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What does the Easter bunny have to do with the return of Jesus?

Discussion in 'Religion & Spirituality Forum' started by Boo, Apr 7, 2004.

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  1. Apr 7, 2004 at 3:41 PM #11
    Superfluous_Nut

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    isn't easter the day jesus emerges from his tomb and if he sees his shadow, he crawls back in and we get 6 more weeks of spring or something?
     
  2. Apr 7, 2004 at 4:11 PM #12
    VOR

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    no you're thinking of richard simmons
     
  3. Apr 7, 2004 at 4:12 PM #13
    TimTam

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    if you are catholic you get 6 more weeks of guilt. baptists just get 6 more weeks of whisky.
     
  4. Apr 7, 2004 at 6:01 PM #14
    hasbeen99

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    Good link, Ssstern. Thanks.

    So the Easter bunny and eggs are borne from pagan beliefs in the 'rebirth' of nature in spring. Makes sense, I guess. :thinking:
     
  5. Apr 7, 2004 at 7:49 PM #15
    Isaac OddVelvet

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    Kinda like the fir tree and Santa Claus at Christmas. There are a lot of pagan holidays that Christianity took over and modified.
     
  6. Apr 7, 2004 at 7:52 PM #16
    hasbeen99

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    I was thinking the same thing.


    Yep, and the pagan origins seem to be regaining lost ground.
     
  7. Apr 7, 2004 at 9:15 PM #17
    Superfluous_Nut

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    actually, santa claus isn't pagan. i don't think the fir tree is, either. i think lutherans were the first to start with the fir trees. and santa claus is truly saint nicholas, tho the red suit and stuff comes from the night before christmas poem. hard to suggest a saint has pagan origins.

    ironically, tho, while people say materialism is co-opting christmas. the christians did indeed co-opt it first. while the trappings were somewhat different, the celebration did exist. christians just decided they'd celebrate at the same time the pagans did so they'd be able to co-exist easier. probably not unsimilar to the kwanza today. piggyback on a known holiday and it's a lot easier to celebrate your own thing.
     
  8. Apr 8, 2004 at 12:39 PM #18
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    Santa Claus may not be pagan, but Santa Reb certainly is. :reb:
     
  9. Apr 8, 2004 at 1:25 PM #19
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    buying a dead tree for $80-$100 to go in your house for a couple of weeks is almost a big a ripoff as valentines day.
     
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