WHY is easter a religious holiday? Is this a Bible teaching? egss, rabbits, how does this honor God and Jesus

Answer 1

Easter is a pagan observance that all true Christians avoid.

The adopting of pagan appendages in Christian worship is also ruled out with these words: “What fellowship does light have with darkness? Further, what harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what portion does a faithful person have with an unbeliever? And what agreement does God’s temple have with idols?” None whatever. “‘Therefore get out from among them, and separate yourselves,’ says Jehovah, ‘and quit touching the unclean thing”’; “‘and I will take you in.’” Godless paganism is part of this unclean world, and Christians must keep themselves “without spot from the world.”—2 Cor. 6:14-18; Jas. 1:27.


Christians show appreciation for the miracle of Christ’s resurrection, not by celebrating a certain day set aside by some ancient council of men, and doing so with pagan appendages, but by accepting by faith the fact of Jesus’ resurrection and by letting it give them hope for their dead loved ones and for themselves and then letting that hope spur them on to serve Jehovah God with all their heart, mind, soul and strength.—Mark 12:30; 1 Cor. 15:58.

Answer 2

Easter Sunday is the religious celebration of Christ's resurrection and ascension into Heaven. Historically, the egg is symbolic of the grave and life renewed by breaking out of it. Also, because of the traditional observance of Lent when Christians did not eat meat or dairy, there would be an abundance of eggs on Easter, which is when Lent ends. So, yes, in a way eggs honored God during a time when all Christians, not just Catholics, observed Lent.

Answer 3

It was a pagan holiday back in the day. Pretty much am assuming priests and what not back then were tryign to show comonality to christianity. Saying, hey, you pray god, just not the right one. They wanted to celebrate jesus's resurection, and chose a day close by to have it. The eggs and rabbits represent fertility which was what the pagan holiday was about.

Its sorta like x-mas. Well most christians i know don't actually think he was born on the 25th of december. No one really knows the date.....well some people will argue its not true, but there was a roman holiday on the 25th of december.

The romans were straight up barbarians. They did give us democracy, but were all about war and what not.
Again, it was there way of saying. Hey, you guys pray god, look ours is born the same day.

Answer 4

Easter, the Lenten Season, celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ. There is nothing in the Bible that says to celebrate, but church wants to mark this special event. Mostly because it corresponds to the pagan celebration of spring. Which is where the rabbits and eggs come from. The two festivals have, through time, become melded into one. Rabbits represent fecundity and eggs represent life.

Answer 5

Eggs are rabbits are symbols of fertility. And Jesus was resurrected from the dead, in a sense reborn. If you accept Jesus as your savior, you are considered reborn to some Christians.

Most religious holidays were put over pagan holidays. Thus some symbols of fertility particulary important in pagan eremonies or rites that celebrated fertility in spring, have been tied to Easter.

Answer 6

If you noticed both holidays that have to do with Jesus mainly Christmas and Easter or should I say "ressurrection sunday" have both been distorted with fairy tail characters. The Devil wants to take Jesus out of everything. These are made up things that should not be. If Christians are going to celebrate these holidays it better be for the right reasons. God Bless you.

Answer 7

Easter is a time of springtime festivals. In Christian countries Easter is celebrated as the religious holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the son of God. But the celebrations of Easter have many customs and legends that are pagan in origin and have nothing to do with Christianity.

Scholars, accepting the derivation proposed by the 8th-century English scholar St. Bede, believe the name Easter is thought to come from the Scandinavian "Ostra" and the Teutonic "Ostern" or "Eastre," both Goddesses of mythology signifying spring and fertility whose festival was celebrated on the day of the vernal equinox.

Traditions associated with the festival survive in the Easter rabbit, a symbol of fertility, and in colored easter eggs, originally painted with bright colors to represent the sunlight, and used in Easter-egg rolling contests or given as gifts.

The Christian celebration of Easter embodies a number of converging traditions with emphasis on the relation of Easter and the Jewish festival of Passover, or Pesach, from which is derived Pasch, another name used by Europeans for Easter. Passover is an important feast in the Jewish calendar which is celebrated for 8 days and commemorates the flight and freedom of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt.

The early Christians many of whom were of Jewish origin, were brought up in the Hebrew tradition and regarded Easter as a new feature of the Passover festival, a commemoration of the advent of the Messiah as foretold by the prophets.

Answer 8

Easter is a religious holiday but pagans have turned the meaning of it upside down and forget the real purpose of why we are celebrating easter (jesus resurrection). Eggs and rabbits are things that dishonor Jehovah and Jesus because instead of praising them, they are adoring some bunny and ppl are fooled by the fact that it is cute, etc. So yes, Easter is a holiday that is not that religious anymore..

Answer 9

This is the most important information any Catholic should know about Easter: It is the most holiest day of the Catholic calendar (more important that Christmas) because it marks the rise of Jesus Christ. And, I think the eggs and rabbits thing is just a sales ploy.

Answer 10

It doesn't honor Him
In truth, Easter is a pagan feastival celebrating new life
The Church adopted the celebration when they brought peopler into the faith, but did not ask them to abandon their traditions. The Christian celebration is the Ressurection.
But my mother used to say that we celebrate Easter as a celebration of new life, because we have new life through Jesus