2006-09-09 14:01:32 · 44 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I guess believing in a rabbit that hides candy is easier for parents to explain to their children rather than to explain Jesus and read from the bible, less questions
2006-09-09 14:03:25 · answer #1 · answered by hipergirl22 7 · 2⤊ 4⤋
It is a pagan tradition and what does paganism have to do with Jesus? Absolutely nothing!!!
In pagan times, the "Easter hare" was no ordinary animal, but a sacred companion of the old goddess of spring, Eostre. The Easter bunny has its origin in pre-Christian fertility lore. The Hare and the Rabbit were the most fertile animals known and they served as symbols of the new life during the Spring season. Since long before Jesus Christ was born, parents told their children that the magic hare would bring them presents at the spring festival. The presents were often painted eggs, as these represented the new life starting at this time of year." Hares are animals which look like rabbits, but are larger and in many countries quite rare. In most places, the Easter rabbit (bunny) has replaced the Easter hare completely.
2006-09-09 14:22:05 · answer #2 · answered by Micah 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This question, my... er... not a "friend"... or an "acquaintance" either... so... unknown person who has asked this question, is a question often considered stupid by most *cough*smart*cough* adults who simply want children to stop bothering them about annoyingly stupid questions which even they don't know the answer of therefore removing the *cough*smart*cough* adjective previously used to describe them. Anyhoo... This question which you have asked a complete and total stranger has no "true" answer for several reasons. Mainly because the Religion in question is based on myths, half-truths, and otherwise completely wrong information.
As for the whole Easter bunny thing... like a hell of a lot of other "Christian" holidays, it's originally a Pagan Holiday converted into a christian one using some random similarity and totally blowing it out of proportion. ie: "Jesus" died and was "resurected" three days later. The "similar" pagan holliday was mentioned above.
That or the answer is 42.
2006-09-09 14:52:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The date the celebration falls on. Easter is a pagan holiday, so all of it's traditions went with it when the Christians took it over. The rabbit is a symbol of fertility, a strong symbol for Eostar/Ishtar (Easter)... as well as the egg. Seeing as it comes in the spring, it makes sense to use these symbols.
2006-09-09 16:26:49 · answer #4 · answered by Kithy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The "easter bunny" and eggs and all that stuff are just remnants of an ancient pagan spring festival, celebrating fertility and the return of warm weather (and mating). It just happens to coincide with the advent of the Passover Celebration, which also takes place in early spring, which is when Jesus was crucified and ressurected.
It is just the juxtaposition of two celebrations. They are unrelated.
2006-09-09 14:43:16 · answer #5 · answered by MamaBear 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
These links should help you learn about the 'Easter Bunny', among other things. Just FYI that Easter is the celebration of the resurection of Jesus after dying on the cross for our sins. According to Sunday school teachings of the Bible, he died so that our sins may be absolved in order for us to enter the kingdom of Heaven.
2006-09-09 14:24:24 · answer #6 · answered by mrgoodbar 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Easter bunny doesn't. It all came from Paganism.
2006-09-09 14:27:12 · answer #7 · answered by GraycieLee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they fight for Easter supremacy every year, but Jesus always has to use a miracle to find the last 3 eggs.
(yes, the bunny is pagan, not a corporate sham. no, we do not have sex with anyone religiously {or worship anything similar to your concept of 'devil'. it was a goat Deity you saw in mid evil times, and you THOUGHT it was satin and started lighting us on fire! and it never said one word about witchcraft in the bible, King James the third changed it *cough6@$t@r|)cough*}, we kiss the egg-owner, similar to mistletoe on Christmas {which a: isn't even the season Christ was born in and b: is almost all pagan tradition with christian overtones smeared on and the date moved 4 days})
2006-09-09 14:20:21 · answer #8 · answered by eri_mizawa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Easter Bunny comes from the worship of the Sex Goddess Astarte (even sounds like Easter/Astarte). Her symbols were two fertility items, rabbits and eggs (both reproductive in nature). When the "Catholic Church" not the same Catholic Church today began to bring in believers from Constantine's Empire they incorporated or 'BORROWED' Pagan ideas and changed their holidays to "suit" Christian holidays. So, around the time of year as Christ's death and resurrection was the service of Astarte, so they borrowed it and changed it from sex and birth to "rebirth" from the tomb. A bit whorish but it brought the pagan's in. This is also where Christmas (the worship of Tammuz (symbol was a T) and then became Saturnalia came from on December 25th).
So, this is the beginning of the "great apostasy" that the apostles warned about.
2006-09-09 14:08:50 · answer #9 · answered by AdamKadmon 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
he doesn't. I'm not sure how the easter bunny came about, but the whole thing about eggs, rabbits, ect. were adaptations from pagan traditions. The Christians wanted to convert the Pagans, so they adapted some of their traditions.
2006-09-09 17:11:49 · answer #10 · answered by ravencadwell 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is tied in trough the borrowed(stolen ) spring rites of the Pagans after a fashion as the pagans used this time to celebrate the birthing of the lambs( as Jesus is supposed to be the LAMB of GOD). The Easter bunny is a more modern Christian invention to celebrate spring a fresh new beginning of the year.
2006-09-09 14:11:03 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋