i was just wondering because it says nothing in the bible about them and easter is about the death and reserectionof Jesus !!!
2007-03-29 08:02:57 · 32 answers · asked by shonat 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Easter
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2007-03-29 08:05:36 · answer #1 · answered by lovely 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Although the Bible does not mention anything about the egg being a symbol for easter and the word easter was not used either, both have become almost synonymous with new life. At the time of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ, there were many differing religions. As the authority of the church became fractured when Jesus was no longer among them, traditions, customs and ideas from other philosophies began to trickle into the church.
One of these customs involves the use of the egg as a symbol of rebirth. The egg has a symbol of new life for eons.
Easter falls in the spring, the yearly time of renewal, when the earth renews itself after a long, cold winter.
The word Easter comes to us from the Norsemen's Eostur, Eastar, Ostara, and Ostar, and the pagan goddess Eostre, all of which involve the season of the growing sun and new birth.
The Easter Bunny arose originally as a symbol of fertility, due to the rapid reproduction habits of the hare and rabbit.
The ancient Egyptians, Persians, Phoenicians, and Hindus all believed the world began with an enormous egg, thus the egg as a symbol of new life has been around for eons.
The particulars may vary, but most cultures around the world use the egg as a symbol of new life and rebirth. A notation in the household accounts of Edward I of England showed an expenditure of eighteen pence for 450 eggs to be gold-leafed and colored for Easter gifts.
The first book to mention Easter eggs by name was written five hundred years ago. Yet, a North African tribe that had become Christian much earlier in time had a custom of coloring eggs at Easter.
Long hard winters often meant little food, and a fresh egg for Easter was quite a prize. Later, Christians abstained from eating meat during the Lenten season prior to Easter. Easter was the first chance to enjoy eggs and meat after the long abstinence.
Some European children go from house to house begging for Easter eggs, much like Halloween trick-or-treaters. Called pace-egging, it comes from the old word for Easter, Pasch. Many old cultures also attributed the egg with great healing powers. It is interesting to note that eggs play almost no part in the Easter celebrations of Mexico, South America, and Native American Indian cultures. Egg-rolling contests are a symbolic re-enactment of the rolling away of the stone from Christ's tomb. The decoration of small leaf-barren branches as Easter egg trees has become a popular custom in the United States since the 1990s.
hope this helps.
2007-03-29 08:16:31 · answer #2 · answered by stonechic 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They come out of the Easter Bunny's hole. JK JK JK.
I don't know, but in my opinion, I think they were thought of long ago so the children have something to look forward to on Easter because a parent can't really explain to them what Easter is really about. If you say it's about the death and resurrection of Jesus, then either they get scared or they don't understand, and it would be best not to tell them that kind of stuff until they're older. It's a good idea to have easter eggs, but we should all be keeping in mind what the real intent of Easter is, the death & resurrection of Jesus. To tell you the truth, I just learned that now (that Easter is about the death & resurrection of Jesus).
2007-03-29 08:09:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Easter Rabbit
2007-03-29 08:05:33 · answer #4 · answered by Mr. Bonanzas 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Ishtar or Ashtoreth was the God of fertility ergo life. So when early Christians were converting the pagans they couldn't let go of their little festival so the Church turned it into a celebration of the rising of Christ. No where in the bible does this say we should celebrate his rising. Because Jesus was at rest in the tomb on the Sabbath which is why that day, Saturday, is holy. We were to look for his coming again with hope, not for a new social order but resurrection!
2007-03-29 08:25:45 · answer #5 · answered by T A 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Easter is a springtime holiday, associated with the new birth that comes in the spring.
From the pagan holiday Ostara.The bunnies and eggs are a representation of fertility.
2007-03-29 21:00:34 · answer #6 · answered by Tenn Gal 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do a search on "the history of the Easter egg". Good info. Summary : pagan beliefs getting mixed up into Christianity.
2007-03-29 08:13:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
A long time ago, the Roman Catholic church, seeking to win over pagans incorporated the pagan symbol of rebirth into Easter. Easter itself is named for a pagan goddess. Jesus went into town to celebrate passover and to become the greater passover sacrifice. The catholic church totally divorced Easter from passover and set the day by the moon, the sun and the stars, thereby changing the set days and time (prophesy about the evil one). It is probably the most corrupted holiday followed by Christmas
2007-03-29 08:11:49 · answer #8 · answered by Alan S 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Easter was originally a pagan fertility festival. Eggs were used, apparently, as a symbol for fertility (much like rabbits, the sacred animal of many fertility goddesses).
When Christianity swept across Europe, the clergy decided to incorporate some of the folk traditions of the people to make the transition easier (and to make up for their lack of holidays).
2007-03-29 08:11:00 · answer #9 · answered by Johnny Sane 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Easter egg are from a Pagan festival, rolling eggs down hills to represent rebirth, Spring what ever. One of many festivals, the early christian church took over to control belief.
This festival predates the birth of Jesus, so how could it be related to his death and Resurrection.
http://www.zenzibar.com/Articles/easter.asp
2007-03-29 08:10:13 · answer #10 · answered by steven m 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not chickens! According to German folklore, the Easter Bunny lays them and hides them in gardens. The story
in France is that the eggs are dropped by the church bells on their way back from Rome.
2007-03-29 08:12:41 · answer #11 · answered by Indiana Frenchman 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋