From what I understand Easter is the celebration of the resurrection of Christ. So how do you get bunnies and egg hunts from Christ rising from the dead? That's quite a stretch isn't it? This is not just a rhetorical question I actually want to know.
2007-03-26 09:53:27 · 12 answers · asked by mntnbik8 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Easter. “There is no indication of the observance of the Easter festival in the New Testament,” states The Encyclopædia Britannica. Easter is rooted in pagan worship. While this holiday is supposed to commemorate Jesus’ resurrection, the customs associated with the Easter season are not Christian. For instance, concerning the popular “Easter bunny,” The Catholic Encyclopedia says: “The rabbit is a pagan symbol and has always been an emblem of fertility.” The Catholic Encyclopedia tells us: “A great many pagan customs, celebrating the return of spring, gravitated to Easter. The egg is the emblem of the germinating life of early spring. . . . The rabbit is a pagan symbol and has always been an emblem of fertility.”—(1913), Vol. V, p. 227.
In the book The Two Babylons, by Alexander Hislop, we read: “What means the term Easter itself? It is not a Christian name. It bears its Chaldean origin on its very forehead. Easter is nothing else than Astarte, one of the titles of Beltis, the queen of heaven, whose name, . . . as found by Layard on the Assyrian monuments, is Ishtar. . . . Such is the history of Easter. The popular observances that still attend the period of its celebration amply confirm the testimony of history as to its Babylonian character. The hot cross buns of Good Friday, and the dyed eggs of Pasch or Easter Sunday, figured in the Chaldean rites just as they do now.”—(New York, 1943), pp. 103, 107, 108; compare Jeremiah 7:18.
2007-03-26 11:56:27 · answer #1 · answered by Mr. Cal 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bunnies, eggs and even the name Easter all come from pagan worship. Another attempt at "christianising" a pagan festival. So, yes it is a stretch and yes I do believe in God and Jesus but I don't celebrate Easter as I really can't see how God could approve of such a thing.
2007-03-26 10:10:27 · answer #2 · answered by north_lights20 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The egg is used as a symbol of new life, so I can accept that as being used as a Christian symbol of Easter. Now the bunny, I don't know where that came from, and in our house, it really doesn't get used as an Easter symbol. Face it, every Christian holiday on the calendar has a un-Christian symbol which has invaded it. Christmas - Santa, Easter - bunny, All Saint's Day - Halloween, Lent - Mardi Gras. Satan will find a way to pull people's eyes and attention away from God every chance he gets. He will use any and every means at his disposal to create a false image of anything that relates to God.
2007-03-26 10:06:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Christians have been celebrating Easter for hundreds of years in the previous they started calling it "Easter." How did that take place, precisely? And "Eoster" wasn't a holiday, it grew to become right into a goddess. Now, for you history buffs, the Celts called "daybreak" "eastern," because of fact the solar rose interior the east. Centuries later, they observed the Christian paschal service as a "daybreak" service, or "Easter." It had no longer something to do with paganism. Rule #one million of historic learn: in no way confuse causation with correlation.
2016-10-20 12:11:01 · answer #4 · answered by graviett 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
once again....Christians celebrate Christ's Resurrection on Easter, however, to assist with the conversion of pagans to Christianity, pagan traditions were incorporated into christian holidays.
2007-03-26 12:29:27 · answer #5 · answered by Alley C 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You don't, Paganism has seemed to work it's way into Christianity.
Bunnies and eggs are renewal symbols for Spring
2007-03-26 09:59:05 · answer #6 · answered by Icey 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Easter means chocolate & 2 public holidays
2007-03-26 09:58:14 · answer #7 · answered by Screamin' Banshee 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Easter is a pagan holiday celebrating Spring. The early Christian church religiousized it in order to attract pagans and belittle paganism.
2007-03-26 09:58:10 · answer #8 · answered by Sweetchild Danielle 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
it is. the reason for his death was to redeem mankind from the sin and, death we inherited from Adam & Eve. Jesus bought back what Adam lost (a life for a life). The life prospect we have is to once again live forever on earth when we make an honest effort to follow the teachings that his life directed us to follow.
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2015-03-28 04:22:29 · answer #9 · answered by pugluvr 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus fulfilled the law. So exactly what did Jesus fulfill. If Jesus kept God's law, what part of the law is deemed absolute?
The weekly Sabbath! And annual Sabbaths! Not the resurrection. First observe the weekly Sabbath and annual Sabbath's, then the rest will be put into it's proper place.
The weekly Sabbath is not Sunday the first day of the week, rather it is the last day of the week and starts at sundown on Friday and ends at sundown on Saturday. Not midnight to midnight under the current theme of thinking of time.
2007-03-26 09:58:29 · answer #10 · answered by אידיאליסטי™ 5 · 0⤊ 4⤋