:00 PM
That settles it - it must be true.
And how many believe Elvis is still alive?
bbc
::He's not?:confused:
KC2PBJ
03-25-2008, 01:13 AM
That settles it - it must be true.
And how many believe Elvis is still alive?
bbc
As they said in Men in Black, "Elvis is not dead - he just went home." The only problem that I have is that Jesus is never heard on CW. Does he QSL? Is he a no-code, dumbed down, neanderthal or an arrogant 40 wpm op who hates everyone?
As they said in Men in Black, "Elvis is not dead - he just went home." The only problem that I have is that Jesus is never heard on CW. Does he QSL? Is he a no-code, dumbed down, Neanderthal or an arrogant 40 wpm op who hates everyone?
What? There's no room for a Godly balance? BTW, "Neanderthal" is capitalized -- we don't want to diminish them... or the PC democrats will be after me.
Jesus never brought me candy eggs or jelly beans. :p
Maybe not candies but He gave you life
I gave up Christianity for Lent. :)
That's really, really TOO BAD You don't know what you're missing.
K0RGR
03-25-2008, 02:37 AM
I'm sorry to say that we've become CEO's at our church - that's "Christmas, Easter and One other Sunday". We keep making resolutions to rectify this, but something keeps coming up.
I'm from California, where all the non-believers in the Rasmussen Poll must live, because as I recall, the whole state doesn't shut down on Easter there like it does here. We went to the Mall of America after church a few years ago, only to find out it was closed. Actually, the mall was open, but all of the stores were closed - it was weird walking around in the darkened mall.
We spent the day yesterday visiting our incredibly beautiful daughter at her college, and managed to find gas stations and a couple chain restaurants open, but that was about it. Oh, we did go see a movie and the entire theater was basically empty. (10,000 B.C. is somewhat predictable but a good family flick).