we celebrate easter sunday, what meaning does the bunny have, and the eggs? i have heard different asnwers,?

Question

what country or where in the bible can i find anwers. who
used these as symbols? how do u associate these to the
crucifixion and resurrection of jesus

Answer 1

There was an egg in the painting of the last supper. It means St. Peter was really a rabbit.

Answer 2

The name Easter comes from a pagan figure called Eastre (or Eostre) who was celebrated as the goddess of spring by the Saxons of Northern Europe. A festival called Eastre was held during the spring equinox by these people to honor her. The goddess Eastre’s earthly symbol was the rabbit, which was also known as a symbol of fertility. Originally, there were some very pagan (and sometimes utterly evil) practices that went along with the celebration. In our day, Easter is almost a completely commercialized holiday, with all the focus on Easter eggs and the Easter bunny being remnants of the goddess worship.

Answer 3

Okay we celebrate Easter because Jesus has risen from the dead. The egg represents the tomb and we break open the egg and eat it on the sunday. The bunny is just a make believe character which is used for companies like cadbury to make more money in selling easter eggs. It is a distraction from what easter is really about.

Answer 4

you can't find those answers in the bible. The reason that those things are associated with Easter is that the early christian church was trying to make pagans become Christians and they adapted pagan symbols to mean something christian because around this time was the pagan festival for a goddess, who's name was close to the word Easter (which is where that word came from). this goddess was the goddess of new life and spring which is where bunnies and eggs came from

Answer 5

This is how the Christian Church embroidered pagan rites into Christianity. Spring is time of birth, growth and the ending of winter and abundance . It is also the mating season for many animal species. The egg symbolizes fertility and believe me, rabbits are fertile ( is used to raise them) and symbolizes re-birth into heaven. This is much the same as when the Christian church placed Christs birth on Dec. 25th because it is so close to the pagan winter solstice Christ was most likely born in late September but don't believe me, check for yourself. Not only that but Christ said not to celebrate his birth but his death.

Answer 6

Constantine in Rome basically merged paganism with Chritianity. Easter was the "spring" equinox. The rabbit and eggs are pagan fertility symbols, adding to the "spring" theme.

Answer 7

<> a million. What data is there that this FICTIONAL Easter Bunny steals his eggs from, nicely, all of us? 2. Easter does not commemorate Jesus' loss of existence. that's what good Friday is for. Easter commemorates the Resurrection of Jesus.

Answer 8

these aren't symbols. they are simply man made things. Kinda like Santa clause, what does he have to do with Christmas? Nothing. The bunny and eggs and stuff are really just man made fairy tales to miss the point of Easter. JESUS' RESURRECTION! HE IS RISEN!

Answer 9

These are pagan things and have NOTHING to do with Jesus

Answer 10

http://www.goddessgift.com/pandora's_box/easter-history.htm
http://altreligion.about.com/library/bl_easterbunny.htm