It's the dumbest thing! rabbits and bunnies got nothing to do with JESUS's resurrection. And what's with the eggs!?
2006-11-02 08:49:57 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The following website explains the pagan origins of Easter and how they mixed with Christian beliefs over time.
Hope it helps.
2006-11-02 08:57:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Easter was always a pagan holiday which happened to coincide with the ressurection. When the Roman emperor Constantine legalized Christianity after 313 A.D. and made catholicism the state religion he was only able to convert most of rome (who were pagans at the time) by mixing christianity with the pagan festivals - hence you have bunnies at easter and pine trees at Christmas (both pagan symbols of fertility) which the modern church has accepted.
2006-11-02 08:56:56 · answer #2 · answered by Spugsy 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The rabbit is a pagan symbol of fertility, the use of which coincides with the spring equinox and the season of rebirth. Spring celebrations and the rabbit symbol existed long before the Christians hijacked the holiday. In fact, Easter comes from Eostre, the name of a Roman fertility goddess.
2006-11-02 08:55:32 · answer #3 · answered by debraraj 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It comes of the ancient worship of fertility gods. Rabbits were a symbol of fertility for obvious reasons (ever raised rabbits?) Then eggs, also, are an obvious symbol of fertility. So the two were combined. I am glad they decided to make them out of chocolate though!
You are right, it has absolutely nothing to do with the Christian Easter holiday.
2006-11-02 08:55:28 · answer #4 · answered by Mr Ed 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Rabbits and eggs are both fertility symbols. Easter is the Christianized version of a pagan fertility celebration. Xmas, by the way, is the christian version of a roman pagan celebration called Saturnalia which had to do with the god Saturn. Very little of Christianity is original.
2006-11-02 08:55:50 · answer #5 · answered by NoGodsNoMasters 1 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I think it's an inculturation thing. Many pre-christian cultures had spring rituals that revolved around renewal and new life. Eggs look like they produce life and rabbits are considered to be exceptionally fertile. It sort of fits in with the resurrection themes of new life (freedom from the chains of death) and God's renewed promised with humanity, so the customs developed a new layer of meaning and got tacked on to the religious significance.
2006-11-02 08:55:41 · answer #6 · answered by Church Music Girl 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Thats cuz easter has nothing to do with the raising of some ancient dead dude...
Oeastra was a pagan holiday, celebrating the return of spring and life to the cold northern areas of Europe. Being pirates, early members of the Church decided this would be a great day to steal from the pagans and claim as their own. Rabbits are notorious reproducers, and egggs are symbols of birth. This is why they are in your Easter celebration...
You could not have been more correct in stating that Easter has nothing to do with Jesus. Now, if you could just convince the rest of your fellow sheep of that fact, along with Christmas too.
2006-11-02 08:56:05 · answer #7 · answered by YDoncha_Blowme 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
I'm not sure about bunnies but the egg symbolises life. Jesus rose to life on the third day and the easter egg is supposed to symbolise it.
2006-11-02 08:56:57 · answer #8 · answered by A follower of Christ 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Because rabbits and bunnies are cute animals,they always smile this shows you that Easter day is a beautiful day.
2006-11-02 08:57:23 · answer #9 · answered by Gardenia 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Finally! This is infuriates me. People are teaching their kids this nonsense. Jesus died on the cross for us and by the grace of God he rose. That's what Easter is all about I don't know where the rabbit came from or the eggs but it is ridiculous.
2006-11-02 09:00:37 · answer #10 · answered by wesgirl 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋