It’s a pagan symbol if anything, I have no idea why Christians use it.
Will atheists try to get pictures of the easter bunny out of public places like they do nativity scenes and christmas trees?
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April 19th, 2010 at 8:32 pm
Not really.
Rabbits and eggs are pagan fertility symbols of extreme antiquity.
Birds lay eggs and rabbits give birth to large litters in the early spring these became symbols of the rising fertility of the earth during the spring season.
Since Easter also occurs in the early spring, people brought the beloved pagan symbols into the Christian celebration of Easter.
These pagan symbols have become part of the Christian tradition. They do not take anything away from the Resurrection of Jesus Christ and they add to the celebration.
Christianity has frequently absorbed the positive and neutral symbols of pagan religions while leaving the negative symbols behind, similar to Christmas trees and Halloween costumes.
With love in Christ.
April 19th, 2010 at 8:32 pm
christianity adopted a lot of pagan practices in order to make recruitment easier.
April 19th, 2010 at 8:32 pm
Any reason to do so? I don’t think the pagan wanted to force me to believe in their bunny or their bunny firing squad will burn me.
April 19th, 2010 at 8:32 pm
It is in my religion. A very holy one indeed.
But then, I am Wiccan, so there ya go.
April 19th, 2010 at 8:32 pm
No the Easter Bunny is not a religious symbol.
April 19th, 2010 at 8:32 pm
Yes it is. In the bible it says that little Easter bunnies run around dropping eggs on people heads.
April 19th, 2010 at 8:32 pm
Just as Christmas is a mash-up of Christianity and pagan winter-solstice celebrations, so is Easter a celebration of fertility. Hence, the rabbit.
April 19th, 2010 at 8:32 pm
Nope the bunny is not , but yeah if atheists think it maybe called religious they will have rabbit season signs posted everywhere
Like Elmer Fud..those Wascally Wabbits…..wont get away with it !!
April 19th, 2010 at 8:32 pm
You know how some people are afraid of Santa Claus? I was always scared of the Easter bunny. Seriously it used to freak me out, especially since my vision of the easter bunny was always the guy in the stark white bunny costume with that lifeless grin plastered on it’s face that you always see at malls and stuff. <shudders> gives me the heebie jeebies even thinking about it.
April 19th, 2010 at 8:32 pm
Christians adopted a couple of symbols from the pagans. The easter bunny, is a sign of fertility in pagan rituals for spring. The christmas tree represents the yule log which is decorated and burned all through the night. I’m sure it was to try and appeal to the early pagans and convert them. I have never heard of atheists having a problem with pagans. Pagans usually keep to themselves.
April 19th, 2010 at 8:32 pm
Indeed.
It is a pagan symbol. As with every faith, new converts (Germanic, in this case) brought their own symbols into Christianity.
Symbols are extremely powerful, and they get mixed into everything. Take the crescent of Islam. Before being used by Muslims, the crescent moon was a symbol of the Virgin Mary. Before that, it was a symbol of Artemis and Isis; and so on.
Atheists who have a problem with Christmas trees need to calm the f*ck down.
April 19th, 2010 at 8:32 pm
Well, I don’t think that the Atheists will be making a big deal about the Easter bunny, because it’s not considered a religious symbol. Although it is attached to Easter it’s not Christian any more than Easter is.
Easter is an ancient pagan festival to worship fertility and sex it is not a part of the Truth of Jesus Christ, that’s why it isn’t mentioned in the Bible for anyone to follow.
Be Blessed:-)
April 19th, 2010 at 8:32 pm
It is not considered an religious symbol by the Christian churches. Neither was it originally pagan, though some modern "neo-pagan" have adopted a version of it – the rabbit as a symbol of fertility.
Of course originally it wasn’t even a rabbit at all. It started in Germany as the Easter Hare as a folk story or myth about hare’s laying eggs (Hares make nests in the fields, not burrows, which look like some bird’s nests). Hares are more often seen during spring when crops in the fields have not yet grown and they are out finding mates. Eggs are associated with Easter because they were traditionally not eaten during Lent, the 6 weeks before Easter. They became symbolic of the Easter feast. They come in a basket which represents a nest.
Easter’s roots are in the Jewish Passover (not any pagan festival). That is why, like Passover, its date is linked to the moon. Eggs also form part of the traditional Jewish Passover meal.