Easter, not a Christian Holiday?

Question

How does a Rabbit and eggs that signify fertility have anything to do with commemorating Christ death and his resurrection? I have looked and looked in the bible and there isnt one thing that even suggests that we should have implemented this.

Christ at Luke 22:19 instructed to "keep doing this in remembrance of me", referring to the remembrance of this last meal. Jesus never said celebrate his resurrection with a pagan holiday. He encouraged us to remember his ascension, and base our faith on the resurrection.

I'm not bashing anyone, but I am bashing the false teaching of this Easter, as it has no biblical ties. The word Christian ultimately means "Christ follower". We follow what our Lord says "to the letter", not what someone else says. If you want to celebrate Jesus' resurrection,GREAT! But don't include a pagan holiday with it.

Please just do your homework on Easter and see if it is a belief that Christians should do, if not then pray to God and ask for the truth on the matter

Answer 1

I am so glad to see this posting. Easter is the celebration of the Goddess of fertility. we as Christians should wash our hands of it.

Answer 2

True, rabbits and eggs do not show up in the Bible in relation to the resurrection of Jesus Christ. And, yes, these are originally symbols of fertility.

So what!! This does not mean that they are inappropriate in the celebration of Easter. Easter is actually two celebrations. It is a celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ and it is a celebration of Spring and the new life associated with Spring. Rabbits and eggs, along with baby chicks and flowers are symbols of new life. Jesus' resurrection conquered death and gave us new life.

I have been a Catholic for 49 years and never once have I heard any mention of a fertility goddess in Mass. I have also never heard that all celebrations must be found in the Bible.

Answer 3

Well some Christians do celebrate easter in that way, chocolate etc. But for those who know how pagan it is, and the origins, they celebrate the real meaning of easter, the crucifixion and Jesus being raised from the dead!

My parents never kept it from me that the easter bunny was garbage, same with santa. I do not fully understand, are you suggesting that Jesus' resurrection is just a coincidence that it lands on the same day as easter, and it plays a secondary role to the easter Bunny? i hope not friend i hope not

Answer 4

People everywhere have created their own meaning, as with Christmas. Christmas should be about the birth of Jesus, not about Santa Clause but it happens and for some reason everyone follows it. Although some say it's a reflection of the wise men bringing gifts to Mary. I am not sure how the Rabbit and the eggs came into play. Good question though.

Answer 5

CHRISTMAS - feast of the Nativity of Jesus Christ. interior the early Church the feast grow to be celebrated alongside with the Epiphany. yet already in A.D. 2 hundred St. Clement of Alexandria (150-215) refers to a definite feast on would 20, and the Latin Church began observing it on December 25. The privilege of clergymen offering 3 hundreds on Christmas Day is going back to a custom initially practiced by employing a pope who, concerning to the fourth century, celebrated a nighttime Mass interior the Liberian Basilica (the place traditionally the manger of Bethlehem is preserved), a 2d interior the Church of St. Anastasia, whose feast falls on December 25, and a third on the Vatican Basilica. many of the present customs in countless countries are traceable to the Church's Christianizing the pagan celebrations linked with the initiating of iciness and the recent 3 hundred and sixty 5 days. (Etym. Anglo-Saxon Cristes Maesse, Christ's Mass.) EASTER - The day commemorating Christ's Resurrection from the lifeless. that's the only right of all Christian gala's, having the suitable place interior the liturgical 3 hundred and sixty 5 days. that's the Christian feast appropriate with the Jewish Pasch. The exultant Alleluia is consistently repeated interior the Mass and Divine workplace, the Vidi Aquam replaces the Asperges, and the Regina Coeli the Angelus. The Easter season keeps from Easter Sunday to Trinity Sunday inclusive. (Etym. Anglo-Saxon Eastre, Teutonic goddess of daybreak and spring.) whilst that's real that there wasn't continuously a Christmas or Easter - there is now, and those days at the instant are firmly based in Christian theology, no longer pagan.

Answer 6

You are absolutely right! Once I found out the truth about this holiday, it really gave me the creeps to think of celebrating it any more. And to think that people allow children to celebrate this holiday which is all about fertility and such! Yuk (not to mention the false gods!) How dishonoring this is to God and his Son, Jesus Christ! We celebrate the Memorial of Christ's death every year on Nissan 14 at sundown,( the actual date varies from year to year, this year it is April 2) but we do not celebrate any other national or worldly holiday.

Answer 7

Yes a lot of our Easter traditions are co-opted pagan rituals and elements (eggs, baskets, and rabbits and all that). But so are a lot of Christmas traditions (feasting, the tree, presents, and yule log). But these things have largely lost their pagan significance and the holidays have become a commercial entity.

Someone who hides eggs for neighborhood kids may be reenacting a pagan ritual from days of yore, but without a worshipful spirit it is pretty much moot (as I'm sure any Pagan would tell you).

If you're going to get your underpants in a twist about something lets make it something important okay?

(And if you try to take away my chocolate rabbit I'm gonna bite *your* head off)

EDIT
Thank you Veejay for giving me hope in my brothers and sisters.

Answer 8

As a Christian Easter to me is celebrating Jesus' resurrection. What else I do to celebrate is my own business and no one elses. We go see a Passion play, go to church, watch the Passion movie and thank Jesus for His sacrifice to us on the cross.
We may go to an Easter egg hunt for fun for the kids. I give my kids an Easter basket. They know there's no Easter bunny and it's just for fun. They know the true meaning of Easter and that's enough for me. The misconception here is that Christians can't have fun or are not "normal" and therefore shouldn't do "normal" human things. So not true. We are a happy, well adjusted Christian family who chooses to have fun being Christians. God knows our hearts and knows we know what Easter really means. By the way, it's ok with God that you have fun and enjoy life as a Christian. Like I said, what we do is our business.

Answer 9

True.

Jesus never commanded Christians to celebrate his birth. Rather, he told his disciples to memorialize, or remember, his death. (Luke 22:19, 20) Christmas and its customs come from ancient false religions. The same is true of Easter customs, such as the use of eggs and rabbits. The early Christians did not celebrate Christmas or Easter, nor do true Christians today.

Answer 10

Christ is our Passover NOT our ishtar. Death has passed us over. To call it anything else is plain weird

Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:. 1 Corinthians 5:7

Answer 11

Well Easter with bunny's and eggs are a pagan ritual.

However, I celebrate Resurrection Day. One the third day, he rose again!

Peace be with you.