if someone is not catholic, why do they celebrate easter?

Question

i don't understand AT ALL and same with Christmas

Answer 1

the correct word would be Christian... not catholic. catholic is only one denomination of Christianity.

Answer 2

First of all, you do not have to be Catholic to believe in Jesus as your savior. The proper question would have been - someone you is not a Christian. Second, Easter has become a commercialized holiday as any other. As there is Santa for X-mas, there is the bunny for Easter. At very least if someone doesn't believe in the true meaning behind these holidays, it gives them an excuse to spend quality time with there families. If so, then I think Jesus would be pleased that whether they know it or not, he's still having some effect on them.

Answer 3

I wish you would have explained a little more about what your definition of 'celebrate easter' is. If you are talking about the secular tradition of the easter rabbit and colored eggs then the answer would have to be...candy for the kiddos. But if you are questioning the celebration of the true meaning of Easter then I can tell you that the reason that I (as a Christian...not catholic) celebrate Easter is because it is the time that Jesus Christ rose from the grave and conquered death and by my acceptance of God's Free gift of Salvation then I KNOW that some day I too will conquer death and live forever with my daddy God and His beloved Son , Jesus Christ.

Answer 4

Honey, Catholics are not the only Christians. They are only the ones that have the Pope as the earthly head of their church. As for other than Christian denominations celebrating Easter and Christmas both holidays are celebrated on the time of pagan holidays and in today's society commercial businesses have built them up for anyone to buy presents and celebrate. Many that celebrate have no religious affiliations but their children want to be like the other children that get presents so they go along with it.

Answer 5

This is the first time that I have ever heard that someone thinks that Easter is a Catholic Holiday!
I am a Christian and I believe that Jesus rose on the third day. That isn't just Catholic.On Christmas we celebrate the birth of Jesus! I again have never heard that someone thinks only Catholics recognize this.

Answer 6

First, true believers of Christ's birth and resurrection celebrate. The rest are doing the winter, spring break thing.

And yes, they (easter/xmas) do have pagan roots, afterall, where do you think Christians came from? But Pagans don't really worship, they offer sacrifices to please the gods. And Pagan customs do serve a purpose. Xmass was a time to slaughter excess animals to conserve feeds thru the winter. Customs aren't always a bad thing.

If people worship false idols, and there are no such thing, then what is the harm?
And if God's message is loving G and neighbor, then shouldn't believers invite non-believers so they will get a chance to know G ? It's all good.... Let celebrate and spread the love. ;-) Peace

Answer 7

There are lots of other kinds of Christians besides Catholics. Most of them celebrate Easter and Christmas for the same reason Catholics do: these are important points in their calendar, commemorating important points in the life of Jesus. Christmas is traditionally his birthday (although actually we don't really know when that was, and some say it was in May), and Easter is the day he is said to have risen from the dead. Good Friday is the day he was crucified.

Even if you are not a Christian, there are holidays at Christmastime because that is basically the winter solstice, and there are holidays in the spring to celebrate rebirth -- the rebirth of the plants and animals that happens in the spring.

Answer 8

Easter is a celebration of the resurrection of Jesus and is relevant to all of Christianity. The same goes for Christmas.

Answer 9

Easter supposedly commemorates the resurrection of Christ, but reputable sources link it with false worship. The Westminster Dictionary of the Bible says that Easter was “originally the spring festival in honor of the Teutonic goddess of light and spring known in Anglo-Saxon as Eastre,” or Eostre. In any case, the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th Edition) states: “There is no indication of the observance of the Easter festival in the New Testament.” Easter was not an early Christian observance and is not celebrated by Jehovah’s people today.

Jesus did not command his followers to commemorate either his birth or his resurrection, but he did institute the Memorial of his sacrificial death. (Romans 5:8) Indeed, this is the only event he commanded his disciples to observe. (Luke 22:19, 20) Also called the Lord’s Evening Meal, this annual event is still being observed by Jehovah’s Witnesses. --1 Corinthians 11:20-26.

Christmas also has pagan origins.
“December was the major month of pagan celebration, and Dec. 25 was the high point of the winter revelries,” explains Church Christmas Tab. “Some believe the bishop of Rome chose Dec. 25 as the birth date of Christ in order to ‘sanctify’ the pagan celebrations. What resulted was a strange mixture of the pagan and the Christian festivals that the world now calls Christmas.” The article admits: “The word ‘Christmas’ does not appear in the Bible. And Scripture gives no mandate for celebrating Jesus’ birth.”


For more information go to:
http://www.watchtower.org/library/rq/article_11.htm
http://www.watchtower.org/library/w/2000/12/15/article_01.htm
http://www.watchtower.org/library/w/1998/12/15/article_01.htm

Answer 10

The secular celebration of Easter is basically a celebration of the Spring Solstice. The Spring Solstice was celebrated by the Romans as a marker for the nearing of Summer and the end of Winter, though both were very mild in Italy.
The same goes for Christmas, no one has any idea what time of year the Christ was born, so the event of his birth is often celebrated at the time of the Roman Winter Solstice.

Answer 11

Easter, is on the first Sunday after the full moon after the spring equinox. It is named after the goddess Eostre, her symbol was the egg and her consort was a man sized rabbit or hare. I think without doubt, Easter is a pagan festival that was highjacked by the Roman church. I would expect in this day and age that even if Christians want to celebrate during this time they would at least acknowledge that it began as and still is a pagan festival.