2006-09-10 12:26:29 · 21 answers · asked by UVRay 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Easter
i celebrate and know EXACTLY what it is. It is a time when you think about how Jesus died and rose again from the cross, to save us from our terrible sins. He really did, and though ppl have made Easter into just another "Hallmark Holiday" like V-day, it isn't supposed to be about a giant bunny that leaves you nice things. The reason that bunnies and chicks are associated with it? 1. it is in spring...when those cuties are born, and 2. easter is about new life...and they symbolize that if you think about it.
2006-09-13 13:23:46 · answer #1 · answered by aerie anna 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have always celebrated Easter, and was told that is was a celebration of when Jesus died for our sins, and was resurrected from his tomb. That is what I was taught and what I believe. The Easter bunny is a joke, just like the tooth fairy. How he ever got associated with Easter, I will never know.
2006-09-10 19:32:45 · answer #2 · answered by gin 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
As a Bible-believing Christian, I stake my all upon the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Without it I would be, as the apostle notes: "of all men most miserable" (1 Cor. 15:19). I cannot understand why some make claim to Christianity, and yet deny the very cornerstone of the Christian faith; i.e., the literal, bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ.
For Christ and His resurrection I have everything, and to it, I owe everything. But for the pagan festival of Easter, I have nothing but contempt!
One need not be a scholar or spend countless hours in research to ascertain that this holiday is a thoroughly pagan ritual. It has no connection to Biblical Christianity. A true child of God ought not observe it in any positive way. Until this century, no Baptist, and many protestants would have nothing to do with it. Baptists, and some protestants were persecuted for their refusal to join in its festivities.
Under the definition for Easter in Webster's Dictionary (College Edition) one finds: "originally the name of pagan vernal festival . . . Eastre, dawn goddess." Further reading in an encyclopedia, or most books on the holidays will identify this Eastre with the pagan goddess known variously as Eostre, Ishtar, Semeramis, and Astarte. This is the same Babylonian "Queen of Heaven," whose worship is condemned in the Word of God (see Jeremiah Chapters 7 and 44).
The trappings of the modern Easter, and its associated days are all pagan in origin. Lent is not found in the Bible as a Christian holiday. It is rather borrowed from the 40 days of mourning for Tammuz, the lover/ husband/son of Astarte. God's Word condemns its observance in Ezekiel 8:14.
There is absolutely no Biblical authority for such days as Ash Wednesday, Palm Sunday, or Maundy Thursday. "Good Friday" is the most bizarre of them all. Any grade school child can see that the Lord could not have died and been buried late Friday, spent three days and three nights in the tomb (Matt. 12:40) and risen again Sunday morning!
The word Easter is mentioned but once in the Authorized (KJV) Version of Scripture (Acts 12:4). There it is being observed by the pagan King Herod not by any Christian.
Some who know the pagan origin of Easter seek to justify its observance by calling it "Resurrection Sunday" rather than by its proper heathen name. This, however, only succeeds in dishonoring all the other Sundays of the year.
Truthfully, for the Christian, every Sunday should be resurrection Sunday! The impact of the resurrection alone can adequately explain why the disciples, who had observed a Saturday Sabbath all their lives, began meeting for worship on the First Day of the week, as we see them doing in Scripture.
Dear Christian, heed God's admonition found in Jeremiah 10:2: "Learn not the way of the heathen . . ."
And yes i celebrate Easter with my Family
2006-09-16 09:23:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, we do celebrate Easter. We attend an easter vigil and mass on Saturday night. Easter is a day of Jesus Christ rising from the dead. It also means new life for all of us.
2006-09-10 19:43:07 · answer #4 · answered by ceces_3 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I celebrate Ostara, which is where Easter originates from, the Spring Equinox! I celebrate Ostara because I am Pagan, not Christian, and I do understand what Easter is as I study religion academically.
2006-09-10 20:31:22 · answer #5 · answered by Mrs. Pears 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My family has a huge get-together for Easter. That is what I celebrate as Easter.
2006-09-10 19:31:28 · answer #6 · answered by Phoenix, Wise Guru 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I like celebrating Easter because it is the celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus and it is also the beginning of spring with flowers and trees blooming
2006-09-11 19:46:41 · answer #7 · answered by katlvr125 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes I celebrate Easter.Easter is the celebration of Christ's resurrection
2006-09-12 19:07:21 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes because ive always have and easter is when jesus rose again from the dead 3 days after his resurection
2006-09-14 20:08:55 · answer #9 · answered by alexmmsauer2004 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no i don't celebrate Easter because we Muslims don't celebrate Easter but i know that how celebrate Easter color eggs so i only color eggs for fun not for celebrating
2006-09-14 06:57:55 · answer #10 · answered by Honey lolo 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋