According to folklore, Easter, recognized under various names like Ishtar, Astarte, Ashtoreth, Semiramis, and Biblically the one revered by idolaters as the “queen of heaven” in Jeremiah 7:18; 44:17–25, is commonly believed to be the widow of Nimrod, who was the first on earth to be a mighty and powerful man (see Genesis 10:8–9), and the mother of Tammuz. She is portrayed as a Pagan fertility goddess, often depicted bare-breasted, originating from the east. The legend describes her descent from heaven within a giant egg, landing in the Euphrates River during sunrise on the first Sunday following the vernal equinox. It is said that upon emerging from the egg, she transformed a bird into an egg-laying rabbit.
To honour this event, Pagan sun worshippers would gather early in the morning and face eastward to witness their sun-god's rise over the horizon (see an example of this in Ezekiel 8:16). Following this, they would partake in a mass ritual, often involving sacrifices. In these ceremonies, the priests of Easter would impregnate young virgins on the altar at sunrise on Easter Sunday. The following Easter, the priests would sacrifice these now three-month-old babies and dye the eggs of Easter in their blood. These blood-red-coloured Easter eggs were believed to hatch on December 25th, the same day as the birth of her son Tammuz, considered the reincarnate sun-god, and the traditional winter solstice. This December 25th celebration underwent a process of Christianisation, being recognized today as "Christmas" or Xmas.
According to folklore, following on from the death of Nimrod, his now widowed wife and queen Semiramis (Easter) married and entered into a sexual relationship with her son Tammuz, whom she deified as the reincarnate sun-god. Tammuz met his demise while hunting wild pigs, fatally gored by a boar. This is purportedly the origin of the tradition of consuming ham on Easter among Pagans. Additionally, Tammuz's death at the age of forty led Pagans to observe a fast, allegedly lasting one day for each year of his life. This is likely the Biblically mentioned practice of "weeping for Tammuz" (see Ezekiel 8:14). In Catholic tradition, this fasting period is referred to as Lent.
There is no mention of Easter in the Bible, nor is its celebration mandated. These holidays are ancient Pagan feasts that were ushered in by the Roman Catholic church during the reign of Emperor Constantine. Constantine was a Pagan follower of the sun-god Mithra who had what he thought was a "Christian experience" that led him to victory in battle. He aimed to unify his empire, encompassing both Christian and Pagan populations, under a single, universal (Catholic) religion. To accomplish this, he assimilated ancient wisdom and spiritual elements from various cultures and beliefs. This involved revising historical narratives and assigning Christian names to previously Pagan festivities, beginning at the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD.
The LORD God hates worship in this way. As it is written,
"When the LORD your God cuts off before you the nations whom you go in to dispossess, and you dispossess them and dwell in their land, take care that you be not ensnared to follow them, after they have been destroyed before you, and that you do not inquire about their gods, saying, 'How did these nations serve their gods?--that I also may do the same.' You shall not worship the LORD your God in that way, for every abominable thing that the LORD hates they have done for their gods, for they even burn their sons and their daughters in the fire to their gods. "Everything that I command you, you shall be careful to do. You shall not add to it or take from it. (Deuteronomy 12:29-32 ESV)
Thus says the LORD: "Learn not the way of the nations, nor be dismayed at the signs of the heavens because the nations are dismayed at them, for the customs of the peoples are vanity. A tree from the forest is cut down and worked with an axe by the hands of a craftsman. They decorate it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so that it cannot move. Their idols are like scarecrows in a cucumber field, and they cannot speak; they have to be carried, for they cannot walk. Do not be afraid of them, for they cannot do evil, neither is it in them to do good." (Jeremiah 10:2-5 ESV)
See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ. (Colossians 2:8 ESV)
I would also say the fire element doesn't really apply for the baltimore bridge either, so we have 8 examples and 2 of them are asterisked. Frankly, I'd question the fire element for shootings too (columbine/VT), but I'll give it to you
All of this over the past 30 years. I remember you also had specific wording you mentioned several times, which was every year. Is there anything between the years 2000-2010? Seems weird for them to take a 10 year gap and still say there's a pattern. How are you at all surprised that people don't see a pattern when there are such huge gaps?
I just don't know why you regurgitate them as true if you haven't even done any research on it.
I came up with 8 examples in a 30 year period off the top of my head without consulting any almanacs or calendars.
8/30 = 27%
If your car had a 27% chance to blow up every time you start it, how often would you drive to work?
Risk assessment and pattern recognition.
Unless it was planned demolition with explosives as the WTC on 9/11. If we eventually discover that explosives were used to cut the bridge, then that will lend heavily to the idea that the bridge was a Spring sacrifice to Moloch, bolstering my assertion that there is a pattern.
Lol you came up with 8 examples, some questionable, over days and several comments, adjusting your parameters to fit accordingly.
So it's not every year then? It's just sometimes, and sometimes it's a shooting, and sometimes it's a bridge collapse, and sometimes it's a church catching on fire, and sometimes it's a country adjusting to a global pandemic. It happens every year, except sometimes they won't do it for 10+ years, and sometimes they'll do two in a row. Sometimes people will die, and sometimes nobody will. Also there's always a fire element, but sometimes there isn't. Also it's always leading up to easter, except it's also up to the midway point between spring and summer. Also sometimes they're in the US, but sometimes you have to account for international events.
Yeah bud, real pattern here.
With such loose stipulations, I wouldn't doubt that you have similar odds of disaster if you take, say, the period between June and July.
Thank you for admitting you did absolutely zero research before regurgitating this theory and still arguing that it's at all valuable
Okay, do it for July. Show me 8 examples and I'll pretend to forget your first example by the time i hear your eighth, just the way you pretended to forget mine.
But I don't think you could find 8 in 30 years between June and July.
Sounds good! I didn't pretend to forget your examples though, they fell out of line from your original stipulations.
Note: your stipulations for your own events are from the spring equinox until halfway to the summer solstice, which is a 6 week period. Thus, dates within one week of July I will acknowledge with an asterisk
Here we go!
In 2021, a fire at a food and drink factory in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, killed 52, on July 9
In 2020, A fire was deliberately set at the Nantes Cathedral in France, destroying the main organ, on July 18.
Also in 2020, The Mission San Gabriel Arcángel in San Gabriel, California was damaged by arson on July 11
*Also in 2020, a warehouse full of ammonium nitrate exploded in the Port of Beirut, with damages estimated in the 10-15billion range, on August 5th
In 2019, an animation studio in Kyoto was burned down by an arson attack, killing 35, on July 18
In 2013, a train in Quebec derailed carrying crude oil, the resulting explosion destroying 30 some surrounding buildings, on July 6
In 2012, a shooter opened fire in a theater in Colorado, killing 12, on July 20
In 2011, a fire at the Evangelos Florakis Naval Base caused a massive explosion, destroying the naval base and their largest power plant, on July 11
In 2005, a mall in Russia was attacked by an arsonist, killing 25, on July 11
In 2004, a school in India caught fire killing 94, on July 16
In 2002, a karaoke bar caught fire in Indonesia, killing 42
Whew, I gotta say, there's a lot on here so far. That's already 11 and I haven't even gotten into the 90s.