Easter

[mother engine]

Originally Posted by lindagarrette

After the brain ceases to function, it deteriorates. Mental capacity and memory loss start immediately. It's possible to ressusitate someone if there isn't much damage. Doctors do it all the time. It isn't a miracle. Of course, in the OT times, there was no medical diagnosis of death so if someone revived, it might have been considered a miracle. I'm certainly not suggestion this is what occurred in the case of Jesus. That is clearly a fable.

brain death seems a controversial subject (as far as definition/declaration is concerned) the deeper i look but i cannot find any evidence that anyone has ever been resuscitated from brain death involving the cessation of the brain stem functions.

[johnhuey]

Oops. I guess Easter will have to be cancelled. They found the body. (At least, on the Discovery channel they did.)

[orbsycli]

Originally Posted by johnhuey

Oops. I guess Easter will have to be cancelled. They found the body. (At least, on the Discovery channel they did.)

HAHAHAHAHA!

[Buffy]

Originally Posted by johnhuey

Oops. I guess Easter will have to be cancelled. They found the body.

No silly! Easter is a *Pagan* holiday for those of us who believe in the Easter Bunny...and how can you not? He's right there at the mall and he gives all the good little boys and girls chocolate eggs!

We love Easter around here! And its non-denominational: half my family calls him the Pesach Bunny!

Baruch atah adonai eloheinu melech ha'olam, asher kidshanu, Easter Bunny,
Buffy

[Pyrotex]

Having a Pagan wife has been a great education, let me tell you! Oy vey!

Yes, Easter is one of our favorite holidays. Or, Aester, as we spell it now, the ancient holiday that celebrated the goddess of procreation and fecundity. Though my wife and I are no longer fertile, we still enjoy the procreation and fecundity rituals.

The Irish Hare, was seen in olden times at the same time every Spring, doing their outrageous mating dances in forest clearings in the dim dusk of the evening. And ever since, the "bunny" has become the symbol of Aester, and the icon of procreation and fecundity rituals.

We keep a stuffed bunny, a pussy, and two ladybugs on our bed at all times. If you ain't never been around Pagan women, you ain't lived.