Is it true that Easter is for celebrating the Easter Bunny's birthday?

Answer 1

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Yes. Yes it is.

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Answer 2

Yes.

Answer 3

No. If I recall correctly, it's for celebrating the rise of Jesus from the dead.

Answer 4

no no!

Answer 5

That's just as plausible as the Christian alternative.

Answer 6

no its about the risen Lord but the bunnies are cute for the grandbabies...They will hunt eggs tomorrow..

Answer 7

Well now I feel bad- he gives everyone chocolate on his birthday, and we get him nothing :(

Answer 8

Um... Yes & No ?

Answer 9

Oh, give walmart another generation or so, and that's exactly what it'll be.

Answer 10

...in light of the fact that Jesus has noting to do with easter in any way, sure...Why not?

Answer 11

no
it is when jesus rose from the dead after he died on good friday..

Answer 12

yes. and christmas is the celebration of trees!!!

Answer 13

Silly Rabbit tricks are 4 kids!...idk ummmmm i dnt think soo

Answer 14

Of course not. Easter is to commemorate the death of the Easter Bunny.

Answer 15

no, not at all
the easter bunny is actually a pegan worship as with the eggs

"easter" is actually the resurection of jesus

Answer 16

Nope. It's celebrating when Jesus rose from the dead. Honestly, I don't know where the whole easter bunny thing came in.

God bless!

Answer 17

No, actually Easter is the celebration of Jesus Christ rising from the dead after the three days of being in the tomb after he was crucified.

Source(s):

The Bible

Answer 18

Easter is when Jesus went up to heaven and brought back with him all the egg-laying bunnies.

My priest hates it when I say things like that.

Answer 19

that is definetly NOT true there is no such thing as an easter bunny the real thing about Easter is that when god was crucified or put on the cross to die and we celebrate when he rose from the dead or when he came back to life from the cross and removed the stone which was really heavy! It's true! Well if you believe that stuff which I do! :) Also you might here it as celebrating his reserection!

Answer 20

No. It highlights how he rose from the dead on the third day and
celebrates how christ died on the cross to forgive us of all our sins so, that he that asketh can receive everlasting life.

Answer 21

Yes that is correct, for the orignal easter bunny who was named Specter Anusly, he became famous for doing practical jokes on Jesus when he would go camping. Specter also is responsible for creating the easter eggs, which werent originally eggs rather they were origanlly painted rabbit pellots or crap whatever you want to call them. Crazy Specter Anusly, that wily easter bunny painted his own poo and told Jesus they were really candy, similar to MnM's . Needless to say when Jesus ate them he was quite unhappy with little Specter and cursed his furry rabbit body to the underworld only to rise once a year to hide real candy and eggs for the kiddies.

Answer 22

It's when Chocolate Jesus melted for your sins.

Answer 23

Yes.

And Christmas is when Santa Claus blows out the hundreds of candles on HIS birthday cake.

Let's not forget Labor Day when all the pregnant women who haven't yet given birth go into contractions , regardless of their due-date.

Memorial Day is when everyone goes shopping for headstones for their oldest family members.

Spring Break is when everyone has to take their car to the dealer for suspension work.

Yes folks...it's time to remember the TRUE meaning of the holidays we celebrate!

Answer 24

No, but it does celebrate the rebirth of the earth - spring time, fertility (that's where the rabbits come in) the cycle of the seasons (eggs symbolize the cycle of rebirth) and the promise of coming warmth.

Answer 25

First there is the beginning of Spring.

Passover. (Jewish Holiday)

Easter. (Christian holiday)

Now what about the bunnies? They go with Santa. An attempt to replace a holy day with a holiday.

Answer: The is nothing about Easter requiring bunnies. The bunnies go with the beginning of spring, a sign of fertility.

Source(s):

Bible; Secular holidays.

Answer 26

It's a celebration of Germanic goddess Eostre(Easter). She apparently saved a bird whose wings were frozen from death, and turned into a rabbit. Since a rabbit was a bird it could still lay eggs. There is more, but I think you get the point.

Answer 27

no, actually it was originally a pagan fertility ritual which Christians later claimed as the date to celebrate Christ's resurrection.

Answer 28

Not true. Originally the Easter holiday celebrated rebirth/resurrection and the fertility of the land and all living things. It occurred around the Vernal Equinox when the days began to lengthen, which was considered the start of the agricultural year and a time for new beginnings.

Festivals of springtime date back to 2,000 BC in the Middle East which celebrated the resurrection of the gods and goddesses, Osiris (Egyptian) and Ishtar/Inanna ( in Babylon & Sumer). Easy to see how it seemed a logical time to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus.

Pagans in the Saxon countries celebrated the return of spring each year with Easter festivals honoring the Goddess of Dawn named Eastre,Oestre, or Ostara, depending on the region. She was the goddess who was responsible for bringing springtime (fertility and renewal) to the land each year. (We get the word for the female sex hormone estrogen from her name, btw.)

One year the German goddess Ostara arrived late and discovered a small bird whose wings had frozen during the lengthy winter. Feeling guilty that he would surely die since he could no longer fly, she turned him into a hare. And she also gave him the ability to lay eggs as a reminder of his earlier life as a bird. And the eggs would be in every color in the rainbow, no less!

There's a lot more to the story of the Easter Bunny as well as the origin of other Easter traditions (including the dark reason why we "hide" the Easter eggs) at the goddessgift.com site I've referenced below.

Source(s):

http://www.goddessgift.com/pandora's_box/easter-history.htm