2007-10-19 13:06:45 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Rabbits and eggs are pagan fertility symbols of extreme antiquity.
Birds lay eggs and rabbits give birth to large litters in the early spring. These became symbols of the rising fertility of the earth during the spring season.
Since Easter also occurs in the early spring, people brought the beloved pagan symbols into the Christian celebration of Easter.
These pagan symbols have become part of the Christian tradition. They do not take anything away from the Resurrection of Jesus Christ and they add to the celebration.
Christianity has frequently absorbed the positive and neutral elements of pagan religions while leaving the negative symbols behind, similar to Christmas trees and Halloween costumes.
With love in Christ.
2007-10-22 18:38:10 · answer #1 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
the whole idea of easter is the resurrection, a new beginning, hence all the small furry baby animals such as chicks and bunnies. new life and all that. and since chicks come from eggs, they go along with that. but somewhere along the line, it got mutated into a giant bunny that leaves candy filled eggs.....i guess candy filled plastic eggs are better than raw real ones, right? it's all marketing and whatever, people don't even know what easter is anymore. corporate america trying to make a buck off of a religious holiday. go figure.
2007-10-19 13:16:45 · answer #2 · answered by arwen 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
the easter bunny didn't want to give little kids rabbit droppings so it decided to carry eggs instead
2007-10-20 03:31:40 · answer #3 · answered by Sophiee 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the easter bunny is a mutant freak subspeices that does indeed lay eggs google it I swear I'm not lying
2007-10-19 13:13:20 · answer #4 · answered by whatnotery 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Easter derives its call from Eostre, an Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring, goddess of the 1st gentle or east. A month equivalent to April have been named "Eostremonat," or Eostre's month, top-rated to "Easter" transforming into to be utilized to the Christian holiday that often handed off interior it. around the 2d century A.D., Christian missionaries seeking to transform the tribes of northern Europe observed that the Christian holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus variety of coincided with the Teutonic springtime celebrations, which emphasised the triumph of existence over dying. Christian Easter progressively absorbed the classic symbols. In Medieval Europe, eggs have been forbidden for the period of Lent. Eggs laid for the period of that component have been usually boiled or in any different case preserved. Eggs have been hence a mainstay of Easter nutrition, and a prized Easter present for toddlers and servants. to boot, eggs have been considered as symbols of latest existence and fertility during the a while. that's believed that subsequently many historic cultures, alongside with the classic Egyptians, Persians, and Romans, used eggs for the period of their spring gala's. Hares and rabbits have long been symbols of fertility. The inclusion of the hare into Easter customs seems to have originated in Germany, the place memories have been advised of an "Easter hare" who laid eggs for toddlers to locate. German immigrants to u . s . a . of america -- fairly Pennsylvania -- added the custom with them and unfold it to a a lot wider public. in addition they baked truffles for Easter interior the form of hares, and can have pioneered the practice of transforming into chocolate bunnies and eggs. IM purely packed with understanding on the instant! xXx
2016-11-08 23:26:42 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eggs are more fun to carry around then rabbit poo! I thought that was pretty easy to figure out!
2007-10-19 13:22:33 · answer #6 · answered by G Money 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is a good question, I never even thought of that until I saw this question. Wow how thought provoking.
2007-10-19 13:15:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
to make it look even funnier.......
it's not necessary if rabbit can lay eggs then it should carry eggs........
if that so..........
why chicken did't carry its own eggs after all???????????
2007-10-19 13:13:32 · answer #8 · answered by bananarama 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it;s all about rebirth, the egg not the bunny.christs rising from the dead
2007-10-19 13:20:15 · answer #9 · answered by crengle60 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
because he stole them from henny penny
2007-10-19 13:13:25 · answer #10 · answered by notmygame 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋