Do you know what Easter means?

Question

I do, just wondering how many of you do. :)

Answer 1

Easter is the day Jesus, my king rose from the dead.

Answer 2

The origin of Easter involves the birth of Semiramis' illegitimate son, Tammuz. Somehow, Semiramis convinced the people that Tammuz was actually Nimrod reborn. Since people had been looking for the promised savior since the beginning of mankind (see Genesis 3:15), they were persuaded by Semiramis to believe that Tammuz was that savior, even that he had been supernaturally conceived. Before long, in addition to worshipping Tammuz (or Nimrod reborn), the people also worshipped Semiramis herself as the goddess of fertility. In other cultures, she has been called Ishtar, Ashtur and yes, Easter.

The origin of Easter goes back to the springtime ritual instituted by Semiramis following the death of Tammuz, who, according to tradition, was killed by a wild boar. Legend has it that through the power of his mother's tears, Tammuz was "resurrected" in the form of the new vegetation that appeared on the earth.

As the Gospel of Christ spread throughout non-jewish nations, among people who did not have a history of celebrating the Passover, the pagan rites of Easter gradually became assimilated into what the Christian (Catholic) church called "Resurrection Day."

American history teaches us that Easter was dismissed as a pagan holiday by the nation's founding Puritans and did not begin to be widely observed until just after the Civil War.

Answer 3

Modern-day Easter is derived from two ancient traditions: one Judeo-Christian and the other Pagan. Both Christians and Pagans have celebrated death and resurrection themes following the Spring Equinox for millennia. Most religious historians believe that many elements of the Christian observance of Easter were derived from earlier Pagan celebrations.

The equinox occurs each year on March 20, 21 or 22. Both Neopagans and Christians continue to celebrate religious rituals linked to the equinox in the present day. Wiccans and other Neopagans usually hold their celebrations on the day or eve of the equinox. Western Christians wait until the Sunday on or after the next full moon. The Eastern Orthodox churches follow a different calculation; their celebration is often many weeks after the date selected by the Western churches.

But as for me and my house - it's been sanctified and made holy by the Church - and it is the day we celebrate the Resurrection of Our Lord!

Answer 4

When Easter is mentioned in the Bible, it was a mistranslation. The word should have been Passover. The word Easter comes from the pagan goddess of the spring Istar, Estar, Ostar.... and has nothing to do with the celebration of the resurrection of Christ.

Answer 5

All about fertility and sex really. Really a pagan practice but no one ever pays attention. Actually Most "Christan " holidays have pagan roots. But hey who doesn't want to worship sex. Everyone does it anyway. Plus ignorance is bliss. You get to eat tons of food ( gluttony) have sex (fornication) enjoy dressing up in costumes as dead people (hmmm this could have satanic influences eh?)Oh yeah and celebrate a birth day just so that you can get stuff ( covetousness and greediness) hahahaha don't you love Christianity today. Why doesn't anyone READ the Bible. Or would that actually make them realize they should do whats right??

Answer 6

Most all people of the world have a holiday celebrating the spring, easter is just the xtian way of celebration.

Answer 7

Ishtar; it was a mistranslation one time in the Book of Acts, and if taken back to the original manuscripts you would see that it was not "ishtar" written, but "passo", greek for Passover.
easter is a pagan fertility rite which is an insult to the highest day of Christianity, and
no Christian who is truly a Christ-follower would practice it. Christ didn't; and who is Christian if not Jesus Christ Himself?
Ignorance is bliss, I suppose.....

Answer 8

Easter is the day that Jesus arises from his tomb, and if he sees his shadow, we get three more months of winter.

edit: wait a minute...that's not right....

Answer 9

It's opening day of hunting season on chocolate bunnies.

Excellent answer, Father K.

Answer 10

I celebrate Easter as the day Jesus Christ rose from the grave, eternally triumphant over death.

Answer 11

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