Is Easter for true Christians - this is interesting

[dijonworks]

“There is no indication of the observance of the Easter festival in the New Testament,” states The Encyclopædia Britannica. How did Easter get started? It is rooted in pagan worship. While this holiday is supposed to commemorate Jesus’ resurrection, the customs associated with the Easter season are not Christian. For instance, concerning the popular “Easter bunny,” The Catholic Encyclopedia says: “The rabbit is a pagan symbol and has always been an emblem of fertility.”

Promoted as a celebration of Christ’s resurrection, Easter is actually rooted in false religion. The name Easter itself has been linked to Eostre, or Ostara, the Anglo-Saxon goddess of the dawn and of spring. And how did eggs and rabbits come to be associated with Easter? Eggs “have been prominent as symbols of new life and resurrection,” says the Encyclopædia Britannica, while the hare and the rabbit have long served as symbols of fertility. Easter, therefore, is really a fertility rite thinly disguised as a celebration of Christ’s resurrection.
14 Would Jehovah condone the use of a filthy fertility rite to commemorate his Son’s resurrection? Never! (2 Corinthians 6:17, 18) In fact, the Scriptures neither command nor authorize the commemorating of Jesus’ resurrection in the first place. To do so in the name of Easter, therefore, is to be doubly disloyal.

[AmyTrivitt]

Most holidays are false statements. Every and I mean every religion has something to say about each and every holiday.

[jwalker9316]

Right, but you are assuming that the Easter bunny and hiding eggs are the only way to celebrate. Plenty of Christians have their own traditions. You can make it as religious or as secular as you want. In celebrating religious holidays, its about the heart/motive, not the specific activity.

[ktheodos]

Yeah...as if Santa Claus has no pagan root either? To claim that Easter is not for true Christians is to deny the fundamental principle of Christianity-that Jesus died and rose again to forgive our sins....no other story is talked about more in Scripture and no where do you find another significant text that talks more about someone's death than anything else....in other words, Easter is even more significant than Christmas (although I guess w/out Jesus' birth there would be no death, but that's not really the point)....the problem with these holidays is that people do sometimes get caught up more in tradition/activities than they do heart/motives/significance....