2006-07-13 03:15:07 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Easter
Dont for get he also flys around in a sled delivering gifts
2006-07-13 03:18:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Jesus did not die on the cross and become a bunny. Jesus died on the cross to save us from our sins. The "Easter Bunny" is not in the Bible and has nothing to do with Easter, it is just a way for Americans to once again turn their backs on God. Look at Christmas, which is about Jesus' birth and Americans make it seem as if it's a hoilday for gift giving when it's not. Christmas is for the birth of our Saviour, not gift giving. You need to read your Bible.
2006-07-13 10:49:17 · answer #2 · answered by Godisaboveall2002 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The legend of the Easter Bunny is far from a modern invention. Long ago, the rabbit was the earthly symbol of the pagan goddess Eastre, and was worshipped in the pagan festival of Eastre.
Germans brought the legend of the Easter rabbit to America, though Easter itself wasn't widely celebrated in America until after the Civil War.
The hare has long been a symbol of fertility and renewal of life -- which fit in with the Christian tradition of Easter and the tradition of Easter eggs.
In the United States, the Easter Bunny is fabled to lay the eggs in the nests prepared for it or hide them for children to find.
2006-07-13 10:19:10 · answer #3 · answered by rrrevils 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I might have thought so at 4..
It's sometimes confusing when we look at all the pagan holidays co-oped by the Christan Church to win over the locals. Easter Bunny & Eggs being one of them. The Egg represents New Life, so does the Curcifixion.
2006-07-13 10:27:00 · answer #4 · answered by Celtic Tejas 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is the dumbest question i have ever heard. Jesus did not die on the cross and come back as a bunny. he died to save us from our sins. the bunny is just what someone else said, a symbol so that americans can turn their back on GOD
2006-07-13 13:21:58 · answer #5 · answered by Britt S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus didn't die on a cross either. He died on a pole, or a stake. The Greek word translated cross in many Bibles meant just one piece of timber. It is as false as the easter bunny.
2006-07-13 11:48:24 · answer #6 · answered by h.e. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Easter is actually a Pagan Holiday but Christians tried to overwrite it as one of their own...
its a holiday to the Goddess Eastre... if I recall correctly the story is her lover was a bird but she turned him into a bunny and made him into a pet - he lays eggs as a sign that he was a bird in the past....
dont even get me started on Christmas (Pagan holiday also and most tradtional Christmas things go before Christ and are Pagan too - the Holiday is known originally as Saturnalia)
2006-07-13 10:21:18 · answer #7 · answered by CF_ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus die on the cross for our sins, Easter was originally a pagan festival. The ancient Saxons celebrated the return of spring with an uproarious festival commemorating their goddess of offspring and of springtime, Eastre. When the second-century Christian missionaries encountered the tribes of the north with their pagan celebrations, they attempted to convert them to Christianity. They did so, however, in a clandestine manner. It would have been suicide for the very early Christian converts to celebrate their holy days with observances that did not coincide with celebrations that already existed. To save lives, the missionaries cleverly decided to spread their religious message slowly throughout the populations by allowing them to continue to celebrate pagan feasts, but to do so in a Christian manner. As it happened, the pagan festival of Eastre occurred at the same time of year as the Christian observance of the Resurrection of Christ. It made sense, therefore, to alter the festival itself, to make it a Christian celebration as converts were slowly won over. The early name, Eastre, was eventually changed to its modern spelling, Easter. The Easter Bunny is not a modern invention. The symbol originated with the pagan festival of Eastre. The goddess, Eastre, was worshipped by the Anglo-Saxons through her earthly symbol, the rabbit.
If you want more info on this go to..
The Easter Page -- Traditions, History, and Dates of Easter .
2006-07-13 11:59:20 · answer #8 · answered by Angel 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As two other people have said Easter was based on a Pagan holiday, but the Romans in their infinite wisdom acclimated all the religions of the people that they conquered into one religion, that being Christianity. Only the Vatican knows for sure what is real, and THEY are not going to tell us...
LT
2006-07-13 10:32:00 · answer #9 · answered by lostimes 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Silly no one believes that the bunny lays the eggs.
2006-07-13 10:18:37 · answer #10 · answered by gnomes31 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He didn't, someone just created the Easter bunny. The Easter bunny has nothing to do with Jesus.
2006-07-18 12:03:43 · answer #11 · answered by freezepop10 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋