Why do Christians give eggs at Easter?

Answer 1

This site tells you where the Easter Eggs Came From.
http://www.nobleknights.com/~eagle1/eostre1.htm

EASTER NOT FOUND IN THE BIBLE
"The English word 'Easter' came from the Anglo-Saxon Eastre or Estera, a Teutonic goddess to whom sacrifice was offered in April, so the name was transferred to the Pashal Feast. The word does not properly occur in Scripture although the AV (King James Translation) has it in ACTS 12:4 where it stands for 'Passover' as it is rightly rendered in RV (Revised Version). There is no trace of Easter celebration in the New Testament..." (INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BIBLE ENCYCLOPEDIA VOL.2, P.889). The word 'Easter' has confused some but the word in the original form is "Pascha" meaning "Passover". It occurs 29 times in the New Testament & everytime it's translated Passover except in Acts 12:4. If you read carefully (ACTS 12:1-4); it says that Herod killed James and was trying to kill Peter in an effort to "vex the church"(Please the Jews). Then in VERSE 3 "were the days of unleavened bread"; see LEV.23. He put him in prison intending to try him "after Easter" (KJV). Now if Herod was trying to "please the Jews" & "vex the church" Why would he have delayed the trial until after 'Easter?'" BY GROVER STEVENS (WWW.BIBLEANSWER.COM/EASTER2.H... If this was a "christian holy day", especially one in honoring Christ's resurrection, he would surely not be pleasing the Jews, Wouldn't it be more pleasing to the Jews to vex the church by killing one of it's Apostles on it's own "holy-day," would it not?

ORIGIN OF EASTER: WHERE DID IT COME FROM?
Easter was never observed by the Apostles of Christ or Christ's Religion. "The name 'Easter' comes to us from the mythlogical writings of the Ancient Teucrians (who lived 1200BC along the southern coast of Palestine) where it's known as 'Ostern'" BY GROVER STEVENS. "The name 'Easter' is merely the slightly changed English spelling of the name of the ancient Assyrian and Babylonian idol goddess, Ishtar (pronounced eesh-tar)." WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY says "Easter is from the pre-historic name of a pagan spring festival." THE OXFORD DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH ETYMOLOGY says, "Easter is derived from the name of goddess whose feast was celebrated at the vernal equinox." THE SCHOLARY NEW SCHAFF-HERZOG RELIGIOUS ENCYCLOPEDIA says, "This goddess is also widely known as Astarte...The cult originated in Babylonia and spread to Assyria, Mesopotamia, Syria & Palestine, then through the Phoenicians to all of the Meditteranean peoples...Ishtar was in fact primarily and chiefly identified as Venus, the most beautiful of celestial objects & from the terrestrial side, the primarily motive of the worship of Ishtar was the impulse to deify sensuous and sensuality." ALEXANDER HISLOP SAYS IN THE TWO BABYLONS (P.103), "Easter bears its Chaldean origin on its forehead. Easter is nothing else than Asarte, one of the titles of Beltis, the queen of heaven..."

VERSES-- DEUT.4:19,28-31; 11:26-28; 17:3 & GAL.4:8-10.


INFORMATION ABOUT THIS TOPIC AND OTHER PAGAN DAYS IN--

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishtar
http://www.matrifocus.com/IMB04/spotlight.htm
WWW.PANTHEON.ORG/ARTICLES/I/IS...
WWW.INFOPLEASE.COM/SPOT/EASTER...
www.goddessgift.com/pandoras_b...
WWW.RETAKINGAMERICA.COM/EASTER...
WWW.SABBATARIAN.COM/PAGANISM/P...
WWW.YAHWEHSWORD.ORG/11_PAGAN_H...
WWW.LASTTRUMPETMINISTRIES.ORG/...
WWW.BIBLESTUDY.ORG/BASICART/VA...
HOME_SPRYNET.COM/~PABCO/STVALE...
"ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA", ART., "CUPID".

GOT THE INFORMATION ABOUT EASTER IN WEBSITE BELOW--

Answer 2

Some Christians give eggs at Easter because they are unaware that they are following a pagan practise. In the early church neither Easter nor Christmas were celebrated.

Astarte, a Babylonian goddess from whom the name "Easter" is derived, is said to have hatched from an egg. The pagan holiday of Easter was incorporated into the Christian calendar by the Roman Catholic church. Some extreme Protestants will claim that the Pope responsible for this was also a member of an ancient Babylonian religious order.

Answer 3

Because it symbolises new life so Christians give eggs at Easter to symbolise the Resurrection of Christ on Easter Sunday.

I'm a christian and I know many people that aren't christian that still give eggs and many of those follow other religions so I think its just an excuse for companies to make money and pressure people into giving gifts.

Answer 4

Because Easter is a Christianized version of an ancient pagan holiday. This day was sacred to the celtic goddess Eostre of the Dawn who was the goddess of spring, fertility, and resurrection. Baby chickens, rabbits, and eggs were sacred to her, as they represented some form of fertility or rebirth/new life. When the Roman empire became officially Christian many pagan traditions were tweaked so that the people could keep many traditions and still honor the Christian god. Since the resurrection of Jesus is similar in theme to Eostre's honor day it was rebooted to be about Jesus but still incorporated rabbit and egg imagery.

Answer 5

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." 1 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.

Answer 6

EASTER

The most joyous of Christian festivals, and one of the first celebrated
by the Christians, commemorates the resurrection of Jesus Christ, on
the first Sunday after the full moon following the vernal equinox. The
English word "Easter" corresponding to the German "Oster", reveals the
association of many Easter customs with those of the Teutonic tribes of
central Europe. When Christianity reached these people it incorporated
many of their heathen rites into the great Christian feast day. Easter
month, corresponding to our April, was dedicated to Eostre, or Ostara,
goddess of the spring. There was in common the time of spring and the
triumph of life over death.

The practice of eating eggs on Easter Sunday and giving them as gifts
to friends and children probably arose because, in the earlier days of
the church, eggs were forbidden food during Lent (the 40 days before
Easter) and were therefore always eaten on Easter Sunday. But the
custom of coloring eggs goes back to the ancient Egyptians and
Persians, who practiced this custom during their spring festival.

The Easter hare, or bunny, comes from antiquity as well. The hare is
associated with the moon in the legends of of ancient Egypt. It
belongs to the night when it comes out to feed. It is born with its
eyes opened and, like the moon, is "the open-eyed watcher of the
skies". Through the fact that the Egyptian word for hare, "un", means
also "open" and "period", the hare became associated with the idea of
periodicity, both lunar and human, and so became a symbol of fertility
and of the renewal of life. As such, the hare became linked with the
Easter, or paschal, eggs. In the U.S. the Easter rabbit is fabled to
lay the eggs in the nests prepared for it or to hide them for the
children to find.

Although Easter was celebrated very early in the church, its date was
not established until A.D. 325 when Constantine convened the council
at Nicea, where it was decided that it should be observed on the first
Sunday after the full moon following the vernal equinox, to be fixed each
year at Alexandria, then the center of astronomical science. The date
is an approximation, and may vary. This means that its date may vary as
much as 35 days!

Answer 7

Why do Christians give eggs at Easter?
Giving eggs at Easter is a tradition of man. to Summarize; Eggs & the Bunny symbols where incorpirated by the Roman Catholic church when converting pagen cultures. certain symbols & practices that were deemed benine by the RCC at the time were like wise adopted to make conversion easier for the Pagans.

the pagan symbols of the bunny & the egg were for goddes worship & fertility.

Today there are many things we do simply because it was taught to us when we were children. this is called Tradition.
There are many things now that Christians use the Symbols for. .

the Point of Easter or Ressurrection Sunday" is to remember to praise God and Give thanks to him for Redeeming us!

Answer 8

Easter is actually a festival of spring. It's just coincidence that it happens at the same time as the anniversary of the death of Christ. Eggs, chicks, bunnies, and other Easter symbols are representations of spring.

Answer 9

because easter took the place of the old pagan holiday which celibrated the spring goddess estruh (i think thats how its spelled) the word easter came from estruh, there was one story of estruh saving a bird with a broken wing from the winter by turning it into a rabbit. the rabbit was a magical rabbit that could lay eggs

Answer 10

Because eggs are a symbol of christianity. It appears to have a tough exterior (the shell), and appears to be smooth and free of defects, but the smallest bit of pressure (reality and challenging those silly stories, plus the mythological characters that really don't exist), will cause it to crack. And there isn't too much inside to support the shell! And what IS there is really messy, not to mention it could ruin your life (salmonella).

Answer 11

Because an egg is the symbol of rebirth and Christ is supposed to have risen after being crucified at easter.

There are pagan reasons behind this, and the pagan celebration of Eostre, at work as well, as spring is a time of rebirth and pagans celebrated at this time.