Who Owns Easter? Pagans Or Christians?
by Liz Lee
It’s that time of year again. Bunnies, eggs, pastels, plastic grass, baskets, and Jesus. Yep. It’s Easter time. Except for Jesus, bunnies and eggs have nothing to do with Christianity. So why the Easter bunny? Why eggs?
Despite the thoughts of some, Christianity is not the original religion. Many different symbols and themes seen throughout the Bible can be found in religions much older than Christianity including Easter. Many of our Easter traditions are rooted in traditions that originate earlier than Christianity and, in fact, have Pagan roots.
You can read more about these Easter traditions at Liberal America.
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fahvel April 4th, 2015 at 04:09
it’s owned by walmart type places with 5000 miles of cheap candy aisles.
William April 4th, 2015 at 10:39
Nobody owns a holiday. It exists in the hearts and minds of each person individually.
ChrisVosburg April 5th, 2015 at 12:21
I spent part of last night down the pub teasing irish friend and good catholic Tim about the inability of Christians to get their own damn holidays, instead of stealing them from the solstice celebrations of the pagans, as they’ve done with Christmas and of course, Easter.
Easter is especially weird, as it is a springtime fertility rite of sorts, featuring rabbits (who know plenty about getting it on) and eggs (fertility defined, in a single neat package). How Christians managed to co-opt this into Zombie Jesus Day I’ll never know, but you can read about it here, if you like.