The rabbits and eggs from easter and santa from Christmas
2007-02-28 22:16:36 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
how about where parents intentionally lie to their children and have them believing santa or a rabbit will be giving gifts. lying to children seems somewhat of a strange concept to me
2007-02-28 22:24:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Are you aware that if rabbits, colored eggs and Santa Claus were removed from "Christian" festivals, they would still be pagan? Those festivals were originally celebrated by pagans. The word Easter (or Eostre) was the Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring and fertility. So no matter how you dress up those "Christian" festivals, they will still be pagan.
By the way, the cross is also a pagan symbol that predates Christianity by thousands of years.
2007-03-01 06:20:15 · answer #2 · answered by LineDancer 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hi Doug,
When I read the scriptures I do not find ANY FESTIVALS that the first century Christians celebrated. Why would you need to celebrate any "Christian Festivals"? Christmas is a holiday to break the monotony of the winter. Easter is NOT a Christian Festival either. The only regular remembrance we are to have related to the Church is the Lord's Supper to commemorate Christ's sacrifice at Calvary. Please do not feel like you are celebrating with Christians on these other "Holidays" they are man's attempt to break up Christianity. Have a great day and a wonderful weekend!
Thanks,
Eds
2007-03-01 06:43:54 · answer #3 · answered by Eds 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You could try becoming a Witness. They don't celebrate "holidays" as most people know them, believing that you should follow the Bible as closely as possible, and none of those are celebrated.
However, since Christmas was intentionally moved to correspond to the Roman pagan holiday (Saturnalia) in order to help the pagans assimilate into Christianity, you aren't actually celebrating the birth of Christ anyway. So anything you do on that day, really has nothing to do with Christ.
Hate to be the bearer of bad news.
I believe Easter was put around the Baccanalia. Which you don't even want to know about.
2007-03-01 06:24:08 · answer #4 · answered by Kaia 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Celebrate them in private, in your homes and in your places of worship...problem solved!
Unfortunately for you the Easter and Christmas festivals are placed on top of much older religious festivals that are still remembered by others ... the rabbits and eggs are symbols of a much more ancient belief as are yule logs and mistletoe, trees etc , perhaps you should have been more original and chosen your own festival date from the beginning instead of trying to supplant other people's.
2007-03-01 06:31:15 · answer #5 · answered by CHEESUS GROYST 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I can be Christian, have Jesus symbols too AND enjoy some traditions I think are festive. Beside how would you get all the merchandisers to halt production on those items. Might as well make the best of it by putting the emphasis on Jesus.
2007-03-01 06:25:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You'd have to go back to the same sort of ideas Cromwell had (an English guy who formed our only republic in history). He scraped all the festivals, think about it why does Easter follow the cycles of the moon - what does the moon have to do with Jesus Christ?
The festivals themselves are pagan, go back to your bible, the only festivals it tells you to celebrate are the Jewish ones like passover - go back to that if you want a purist tradition.
2007-03-01 06:26:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
In your home, of course you can do it. In public, you will never get rid of it. But be sure of one thing, the gang at R&S will always say it's YOU who believes in the Easter Bunny, when the truth is it's a completely secular (their) invention.
2007-03-01 06:23:53 · answer #8 · answered by cmw 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
simplest answer. lose the idiotic belief that being a christian means you fully accept anything that comes your way including the easter bunny. Once you defeat the easter bunny and birthdays attend a service at a Jehovah gathering and encourage them to move to the mideast along with you and your congregation
2007-03-01 07:18:36 · answer #9 · answered by super_ez1 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You want to do away with Santa and the Easter bunny? Killjoy, they are what make those times of year interesting. Id rather see Santa climb down my chimney than Jesus.
2007-03-01 06:25:09 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 2⤊ 3⤋