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WTF does a stupid rabbit have to do with EASTER the ressurection of christ.
Foodoolaws
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Seriously you may not beleive in god or not but lets take a look at all these other religions out in america who are aloud to rightfully go about their religion, wear the religious hats and turbins and what not but better not mock their religion, but when the main religion of america christianity/catholicism/jesus comes into play its we are not aloud to speak about it unless some half assed cartoon character IE A rabbit or santa is involved.
AND WTF DOES A RABBIT HAVE TO DO WITH EGGS? RABBITS DONT LAY EGGS YOU A-HOLES
YOU DONT SEE MUSLIMS IN AMERICA SAYING MUHAMMAD IS A TURKEY OR CAT DO YOU? NO!
ITS YOUR BIRTH DAY, EVEN ON YOUR WORSE DAY, LIVE IT LIKE YOUR FIRST DAY, IM ANTWAN ANDRE. PIECE.
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Both Christmas and Easter have nothing to do with christianity per-see, but goes back to the various pagan religions across the world.
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Anyways, I thought the Rabbit was like Santa.... an invention of some company... guess not, but maybe the eggs are...
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Anyways, I thought the Rabbit was like Santa.... an invention of some company... guess not, but maybe the eggs are... Neither the bunny, the eggs or Santa Claus are an invention of some company. They all have a long history behind them.
What you're thinking about, is the way Santa Claus looks. The red and white suit, the big white beard and the red nose.. I belive this was an invention from Coca Cola back in 1930's.
So Jesus got rezzed and it took him 3 days to do a corpse run? What a noob!
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Your argument is like a two legged dog with an eating disorder...weak and unbalanced.
It tells me more about my ancestors. And i'm way more spiritual connected with them, than christ, as i'm a pagan and a proud dane.
And by the way, this thread is dedicated to the history behind Easter, not the spirituality behind the christian easter.
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You guys who are serious Christians and are bothered by the way Santa and the Easter bunny take some of the focus off of the deeper meaning of the holidays might be better off if you just take it in stride.
All those fun, cutsy, folksy traditions are the things that make the holidays palatable for not-so-religious people. If you could somehow take all of that stuff away and make the holidays serious and solemn and so on; how many non-Christians and bordorline Christians would want to have anything to do with it?
Take me for example: I'm not religious at all and wasn't raised to be religious. But even I get ticked off when outraged liberals try to blot out any mention of Christmas in public. I don't care for religious reasons but rather because it's a fun, traditional holiday that I grew up with.
What I'm saying is that the fluff around those holidays ultimately probably helps Christianity more than it hurts. You get millions of non-religious people taking part in your holidays and enjoying it. And just because they are taking part in it you can assume that at least some of them do stop to think about the religious side of it occasionally.
The rabbit and the egg, just like the christmas tree and mistletoe, were pagan symbols adapted to christian holidays. Much of what we now consider commonplace in the Christian religion had its roots in pagan religions. The date of christmas (a pagan holiday), the classic iconography of Jesus (adapted from the image of a Roman soldier's god of the sun).
Emporer Constantine used the Christian religion to solidify the Roman empire, and thus, his power. To do that, he and his beurocracy melded the traditions of the Christian religion with traditions that the Roman people were used to, in order to make it more acceptable to them.
There is also more than just ample evidence that he was not a believer himself, and also had the books in the new testament specifically chosen not for there veracity, but because they would further cement the power of the ruling religious body. But I won't get into that.
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Deut. 12:30-31: "...be careful not to be ensnared by inquiring about their gods, saying, "How do these nations serve their gods? We will do the same." You must not worship the LORD your God in their way, because in worshiping their gods, they do all kinds of detestable things the LORD hates."
So by integrating pagan practices into the holiday, regardless of how they may have been "redefined", a person would be in violation of the verse above. I can see your point, but I can also understand why others feel the way they do about it.
Deut. 12:30-31: "...be careful not to be ensnared by inquiring about their gods, saying, "How do these nations serve their gods? We will do the same." You must not worship the LORD your God in their way, because in worshiping their gods, they do all kinds of detestable things the LORD hates."
So by integrating pagan practices into the holiday, regardless of how they may have been "redefined", a person would be in violation of the verse above. I can see your point, but I can also understand why others feel the way they do about it.
I agree completely with that, it's the reason that the book of Corinthians exists in the first place...because old habits die hard.
It's also why I said that Santa Claus(comercial version) the easter bunny, and Christmas trees will not find a place in my house.
Your argument is like a two legged dog with an eating disorder...weak and unbalanced.
I agree had this question long time ago but never got the gusts to ask just the american way follow the wave.
I find it amazing that by 2020 first world countries will be competing to get immigrants.
My mind has changed so much. Yet I'm still acting like I'm the same.