symbolism of the easter little sheep?

Question

i can't express myself well in english, but i'd like to share with you this tought
the little sheep, eaten traditionally in the easter days, is not the symbol of the sacrifice jesus did for humanity?
So why you eat this little creature? Didn't you get enough blood from him for your salvation?
PLEASE DON'T! HAVE MERCY, BE GRACEFULL!

this is new for me, where are you from dazzy?

thanks tony, you are really kindness and your sentence is really deep!
:)

tonks, cut out every ear from that chocolat rabbit, i agree (only if it's bitter chocolate however) but be ware, the revenge of chocolate rabbits are coming!
(and of the lambs too, i suppose)

ya tatt man, i think your interpretation and mine are both valid, however i think todays christians are more conscious about the symboism of the lamb jesus than the spring rebirth (but they still ate lambs)

really??
this sound very strange to me!
ahahah i made a mistake posting here the question lol!
in italy lamb is the only traditional dish, also accompained with eggs and in some spare cases rabbit
here vegans use to post question like this in many forum or with poster in the street to avoid the lamb massacre


however (with a smile) DON'T EAT THE PIGS!!! HAVE MERCY!!! BE GRATEFULL!!!

*GRACEFULL

Answer 1

John 1:29 The next day he beheld Jesus coming toward him and he said, "see the lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world."
Jesus was liken to a lamb. Because they are peaceful meek little creatures. Also this is celebrated at the time of the traditional passover. At the passover they ate roasted lamb and unleaven bread.
today we are not under that law,. You are right because of Jesus sacrifice we no longer sacrifice a lamb and eat it at passover.
We do however celebrate the fact that Jesus died for us and we are no longer under law but under undeserved kindness.

Answer 2

The use of eggs, rabbits, and lambs in easter celebrations stems from many of the former pagan rituals for Ostara. Ostara is celebrated around the spring equinox. It is a holiday celebrating the "rebirth" of nature in the springtime. That is also why eggs are incorporated into easter as well.

Easter most likely did not occur in the spring if you look at actual historical accounts of the time period. It was moved to the spring time to help those transitioning pagans of the Roman Empire during the creation and sanctioning of christianity by Constantine.

If you google or yahoo christian/ pagan holidays, you will find a great deal about how the major christian holidays of modern times use pagan symbols during their celebrations.

Answer 3

Ya.. And I eat the chocolate bunny too. First I chomp off his ears. No mercy...

Also like the first person, we eat ham on Easter. The sheep is a white chocolate candy.

USA.

Answer 4

Where I'm from we traditionally have ham(pig) on Easter. Sometimes turkey. Lamb is too expensive.

USA-Ohio