> How are you?
>
> "Thus it was written, and thus it behooved Christ to suffer and to rise FROM
> THE DEAD the third day"
> "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up"
>
> I was speaking to my grandpa about easter he said its not pagan and i know
> it is. i told him from friday to sunday is a day and a half and he said "
> the third day and from 3 days from now are different"
>
> and i thought maybe you made a mistake, could you shortly explain to me?
>
> thanks!
Dear Reader:
Nope. There isn't any "short" answer. It will take about ten pages to explain
the parable of the 3 days and 3 nights. One day I will write a paper on it, but not today.
God be with you,
Ray
PS East is just as pagan as Chrismas, and most of the rest of the doctrines of Christendom.