They seem to be completely disconnected don't they?
2007-03-30 14:01:08 · 8 answers · asked by Val W 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Easter
i agree with some other answers its a pagan feast date that was stolen by the christians and some things carried over like the goddess easerata and her egg symbol becoming easter eggs , and bunnys have always been a fertility symbol
2007-03-30 16:22:01 · answer #1 · answered by tanya w 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes it IS a pagan symbol, and anyone trying to connect eggs to Jesus has to go through a lot of interesting contortions to even make it sound plausible. If eggs were a Jesus symbol, they would be so all year round, and not just for this one holiday.
The answer is simple, straightforward, and obvious. Rabbits and eggs are fertility symbols, symbols of continuing life and symbols of the moon goddess Easter/Ishtar/Eostre/Oestre/Ostara whose feast day it is. Eggs are also a symbol of the moon, and some cultures see a rabbit on the moon instead of a face, so there's yet another connection. Notice also the timing of the holiday is tied to the moon. Notice also that the eggs come in baskets, which is a symbol of the womb. A goddess symbol.
LONG before the time of Jesus, eggs were painted and given as gifts on this day, a symbol of good wishes for the blossoming of life that this feast day represents. If it was a Jesus symbol, it would have begun during the time of Christ and not have been rampant worldwide before then, as history proves.
2007-03-30 18:17:06 · answer #2 · answered by KC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They kind of don't have anything to do with the Chsiatian holiday. Basically, when the Christians were trying to convert pagans over to Christianity, they borrowed some of their beliefs to make the change less drastic. Bunnies & eggs are fertility symbols of the Pagan holiday Ostara (even sounds similar to Easter, doesn't it?), which celebrates the coming of spring and fertility of the land.
2007-03-30 15:40:41 · answer #3 · answered by Ska Hippie 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
chocolate is the color of the cross and there were bunnies under the hill Jesus was crucified on... actually nothing Christians just stole a pagan holiday and kept some of the symbols
2007-03-30 18:18:11 · answer #4 · answered by Cpt. Amazing 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not a pagan symbol!
It's said that Simon, who helped Christ carry the cross, was an egg merchant. When people started to celebrate His crucifixion in the 2nd century, they were looking for something associated with the crucifixion that they could give people to honor the celebration; crucifixes just weren't practical in those days. Thus, the Easter egg was born.
2007-03-30 17:33:02 · answer #5 · answered by crimsonskies12474 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
They have nothing to do with Jesus. Which is why I've created a tribute to the Easter Bunny at the first link below. :-)
2007-03-30 18:02:48 · answer #6 · answered by Pastor Chad from JesusFreak.com 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I fell like it dosn't, I feel the eaterbunny and eggs are more for the kids sake....and for the nonbelivers and ppl whose religon dosn't belive Jesus died and ressercted.
2007-03-30 14:55:43 · answer #7 · answered by wnw29405 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Not a daw gone thing
2007-03-30 15:41:20 · answer #8 · answered by army_sister71 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋