What is the relationship between the bunnies, the coloured eggs and Easter?

Answer 1

Bunnies, chicks, eggs, lambs...all kind of springlike and cute. Easter is in the spring, these are spingtime symbols. Also the rebirth that is spring goes nicely with the rebirth that is the Ressurrection. I think you can have a spiritual celebration and a spring celebration too, they don't have to be tied together.

Answer 2

Eggs symbolize new life so they are a perfect symbol for spring which brings new life to the earth after winter.

Bunnies represent fertility because they breed like mad - and fertility was wrapped up with the soil and the growing of crops which was more important than the hedonistic orgies repressed conservatives dreamed up later.

Easter comes from the Anglo-Saxon goddess Eoster who was a goddess of fertility and spring. The story of Christ resurrection is old theme found in fertility belief systems such as Osiris of the Ancient Egyptians and Tammuz of Mesopotamia.

So all three represent the regeneration of life that comes with spring.

As for colored eggs that came from Germans who had a proto-type easter bunny which laid colored eggs for good boys and girls.

Answer 3

Bunnies and colored eggs are fertility symbols adopted from Paganism. The encyclopedia Britannica states, " At Easter, popular customs reflect many ancient Pagan survivals- in this instance, connected with spring fertility rites, such as the symbols of the Easter egg and the Easter hare or rabbit." The word Easter can trace it's roots to the Chaldean origin and comes from the goddess known as in the Christian bible as Astarte. Who was known as Ishtar in pre-Christian Mesopotamian her name was pronounced Easter by the people of Nineveh. These symbols have nothing to do with Christ. They were adopted by Christianity to make it look more attractive to Pagans in hopes they would convert.

Answer 4

Like every other so-called "christian" Holy Day, Easter (Oestra) was created to surplant an existing Holy Day of Pagan practice. Eggs and Bunnies have nothing to do with the alleged resurection of the now infamous carpenter's son called Jesus (Yeshua). I find it amazing that you can find yahoo questions, bu can't do a simple engine search for roots to Holidays. Good Luck.

Answer 5

the colouring of the egg has to do with the resurrection of christ or at least it is supposed to. also bunnies are fertility symbols so........just go to wikipedia

Answer 6

Well Easter and the rabbit comes from paganism as well as the easter eggs. All has to do with fertility, mating, etc.
(see sites)
http://www.google.com/custom?q=Easter+Bunny+%3D+fertility&sa=Search&client=pub-6807258685122891&forid=1&channel=9400434304&ie=ISO-8859-1&oe=ISO-8859-1&cof=GALT%3A%23008000%3BGL%3A1%3BDIV%3A%23336699%3BVLC%3A663399%3BAH%3Acenter%3BBGC%3AFFFFFF%3BLBGC%3A336699%3BALC%3A0000FF%3BLC%3A0000FF%3BT%3A000000%3BGFNT%3A0000FF%3BGIMP%3A0000FF%3BLH%3A74%3BLW%3A163%3BL%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fintl%2Fen%2Flogos%2FLogo_50wht.gif%3BS%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%3BLP%3A1%3BFORID%3A1%3B&hl=en
http://www.google.com/custom?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&oe=ISO-8859-1&client=pub-6807258685122891&channel=9400434304&cof=FORID%3A1%3BGL%3A1%3BS%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%3BL%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fintl%2Fen%2Flogos%2FLogo_50wht.gif%3BLH%3A74%3BLW%3A163%3BLBGC%3A336699%3BLP%3A1%3BLC%3A%230000ff%3BVLC%3A%23663399%3BGFNT%3A%230000ff%3BGIMP%3A%230000ff%3BDIV%3A%23336699%3B&q=Easter%2C+Easter+Eggs%2C+Easter+Bunny+%3D+fertility%2C+paganism&btnG=Search
http://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=utf-8&fr=slv8-&p=Easter%20Time%20%3d%20spring%20%3d%20fertility

EASTER EGGS
Note: these sites tell where Easter Eggs came from.
http://www.nobleknights.com/~eagle1/eostre1.htm
http://www.rightdivision.com/html/easter_pagan_influences.html

EASTER NOT FOUND IN THE BIBLE
"The English word 'Easter' came from the Anglo-Saxon Eastre or Estera, a Teutonic goddess to whom sacrifice was offered in April, so the name was transferred to the Pashal Feast. The word does not properly occur in Scripture although the AV (King James Translation) has it in ACTS 12:4 where it stands for 'Passover' as it is rightly rendered in RV (Revised Version). There is no trace of Easter celebration in the New Testament..." (INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BIBLE ENCYCLOPEDIA VOL.2, P.889). The word 'Easter' has confused some but the word in the original form is "Pascha" meaning "Passover". It occurs 29 times in the New Testament & everytime it's translated Passover except in Acts 12:4. If you read carefully (ACTS 12:1-4); it says that Herod killed James and was trying to kill Peter in an effort to "vex the church"(Please the Jews). Then in VERSE 3 "were the days of unleavened bread"; see LEV.23. He put him in prison intending to try him "after Easter" (KJV). Now if Herod was trying to "please the Jews" & "vex the church" Why would he have delayed the trial until after 'Easter?'" If this was a "christian holy day", especially one in honoring Christ's resurrection, he would surely not be pleasing the Jews, Wouldn't it be more pleasing to the Jews to vex the church by killing one of it's Apostles on it's own "holy-day," would it not?

ORIGIN OF EASTER: WHERE DID IT COME FROM?
Easter was never observed by the Apostles of Christ or Christ's Religion. "The name 'Easter' comes to us from the mythlogical writings of the Ancient Teucrians (who lived 1200BC along the southern coast of Palestine) where it's known as 'Ostern'" BY GROVER STEVENS. "The name 'Easter' is merely the slightly changed English spelling of the name of the ancient Assyrian and Babylonian idol goddess, Ishtar (pronounced eesh-tar)." WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY says "Easter is from the pre-historic name of a pagan spring festival." THE OXFORD DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH ETYMOLOGY says, "Easter is derived from the name of goddess whose feast was celebrated at the vernal equinox." THE SCHOLARY NEW SCHAFF-HERZOG RELIGIOUS ENCYCLOPEDIA says, "This goddess is also widely known as Astarte...The cult originated in Babylonia and spread to Assyria, Mesopotamia, Syria & Palestine, then through the Phoenicians to all of the Meditteranean peoples...Ishtar was in fact primarily and chiefly identified as Venus, the most beautiful of celestial objects & from the terrestrial side, the primarily motive of the worship of Ishtar was the impulse to deify sensuous and sensuality." ALEXANDER HISLOP SAYS IN THE TWO BABYLONS (P.103), "Easter bears its Chaldean origin on its forehead. Easter is nothing else than Asarte, one of the titles of Beltis, the queen of heaven..."
http://family.webshots.com/photo/1370351068049373547hLMhYB
http://www.matrifocus.com/IMB04/spotlight.htm
http://www.albatrus.org/english/festivals/easter/is_easter_pagan.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishtar
http://www.lcg.org/search/search.php?query=easter&type=and&results=10&search=1

VERSES-- DEUT.4:19,28-31; 11:26-28; 17:3 & GAL.4:8-10.

EXODUS 20:3 = "Thou shalt not have other gods before me." It tells us in verse 5 = "not to bow to them nor serve them".

Here are the texts of gods that should not be worshipped:
EXOD.20:23; 32:3,4,8-10,19-23,30
DEUT.4:19,28-31; 11:26-28; 17:3
JER.10
EZEK.8:13-18
DAN. 3:1-18 (tried to make Daniel's friends to bow to the image, but they didn't)

New Testament Texts:
GAL.4:8-10 (pagan feasts are: New Year's, Valentine's-Cupid, Patrick's Day, Easter-Ishtar, Halloween, Christmas, Sunday-sun{from sunset Sat. to sunset Sunday = GEN.1:5), Monday-moon-{worship after sunset Sunday which would be Sunday evening(Sun.even to Mon.even)= considered to be Monday according to GEN.1:8}. Birthdays come from pagan origin too. = (only 2 birthdays are mentioned in Bible; they are: Pharoah and King Herod)
You can find most of things in sources like encyclopedias, history, etc. that tell you it's pagan or that it comes from pagan origin.