“Easter occurs on different dates each year because, like the Jewish Passover, it is based upon the vernal equinox, that dramatic moment when the hours of the day-light and the hours of darkness at last draw parallel and then the light finally and triumphantly wins out. Thus Easter is always fixed as the first Sunday after the first full moon following the spring equinox. It's a cosmic, solar, and lunar event as deeply rooted in religious traditions originating from sun-god worship as one could conceivably imagine.” YearsFirstsDifferentMomentsLightLastsWinningHoursReligiousDarknessSunImagineEventsMoonWorshipSpringDrawsTraditionFollowingFixedDramaticSundayCosmicRootedEasterParallelsFull MoonReligious TraditionsEquinoxSun God Author:Tom Harpur
“When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.” SoulReligionReligiousWonderBeautyMoonWorshipCreatorAdmireMy SoulSunsetImperfectMetaphysicsBeautiful Sunset Book:The Gandhi Reader: A Sourcebook of His Life and Writings Source: The Gandhi Reader: A Sourcebook of His Life and Writings
“I was given permission to serve myself Communion, with wine and a wafer, on the surface on the Moon. But I was advised not to say anything about it at the time. Someone had strongly objected to the Apollo 8 crew reading from the Bible. We didn't want to get into any further trouble with the religious critics.” WantReadingGivenReligiousTroubleMoonWineCriticsSurfacePermissionCommunionCrewSay AnythingApollo Author:Buzz Aldrin
“The sceptics assert, though absurdly, that the origin of all religious worship was derived from the utility of inanimate objects,as the sun and moon, to the support and well-being of mankind.” WellsReligionReligiousSupportSunMankindObjectsMoonWorshipWell BeingUtilityInanimate ObjectsSceptic Book:An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals Source: An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals