Easter is the celebration of Christ rising from the dead right....?

Question

And Most Easter celebrating families have colored eggs..colored egg hunts..ect. What is the correlation between a dead man rising up and a bunny who lays brightly colored eggs??? Did an Athiest and Christian sit down one day and argue heatedly and this was the best they could come up with???

Answer 1

"Easter Customs:

* Sunrise Service - In former times, people gathered on Easter morning to watch the sunrise, which was a symbol of the Risen Jesus. Today, we hold sunrise services for the same reason.

* Easter Parade - In former times, Christains went in procession throught the town. Today, we hold the Easer Parade.

* New Clothes - In early times, the newly baptized persons wore white robes to show that they too had risen to new life. Today, we wear new clothes at Easter for the same reason.

* Easter Eggs - We color Easter eggs and give them to one another. An egg is the symbol of the rock tomb from which Jesus rose to the new life of His Resurrection.

* Easter Bunny - We make candy and pastry in the form of Easter bunnies. The Easter bunny is a symbol of the new life Jesus brings.

* Holy Water - We take some water from the holy water blessed at the Easter Vigil. We use it to bless ourselves, our loved ones, and our homes.

* Easter Lamb - Jeusus is called the Paschal Lamb because He gave His life for all. We use the Easter Lamb as a symbol of Jesus Who triumphed over sin & death.

* Easter Lily - The lily usually flowers around Easter Time and is regarded as a sign of beauty, perfection, and goodness. We use the Easter lily as a symbol of the new life of the Risen Lord.

* Easter Vacation - In some places, there is a vacation from school and work in Easter Week. It becomes a time for pilgrimages and Christain gatherings.

* Easter People - The Season of Easter is fifty days long. During that time, we recall that we are a people formed by Easter - an Easter People! And "Alleluia" is our song.

Answer 2

Rabbits and eggs are fertility symbols. The ancient holiday of Oestra (notice the resemblance to the word Easter, named after the spring goddess of the same name) represents the burgeoning life of the spring season. Spring Equinox was a highly important holiday to many ancient peoples. The early Christians would naturally choose this time to celebrate the "rising" or "returning to life" of their deity at this time, along with the "returning to life" of the land after winter. So of course the customs became linked over the years. You'll also notice that not only stuffed bunnies but stuffed lambs are popular at this time, lambs of course representing Jesus, the Angus Dei, or (sacrificial) Lamb of God.

Easter and the Spring Equinox are closely linked even today in how it's determined what day Easter will be on each year. Easter is held on:

The first Sunday
After the first full moon
After the Vernal Equinox (1st day of Spring)

Look at the calendar and you'll see it's true.

Happy Oestra!

Answer 3

Easter is the celebration of Christ rising from the dead right....?

There is no correlation with eggs and Easter bunnies.
My family celebrate lint and the time of introspection--Retrospection--reflection..
Lint conclusion is the Resurrection of Jesus. This season is a time for renewal as spring is a renewal of life. We also have chocolate candies. Which has nothing to do with religion. As to the arguments of an atheist and a christian--I don't think they argue about eggs and bunnies. May you have a happy Easter

Answer 4

This word occurs only once in the Bible (Acts 12: 4) and then would be better translated passover. The word Easter is from Eastre, a Norse goddess whose pagan festival was observed at the spring equinox. The association of this pagan goddess with the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ was only be adaptation and synthesis. There is no real connection. Jesus, being the Lamb of God, was crucified at passover time and is the true Passover (see 1 Cor. 5: 7). He was raised from the grave on the third day thereafter. It thus became a springtime anniversary, and has come to be called Easter in the Christian world.

Answer 5

There are already enough explanations about the history of colored eggs, bunnies, fertility goddess etc.
I don't know when people started to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ with colored eggs etc. One thing is clear however. Before Constantine made Christianity the state religion the followers of Jesus were generally a persecuted group of people and these pagan traditions were not celebrated among them.

After Christianity became the popular religion many pagans became "Christians" for political reasons or maybe personal security. They then brought their pagan traditions with them into the Christian community and the rest is history.

Answer 6

Many Churches make the distinction between Easter and Resurrection Sunday. Easter is a commercialized holiday that began as a pagan holiday. Resurrection Sunday is the celebration of the risen one, Jesus Christ. Do the days correlate? Yep, that has to do with the fact that the Catholic Church adapted some pagan holidays to placate the people of the time in order to make the conversion to Christianity a little more palatable to the staunch pagans.

Answer 7

The way I understand it; the celebration of Easter began with the celebration of the Passover, which in itself was a celebration of when "the angel of death" passed over the Israelite slaves living in the Nile Delta (which is now an archaelogical fact) and who used to build the Egyptian structures we see today. How it got transferred to Jesus, is when He was executed on the passover, which in itself was not only symbolical of the "spotless lamb" which was required by the laws of Moses, but also a fulfillment of those same laws. Here is where we get the egg ( as a symbol). As for the bunny and the choclate, I can not say, but all I do know is that when one looks at the whole scenario allegorically, one can see how certain things came to be used as a symbol for certain other things. Not that I am saying its right, just that I can see how it would be used.

Answer 8

Hi,
You ask a valid question so here's a honest answer. Easter and the Resurrection of Christ has absolutely nothing in common. Easter is actually the spring celebration of rebirth and is totally a pagan celebration. The Resurrection of Christ is just that the celebration of the resurrected Christ. a few days after the celebration of Passover.

Answer 9

In Eastern Christianity, preparations begin with Great Lent. Following the fifth Sunday of Great Lent is Palm Week, which ends with Lazarus Saturday. Lazarus Saturday officially brings Great Lent to a close, although the fast continues for the following week. After Lazarus Saturday comes Palm Sunday, Holy Week, and finally Easter itself, or Pascha (Πάσχα), and the fast is broken immediately after the Divine Liturgy. Easter is immediately followed by Bright Week, during which there is no fasting, even on Wednesday and Friday.


Nicholas Roerich. Russian Pascha.The Paschal Service consists of Paschal Matins, Hours, and Liturgy,[12] which traditionally begins at midnight of Pascha morning. Placing the Paschal Divine Liturgy at midnight guarantees that no Divine Liturgy will come earlier in the morning, ensuring its place as the pre-eminent "Feast of Feasts" in the liturgical year.

The Easter festival is kept in many different ways among Western Christians. The traditional, liturgical observation of Easter, as practised among Roman Catholics and some Lutherans and Anglicans begins on the night of Holy Saturday with the Easter Vigil. This, the most important liturgy of the year, begins in total darkness with the blessing of the Easter fire, the lighting of the large Paschal candle (symbolic of the Risen Christ) and the chanting of the Exsultet or Easter Proclamation attributed to Saint Ambrose of Milan. After this service of light, a number of readings from the Old Testament are read; these tell the stories of creation, the sacrifice of Isaac, the crossing of the Red Sea, and the foretold coming of the Messiah. This part of the service climaxes with the singing of the Alleluia and the proclamation of the gospel of the resurrection. A sermon may be preached after the gospel. Then the focus moves from the lectern to the font. Anciently, Easter was considered the most perfect time to receive baptism, and this practice is alive in Roman Catholicism, as it is the time when new members are initiated into the Church, and it is being revived in some other circles. Whether there are baptisms at this point or not, it is traditional for the congregation to renew the vows of their baptismal faith. This act is often sealed by the sprinkling of the congregation with holy water from the font. The Catholic sacrament of Confirmation is also celebrated at the Vigil. The Easter Vigil concludes with the celebration of the Eucharist (or 'Holy Communion'). Certain variations in the Easter Vigil exist: Some churches read the Old Testament lessons before the procession of the Paschal candle, and then read the gospel immediately after the Exsultet. Some churches prefer to keep this vigil very early on the Sunday morning instead of the Saturday night, particularly Protestant churches, to reflect the gospel account of the women coming to the tomb at dawn on the first day of the week. These services are known as the Sunrise service and often occur in outdoor setting such as the church's yard or a nearby park.

Answer 10

Eggs and bunnies are not about Atheism. It's about the celebration of spring, which is also why Easter is at this time of year. Just like Christmas is close the the Winter Solctice.