Easter..wtf!!(Rant)

Jetmech_63

bbc020

alright....lewis black is in the house!

phobicsquirrel

lol, I think the bunny is cute but I do think the holiday is just another retailer thing. But kids like it.

Vince O

it was an old german custom to decorate eggs for the children as a sign of REBIRTH or Spring, it has nothing to do with Christ, ..... or maybe it has a lot to do with him, Spring, Rebirth.......a lot of the old pagen holidays are rolled into todays Christian holidays, the winter solstice & Christmas have nothing in common with Santa , just like the Easter bunny I have a good friend who is Jewish & every Christmas he sings "OH What a friend we have with Jesus" as he is sitting on the beach in Miami counting his cash ..... Enjoy, Vince

phobicsquirrel

Vince O:

it was an old german custom to decorate eggs for the children as a sign of REBIRTH or Spring, it has nothing to do with Christ, ..... or maybe it has a lot to do with him, Spring, Rebirth.......a lot of the old pagen holidays are rolled into todays Christian holidays, the winter solstice & Christmas have nothing in common with Santa , just like the Easter bunny I have a good friend who is Jewish & every Christmas he sings "OH What a friend we have with Jesus" as he is sitting on the beach in Miami counting his cash ..... Enjoy, Vince

ha, especially that last part

PuroFreak

No no no, you guys have it all wrong, when the news of Jesus returning spread throughout the land Bo Pilgram said OH SH*T HIDE THE EGGS! ...chirp chirp... Anyone? Ok thats a load of crap, I have no idea either and I've always wondered the same thing.

Rob1110

Vince had it right. Basically when Christianity was taking over, they held their swords to the Pagan's throats and said "Convert or die! If you convert, we'll let you keep your eggs." OK, so it wasn't exactly like that, but in order to make the transition a little easier on the Pagans they rolled many of their holidays and symbols into Christianity - hence easter eggs - nothing to do with the resurrection of Christ, but a Pagan symbol of fertility. Even Easter's exact date (which doesn't exist - if we're celebrating Christ's return, shouldn't it be consistent with a specific date?) coincides with spring equinox - a Pagan holiday celebrating fertility of both man and the earth (when we do all of our planting/seeding for the summer season and fall harvest).

havanaal

All I know is....I don't have to work today so it"s a glorious day. (and a good day for a smoke)

rusirius

rdnstn

These are the exact things I was going to say about the Christian holidays were made tocoincide with the Pagan holidays. Just like Jesus was probably born during the summer if shepherds were out with their flocks like the bible says because they would not have been in the fields in the winter. Likewise a census wouldn't have been conducted during the winter due to the modes of transportation so Mary and Joseph probably wouldn't have traveled to Bethlehem in the winter.

jihiggs

regarding the christmas part.. the wise men coming to give gifts to baby jesus did not happen till I think about 4 years after jesus was born. as for the time of year, im really not sure, the bible doesnt really speicify. the census request may have been for spring time, but since mary was very preggers when the heard about it, they probly wanted to get there before they had a newborn out on a dangerous trail. just some thoughts.

3 Stripes

Has no one seen the southpark episode that explains all of this. St. Peter was a rabit.

benski

Jesus is Santa Claus for grown-ups.

Dude Love

All I know is that I'm up to my elbows in Cadbury Eggs...life is good.

LowSpark

Easter is celebrated on the Sunday after the Passover since Christ came to town on a donkey and they laid the palm branches in the road to celebrate his coming.  Then 6 days later he is put on a cross to die and on the third day (sunday)he rose.  So it is celebrated to line up with the Jewish holiday of passover instead of a exact day since that would be almost impossible to guess.