What do eggs and bunnies have to do with easter?

Question

Easter is about the day Jesus rose. so where do eggs and bunnies come from

Answer 1

Easter represents a "rebirth". Rabbits have frequent multiple births so they became a symbol of fertility. The Romans believed that "All life comes from an egg." Christians consider eggs to be "the seed of life" and so they are symbolic of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

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

Easter is the day that Jesus rose from the dead/ came back to life/ born again. So I guess eggs represent new life/ birth.
I'm guessing the Easter Bunny was created for non-christians who needed something else to do on Easter/ make a different meaning of Easter... =)

Answer 4

Easter which the very name comes down from this women they worshipped sex in the spring time.
Rabbits are very prolific and the Egg as a symbol of life. Had pagan orgies and sacrificed their first born in a fire to a pagan God of fertility. Christains take the egg to be something like a rebirth..but rabbits..i guess it was stuck to the pagan religion and when Christains adopted this new celebration the bunnies just tagged along..

Answer 5

Eggs & bunnies have everything to do with what Easter *actually* is. However, Easter actually has nothing itself to do with Christ. It is a pagan holiday that was adopted by false Christians, & labelled with Christian names.

Christ told his followers to commemorate his *death*, & it's redemtive value in their lives... Not to have a holiday over his resurrection. As in the following articles & Scriptures therein:

Reliving Jesus' Last Days on Earth
http://watchtower.org/e/19980315/article_01.htm

Mankind's Release From Death
http://watchtower.org/library/lmn/article_08.htm

Note the actual history of Easter eggs & bunnies at:

Easter Egg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_egg

Easter Bunny - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_bunny

Then click on the names of the gods that they are associated with, & read about them ... Does they sound Scripturally acceptable???

How many Gods are mentioned in the Bible?--Who are they?
- Figments of the Imagination
- Jesus, the Angels, and the Devil http://watchtower.org/e/200602b/article_01.htm

Answer 6

Nothing - eggs and bunnies have to do with the birth of spring. Easter uses a number of pagan symbols - Christianity incorporated pagan symbols into their holidays in order to encourage participation by pagans and other non-believers.

Answer 7

Ask the store that question, they have the answers.

Why do they sell bunnies, Easter candy two to three months early?

Commercial.... green backs.

Answer 8

Not a darn thing! Another way to increase spending for more eggs, more candy...like all the other holidays that encourage spending.

Answer 9

They are leftovers from old Pagan fertility rituals. They are actually more of an American tradition now.

May the Lord richly bless you

Answer 10

Same thing that Evergreen trees and Mistletoe have to do with Jesus.

Absolutely nothing, except that he horned in on another existing holiday.

I really wish he'd learn to get his own.