2007-02-28 04:35:06 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Easter
Jesus rose from the dead!
2007-02-28 04:37:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Christians believe that Jesus rose from the dead thus becoming the Ressurected Christ. This day is known as Easter in Chrisendom. Before Jesus came back from the dead, he was just another prophet..it was His rising from the dead that makes Him Christ, God, God's Son, The fufillment of the prophesies that proclaim Jesus is the Messiah.
For non-Christians..it's a day the Easter Bunny brings treats (usually colored eggs and chocolates) to all the good girls and boys. Other holiday rituals might include an easter egg hunt which some belive is linked to the:
EASTER ISLANDS:
In the cult of the birdman (Rapanui: tangata manu), a competition was established in which every year a representative of each clan, chosen by the leaders, would dive into the sea and swim across shark-infested waters to Motu Nui, a nearby islet, to search for the season's first egg laid by a manutara (sooty tern). The first swimmer to return with an egg would be named "Birdman of the year" and secure control over distribution of the island's resources for his clan for the year. The tradition was still in existence at the time of first contact by Europeans. It ended in 1867.
2007-03-01 12:59:46 · answer #2 · answered by uberbitch9 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For religious as noted, Jesus rose from the dead. For the many with or without religious things, it is the Easter Bunny.
I always felt sorry for the thought of a poor little bunny having those large eggs to carry round.
My how we will believe such things when young and older for that matter.
I am out to catch him this year and attempt to find out the secret. How DOES a rabbit carry the great baskets and still get home to the hutch in time for his own celebration... I must find out...
I must..
I must...
--That Cheeky Lad
2007-02-28 13:06:18 · answer #3 · answered by Charles-CeeJay_UK_ USA/CheekyLad 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Easter is the celebration of the day that Jesus conquered death and after spending 3 days in the grave, returned to Earth.
2007-02-28 12:40:16 · answer #4 · answered by rhondamm5 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Easter bunny!
2007-02-28 12:38:25 · answer #5 · answered by Want Your Bad Romance 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
That a lot of people will believe some ****-and-bull story about the son of man, and many more will just go out and buy chocolate without knowing why (or care).
2007-02-28 12:41:05 · answer #6 · answered by fact_hunt_1970 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus went from the tomb , and the eggs we buy at easter is the stone from where he lay and the day he decended up to heaven is called assention sunday which is celabrated in uk as whitsun .
2007-03-04 11:51:11 · answer #7 · answered by rudd_linda 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thankfully, I'm an aetheist so Easter means absolutely nothing except a day or two's extra holiday.
2007-02-28 12:43:28 · answer #8 · answered by michael w 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Most believe it's the time of Jesus Christ's Resurrection.That was what the lord's supper was started for also in remembrance of Jesus till his return.
2007-02-28 12:41:59 · answer #9 · answered by Connie M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that I get a lot of chocolate because of a bunny and a fairy story about a nice man who died and then came back.
2007-02-28 12:37:56 · answer #10 · answered by Kenny W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People believe that Jesus rose from the dead because he was crucified on Good Friday.
2007-02-28 15:43:31 · answer #11 · answered by Janeen 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋