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Old 04-05-2012, 09:47 PM   #1
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The Pagan Origin of Easter

http://www.lasttrumpetministries.org/tracts/tract1.html

Easter is a day that is honered by nearly all of contemporary Christianity and is used to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ.


The holiday often involves a church service at sunrise, a feast which includes an "Easter Ham", decorated eggs and stories about rabbits.

Those who love truth learn to ask questions, and many questions must be asked regarding the holiday of Easter.

Is it truly the day when Jesus arose from the dead? Where did all of the strange customs come from, which have nothing to do with the resurrection of our Saviour?

The purpose of this tract is to help answer those questions, and to help those who seek truth to draw their own conclusions.

The first thing we must understand is that professing Christians were not the only ones who celebrated a festival called "Easter."

"Ishtar", which is pronounced "Easter" was a day that commemorated the resurrection of one of their gods that they called "Tammuz", who was believed to be the only begotten son of the moon-goddess and the sun-god.

In those ancient times, there was a man named Nimrod, who was the grandson of one of Noah's son named Ham.

Ham had a son named Cush who married a woman named Semiramis.Cush and Semiramis then had a son named him "Nimrod."

After the death of his father, Nimrod married his own mother and became a powerful King.

The Bible tells of of this man, Nimrod, in Genesis 10:8-10 as follows: "And Cush
begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord: wherefore it is said, even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord. And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad,and Calneh, in the land of Shinar."

Nimrod became a god-man to the people and Semiramis, his wife and mother, became the powerful Queen of ancient Babylon.

Nimrod was eventually killed by an enemy, and his body was cut in pieces and sent to various parts of his kingdom.

Semiramis had all of the parts gathered, except for one part that could not be found.

That missing part was his reproductive organ. Semiramis claimed that Nimrod could not come back to life without it and told the people of Babylon that Nimrod had ascended to the sun and was now to be called "Baal", the sun god.

Queen Semiramis also proclaimed that Baal would be present on earth in the form of a flame, whether candle or lamp, when used in worship.

Semiramis was creating a mystery religion, and with the help of Satan, she set herself up as a goddess.

Semiramis claimed that she was immaculately conceived.

She taught that the moon was a goddess that went through a 28 day cycle and ovulated when full.

She further claimed that she came down from the moon in a giant moon egg that fell into the Euphrates River.

This was to have happened at the time of the first full moon after the spring equinox.

Semiramis became known as "Ishtar" which is pronounced "Easter", and her moon egg became known as "Ishtar's" egg."

Ishtar soon became pregnant and claimed that it was the rays of the sun-god Baal that caused her to conceive.

The son that she brought forth was named Tammuz.

Tammuz was noted to be especially fond of rabbits, and they became sacred in the ancient religion, because Tammuz was believed to be the son of the sun-god, Baal. Tammuz, like his supposed father, became a hunter.
The day came when Tammuz was killed by a wild pig.

Queen Ishtar told the people that Tammuz was now ascended to his father, Baal, and that the two of them would be with the worshippers in the sacred candle or lamp flame as Father, Son and Spirit.

Ishtar, who was now worshipped as the "Mother of God and Queen of Heaven", continued to build her mystery religion.

The queen told the worshippers that when Tammuz was killed by the wild pig, some of his blood fell on the stump of an evergreen tree, and the stump grew into a full new tree overnight. This made the evergreen tree sacred by the blood of Tammuz.

She also proclaimed a forty day period of time of sorrow each year prior to the anniversary of the death of Tammuz.

During this time, no meat was to be eaten.

Worshippers were to meditate upon the sacred mysteries of Baal and Tammuz, and to make the sign of the "T" in front of their hearts as they worshipped.
They also ate sacred cakes with the marking of a "T" or cross on the top.
Every year, on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox, a celebration was made.

It was Ishtar's Sunday and was celebrated with rabbits and eggs.

Ishtar also proclaimed that because Tammuz was killed by a pig, that a pig must be eaten on that Sunday.

By now, the readers of this tract should have made the connection that paganism has infiltrated the contemporary "Christian" churches, and further study indicates that this paganism came in by way of the Roman Catholic System.
The truth is that Easter has nothing whatsoever to do with the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.

We also know that Easter can be as much as three weeks away from the Passover, because the pagan holiday is always set as the first Sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox.

Some have wondered why the word "Easter" is in the the King James Bible.

It is because Acts, chapter 12, tells us that it was the evil King Herod, who was planning to celebrate Easter, and not the Christians.

The true Passover and pagan Easter sometimes coincide, but in some years, they are a great distance apart.

So much more could be said, and we have much more information for you, if you are a seeker of the truth.

We know that the Bible tells us in John 4:24, "God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth."

The truth is that the forty days of Lent, eggs, rabbits,hot cross buns and the Easter ham have everything to do with the ancient pagan religion of Mystery Babylon.These are all antichrist activities!

Satan is a master deceiver, and has filled the lives of well-meaning, professing Christians with idolatry.

These things bring the wrath of God upon children of disobedience, who try to make pagan customs of Baal worship Christian.

You must answer for your activities and for what you teach your children.

These customs of Easter honor Baal, who is also Satan, and is still worshipped as the "Rising Sun" and his house is the "House of the Rising Sun."
How many churches have "sunrise services" on Ishtar's day and face the rising sun in the East?

How many will use colored eggs and rabbit stories, as they did in ancient Babylon.

These things are no joke, any more than Judgement day is a joke.

I pray to God that this tract will cause you to search for more truth.
We will be glad to help you by providing more information and by praying for you. These are the last days, and it is time to repent, come out and be separate.
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Old 04-05-2012, 11:51 PM   #2
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Read and decide for yourself: "Why We Should Not Passover Easter" The Definitive Articles by Bro. Nick Sayers: http://www.easterau.com/


The more I study it, the more I'm convinced that the word "Easter" in the KJB (Acts 12:4) is NOT referring to the pagan Ishtar/Astarte spring fertility celebration. It is referring to the Christian celebration of the resurrection. There is solid evidence that the first generation of Christians after the apostles were already celebrating Easter (Polycarp, a convert of the apostle John). This means the pagans stole Easter from us.

Even the word Easter has two different etymologies. One being the derivation from Ishtar/Astarte, the other derivation from the word "east", the direction the Lord is supposed to return from - the dawn (Matt 24:27).

The reason the KJB uses Easter for the Greek "pascha" only in Acts 12:4 (but used passover in the other places) is that this is the only post-resurrection use of the word pascha. Pascha can correctly be translated as either Easter or Passover (the Greek greeting "Kalee Pascha" is "Happy Easter"). The guy who invented the word "passover", William Tyndale, used "Easter" in this verse.

Was Easter Borrowed from a Pagan Holiday?

The historical evidence contradicts this popular notion.
Shorter article by Anthony McRoy: http://www.christianitytoday.com/ch/...y.html?start=1

Easter or Passover?
Bro. Scott Jones: http://www.lamblion.net/Articles/Sco...or_passove.htm

Does Easter have a pagan derivation?
Dr. Jonathan Sarfati: http://creation.com/easter-and-good-...ns-and-answers

Is Easter an Error in the KJB?
Bro. Will Kinney: http://brandplucked.webs.com/easterreplenish.htm
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Old 04-06-2012, 12:12 AM   #3
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Some old traditions are in Christianity, so what .

Skimmed first two videos, first video signs off with SHALOM !

Second video targets Constantine, with a familiar voice from other
disinfo video.

Jews hate Jesus, they also hate the Greeks.

Both Jesus and the Greeks/Romans are targeted in those works.

Jews hate Plato, they burned down the library of Alexandria.

The Greeks, Romans, Byzantines had very nasty things to say about
them.

Good info on all of the above has been posted here many times.
People like goldie and skyvike made similar trollish points that
got them outed.

some other points
Zues is the Justice Giver and the high god of Freedom/Law, etc
Apollo is the sun, allegory/myth, son of Zues. Plato lived in this
world. Plato lives in Christian philosophy to this day. Plato is also
The West. Zues ain't Baal, the Greeks recorded human sacrifice
of the Baal worshipers. Scholars and historians say so to all above.
In refutation to Baal comments in article, they ignore Apollo for a
reason.

My SI avatar is related to everything I posted above, which is why I fly it.
Jews hate it and everything it represents as much as they hate ,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiochus_IV_Epiphanes

Eustace Mullins: NEW HISTORY OF THE JEWS

On 29 May 1453, the holy and imperial city of Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Turks. For eleven centuries Constantinople had been the center of civilization. It had been the capital of a glorious Empire and had been established by Saint Constantine the Great for the "glory of God." Constantinople and the Empire of New Rome nurtured the doctrines and teachings of Christianity and preserved Classical Greek literature.


The resurrection Jesus story can be seen as allegory,
you will never kill Jesus, he will live forever, you will never kill his teachings, ideas.

Jesus lives forever, he has Risen !

Happy Easter ! Make a baby.

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CBS put this out as a warning to Turkey who fell out with Israel.

Last Office Holder of the Roman Empire. The Patriarch.




Edit add, many people might not get the connections, here is another main one.

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre or the Church of the Ressurection was built by
Constantine to honor Jesus Christ. The video above is very relevant.
Almost total destruction of a Western capital by Muslims and Jews as well.
They still a tag team. Anti Christian and Anti Western.


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Old 04-06-2012, 12:20 AM   #4
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some other points
Zues is the Justice Giver and the high god of Freedom/Law, etc
Apollo is the sun, allegory/myth, son of Zues. Plato lived in this
world. Plato lives in Christian philosophy to this day. Plato is also
The West. Zues ain't Baal, the Greeks recorded human sacrifice
of the Baal worshipers. Scholars and historians say so...

Happy Easter ! Make a baby.


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No western man spells Zeus like that...
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Old 04-06-2012, 01:00 AM   #5
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I blame the Earth's axil tilt. In conspiracy with the the birds and the bees (and Mars and Saturn).
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Old 04-06-2012, 01:25 AM   #6
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I blame the Earth's axil tilt. In conspiracy with the the birds and the bees. And Mars and Saturn.
And the Hollies...
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Old 04-06-2012, 01:53 AM   #7
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http://home.earthlink.net/~mysticalrose/pagan8.html


Easter
Easter is said to be pagan because it falls near the Vernal Equinox and because many believe that the word Easter comes from "Eostra" or "Ostara", an Anglo-Saxon goddess of Spring. This would seem to make Easter a remnant of some pagan Spring festival in honor of Eostra.
Yet this theory is disputed. Experts aren't even certain that anyone ever actually believed in goddesses named Eostra or Ostara. The only ancient writer who mentions the alleged Eostra is the Venerable Bede, an eighth century Benedictine monk. He states in his book, De temporum ratione, that the Saxons named the fourth month of their year, Esturmonath, after a goddess named Eostra whose cultus had died out before Bede's time. However, there is absolutely no mention of this alleged divinity in surviving Anglo-Saxon mythology or any other ancient source. As a result, some modern scholars question the accuracy of Bede's statement, suggesting that he might have been guessing at the origin of the word "Esturmonath". After all, the Saxon word "eastre" indicates a beginning or opening, so Esturmonath could simply mean "month of beginnings" or "opening month." It may have nothing at all to do with some ancient spring goddess.
As for Eostra's alleged Germanic counterpart, Ostara, there is even less evidence for her! She was effectively invented circa 1835 AD by Jacob Grimm, one of the brothers Grimm of folklore fame. In his book, Deutsche Mythologie, Grimm speculated, based on Bede's statement about Eostra, that the ancient Germans must have had a similar goddess of spring. Since the Old High German term for Easter is "Ostertaga", Grimm suggested that this hitherto unknown divinity may have been called Ostara. What hard evidence did he have for this? Absolutely none. Yet the idea caught on among nineteenth century Germans, who produced drawings of this alleged goddess and even named a magazine after her. Still, there is absolutely no evidence that any Germanic tribe ever believed in such a divinity; as with Eostra, existing ancient Germanic mythology makes no mention of an "Ostara."
(Also, contrary to another popular misconception, the word Easter does not derive from "Ishtar", who was a Middle Eastern goddess. The term did not originate in the Middle East; it is definitely of northern European origin.)
Finally, the statement above regarding early Christian hostility toward paganism also fits well in this case. Why would Christian missionaries tolerate the syncretistic mixing of the feast of Christ's Resurrection with a spring fertility festival dedicated to a pagan goddess?
Now, even if the name Easter were somehow derived from that of an ancient goddess of spring (unlikely as that is), that would only prove a pagan influence on Christians who spoke Germanic tongues. For not all Christians call the Feast of the Resurrection "Easter". Byzantine Christians use the Greek term Pascha, a transliteration of the Hebrew word Pesach, or Passover. Pascha is also the name of this feast in Latin, the official language of the Roman Rite. The Romance languages reflect this usage; the Italian word Pasqua, the French Paques and the Spanish Pascua each derive from Pascha, and ultimately from Pesach.
Thus the Feast of Christ's Resurrection has two names among Christians: Pascha, or Passover, and Easter, which may connote a beginning or opening. Either way, the feast is truly Christian, not pagan.
A final problem remains: some who believe in the pagan origin of these holidays actually state that any Christian who celebrates them is unknowingly worshipping pagan deities. We can answer this by pointing out that a Christian who celebrates Easter does not intend to worship the non-existent "Eostra" or "Ostara," but to commemorate the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ. God looks upon the heart and sees His child's intention to worship Him, so He does not mistake it for idolatry.
Works Cited

  1. Greg Dues, Catholic Customs and Traditions, A Popular Guide, (Mystic, CN: Twenty-Third, 1989) 61.
  2. Tommaso Federici, Osservatore Romano 24 Dec 1998.
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Old 04-06-2012, 02:07 AM   #8
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Oh how I love a good Pagan Holiday !!!
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Old 04-06-2012, 12:58 PM   #9
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So looking for small colored eggs, while dreaming of a white rabbit.........Is somehow celebrating Christianity?

It is not the celebration of Easter, it is the pagan RITUALS that have been connected to it. ANd the pagan rituals have all but CONSUMED all of the Holidays. How many of you spend time on Easter praying or helping the poor, or helping the weak? No. The majority of people spend the time INDOCTURNATING their children into Pagan RITUALS.
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Old 04-06-2012, 01:40 PM   #10
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Same goes for Christmas. The Christmas tree is pagan, hanging mistletoe, not even anywhere near the actual birthdate of Jesus, etc.

Bottom line is, when I pray to the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, and I reflect on the crucifixion of Jesus so that we could end the old covenant and begin the new one, God knows I am paying fealty to Him. It is not as if my prayers can be "intercepted" by pagan or satanic gods or demons. That's not going to happen.

The power of Christ, even in just saying his name with good intentions, is far more than the power of any demon.
In fact, the prayers of Christians are stronger than the power of the strongest demon. Our weakest link is stronger than their strongest link, thanks to God and his love.

Anyways, I rambled. But I'm just saying, pagan origins or not, pretty eggs or not, when we sit around the dinner table as a family and focus our prayers to God, God hears them. He knows we love Him.
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Old 04-06-2012, 02:21 PM   #11
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So looking for small colored eggs, while dreaming of a white rabbit.........Is somehow celebrating Christianity?

It is not the celebration of Easter, it is the pagan RITUALS that have been connected to it. ANd the pagan rituals have all but CONSUMED all of the Holidays. How many of you spend time on Easter praying or helping the poor, or helping the weak? No. The majority of people spend the time INDOCTURNATING their children into Pagan RITUALS.
most Christian holidays have been twisted by Madison Ave. into opportunities to Sell Stuff.

Sometimes while spitting on the moral codes of Christianity.

and the fact of Jewish persecution of one of the REAL good guys, Jesus.


this year, the Jewish celebration of Ritual Human Sacrifice known as 'Passover' starts on April 6.


the ADL is whining about it -

"Barath claimed in a speech this week that the Jews who were accused in 1882 of ritual murder after the disappearance of Eszter Solymosi, a Christian peasant girl from the village of Tiszaeszlar, were found innocent only because the judge worried that international bankers – code words for "Jews" – would push Hungary into bankruptcy if the Jews were convicted. The 1882-1883 trial of 13 Jewish defendants, held in an atmosphere rife with anti-Semitic propaganda and agitation, has come to be known by historians as the Tiszaeszlar Blood Libel."

Hungarian Rabbi's killed Eszter as part of a Passover Ritual.

other Euro-Rabbi's killed Simon, also as part of a Passover Ritual. although he was only 2 at the time, he was given Sainthood. "Saint Simon of Trent".
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Old 04-06-2012, 04:48 PM   #12
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This is another great thread. Thanks to all who share their research.
I'm sure I'll be tempted to open my mouth and speak at ishtar dinner on Sunday. Especially given the fact one of my extended family members (who's hosting) is a Christian minister.
Please reply back with what his take was....

Awoke - I agree with you 100%.

Question though - Isnt participating in these pagan rituals, even if you are praying to Jesus, still acting out in Satans ways?

The rabbit hides the eggs. We search them out for treasures. Are we not worshiping a false idol by doing this? Can i murder children all my life, but continue to pray to Jesus, and still be delivered to the promise land?

I believe it is our actions that speak volumes about who and what we are and who and what we worship.
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Old 04-06-2012, 05:32 PM   #13
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I was going to reply with a scathing and sarcastic response, but I really like you Sui, and I respect you and know you are being genuine in your questions.


Question though - Isnt participating in these pagan rituals, even if you are praying to Jesus, still acting out in Satans ways?
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The rabbit hides the eggs. We search them out for treasures. Are we not worshiping a false idol by doing this?
If you disarm these traditions and use them as a fun way to spend time with your loved ones, and you're gathered with Jesus Christ in mind, you are not worshipping false idols. You're only worshipping false idols if you are actively worshipping false idols.

The eggs and chocolate are mere tradition, and I use those traditions to remind my family that we are celebrating Christ's sacrifice. Jesus is the focus, not the eggs, bunny and chocolate.

People can be tricked into worshipping false idols, but only if they allow themselves to be. I attend a Catholic Church, but I never pray the Rosary. Jesus taught us how to pray to the Father, he did not teach us how to pray to Mary. I catch a lot of flack over that, but it's in my heart that I should pray to God and God only. It's off topic kind of, but not. Dogmatic Catholics will say that they are "not praying to Mary", but that they are actually "asking Mary to pray to her Son Jesus on their behalf". It doesn't feel right to me, so I don't do it.
But I also don't coach people on it. I just ask them how it is scripturally sound. No-one can show me.
So it is Catholic Dogma. Well so is the statement that the "Catholic Church is infallable and therefore cannot be incorrect".
Well if that were true, there would have never been a single Anti-pope, but throughout history, there are many indeed. So obviously the Dogma is not infallable.

Anyways. I got sidetracked.

Can i murder children all my life, but continue to pray to Jesus, and still be delivered to the promise land?
First off, Jesus ended all sacrifice when He died on the cross as the final sacrifice. Also, He explicitly ordained that we are to never harm Children. Not a hair on their head.
(Moloch is a demon that demands child sacrifice, just as a side note.)


Secondly, murder is a sin. A sin is a sin. Lying is a sin. I can't say that they are/are not equal in magnitude to each other in God's eyes. I know our society thinks one is worse than the other, but God addressed them both directly. Right? God abhors sin absolutely, so in Gods eyes, whether you lie, steal or murder, you have sinned.
So I can not say that any person can commit any certain sin of any certain magnitute, and still be forgiven. That is wholly up to the Redeemer. The smallest sins may or may not be forgiven if the person does not abhor them in their heart. The largest sins might or might not be forgiven if a person is truly regretful and repentant.

If a person were to do terrible things like what you used in your example, but later in life they were whole heartedly repentant and sorrowful for their deeds, and truly abandoned that road, and truly opened their heart to Christ and asked his forgiveness, I believe that Christ might find it in his heart to forgive.
But no one knows, save the Lord.
So better to walk the narrow path of rightiousness than the wide road of damnation, no? Why risk it.

But to let go of sin for a day is one thing. To turn away from sin on a daily, minutely basis is another. This is where I fail and need to work harder. I am always repentant at night and through the day when I pray, but throughout the day and night I tend to forget, and talk like a drunk trucker with low brow humour.
(It is what comes out of the mouth that defiles a man)

I believe it is our actions that speak volumes about who and what we are and who and what we worship.
Of course. By their fruits you shall know them.



Going back to the whole question on "acting out in Satans ways", let me use an abhorrent fictional example, that unfortunately might be close to the truth.

Imagine a satanic cult kidnapped a child and they were going to perform a ritual sacrifice. The child, surrounded by the cultists, would be horrified. If that Child were to close his/her eyes and cry out to the Lord for help/courage/comfort, would that mean (in your opinion) that the child was taking part in the satanic ritual and worshipping satan? Because the child prayed while the cult was prayerfully worshiping the beast?
Not a chance.
Even though that child is instrumental to their ritual, and completely immersed in that environment, the Child's heart and mind would be calling out to God, who would hear.

By disarming the pagan taint on these "Christian" holidays , you refocus the attention and love on Jesus. It's like taking a bad thing and making it good. If you recognize the pagan taint and essentially abolish it from your celebrations, you should actually consider it a victory for Christ over heathenism and occultism, because where the cultists tried to trick you into paganry, you have reinforced your commitment to Christ instead, fortifying your spiritual armour.
(I don't mean YOU in particular, it's just easier to say "you" instead of "a person")
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The rabbit hides the eggs. We search them out for treasures. Are we not worshiping a false idol by doing this? Can i murder children all my life, but continue to pray to Jesus, and still be delivered to the promise land?
sometimes the chickens hide the eggs.

i started free-ranging mine and i've found 1 of their hiding/ laying places, but i know they have others.

Monday morning - chocolate rabbits will be on sale ?

if only that applied to Reese' PB cups.
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if only that applied to Reese' PB cups.
Ooh, I love those!!
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Old 04-06-2012, 11:47 PM   #16
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I blame the Earth's axil tilt. In conspiracy with the the birds and the bees (and Mars and Saturn).
Right.

I think some of this is simple correlation and not cause and effect.

The reason pagans celebrate fertility at this date is because it is the start of spring. The start of spring will always be a special day, no matter what types of traditions or celebrations humans do or do not recognize. So the fact that pagans celebrated this day does not preclude anyone else from celebrating the day. Pagans don't "own" Easter.

So if someone chooses not to celebrate Easter, it has nothing to do with rejecting a pagan holiday. Rather it means that you don't care one bit that the earth is at a certain point in it's orbit which will start another cycle of growth in the northern hemisphere. So you're basically considering this a negligible or trivial event, which is up to you. But I personally think it would be immature to have that opinion.

So loosen up and enjoy Easter. Go outside and watch some rabbits and birds.
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Old 04-07-2012, 12:07 AM   #17
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I was only playing the other side, because i can see it both ways. No harm done....

If you disarm these traditions and use them as a fun way to spend time with your loved ones, and you're gathered with Jesus Christ in mind, you are not worshipping false idols. You're only worshipping false idols if you are actively worshipping false idols.
I just seem to disagree. You cannot 'disarm' Ancient Mystery School Babylonian rituals and practices. They do to you, exactly what they were intended to do. They teach us lies like Santa and the Easter Bunny. They teach us heathen rituals like cutting down trees, bringing them into our homes and decorating them, or hiding little colored eggs. They are to lead us astray from the real worship of the Creator, which should be done every single day. The moment we 'set aside' a day for the Creator, is the moment the Creator becomes second in our lives.....

So like i said, i can see both sides....
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I believe it is our actions that speak volumes about who and what we are and who and what we worship.
These words he speaks are true. they're all humanary stew, pledging allegiance to the black widow...
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