since Easter is the resurrection of Jesus .....?
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Easter is based on a lunar calendar.  It has to do with a specific Sunday after a number days following a full moon.  That's why the date moves around.\n\nI found a good article on www.wikipedia.org that goes into a great deal on the subject.
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Since Easter is the celebration of Jesus Christ's resurrection, I would guess that reading one of the source documents about Christ's death and resurrection would be the most appropriate.  I would suggest a text from the New Testament, such as Matthew chapters 26-28.  If you wanted a shorter text, you could choose the first part of Matthew chapter 28.
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Assuming it happened; The resurrection was a learning tool to demonstrate that death isn't what we think it is.  It demonstrated that death of the body occurs but that Christ / Buddha nature / Spirit is eternal and deathless.
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Easter was on Sunday, April 16th of 2006.
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Easter is important because, it's the Resurrection of \n\nJesus Christ from the dead. \n\nAccording to the Bible, He walked the Earth for three days \n\nand three nights.\n\nEaster is special because, we can believe in miracles.
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That depends on what the next two years brings.  The story isn't played out yet.\n\nYou know.... Jesus was crucified, dead, and buried.  Everyone thought it was over then...... but..... he rose again!\n\nSue
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Paul the Apostle tells us that at the resurrection we will receive a glorified body-for Christians and a terrestrial body for the non Christians (1 Corinthians 15:40-42). Either way the implication is that it is a body in its prime.  Jesus resurrected to a perfected, glorified body of flesh and bones and told his followers that we can have the same thing.  Now, whether it's the exact same body we lay in the grave or not, that is not answered in the Good Book.  But that it will be a physical, glorified body... there's no question about it.
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eggs are a symbol of resurrection and therefore the official symbol of easter.  people decorate them to give the eggs added meaning as symbolic objects i would guess.
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its easter for me. im russian orthodox:)
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i was born again during last summer, so yes i am being saved, and i will enter the kingdom of God by the Grace of God....we are laying hold on our salvation and working it out...but we do not have salvation in its entirity until we attain the resurrection, and receive our new glorified bodies....i eagerly await the coming of our Lord, the gathering of the Church and the judgement of this world...the end is almost here!...and except a man be born again he cannot see the kingdom of God...so i pray that anyone who reads this and hasnt been born again, begins to seek it.... i can be contacted at http://www.myspace.com/dizgotti
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ROFL...this is funny,Dude...Hoppy Easter to you.lol
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That darn Easter. Can it never make up its mind? What is a silly wabbit to do? It is always on a Sunday, so like Thanksgiving it is on different days in different years.
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Well, since Easter has recently passed, who knows that far\nahead what they will be doing ? Most likely the same as most\nEasters.
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Resurrection means that Jesus rose from the dead, the importance is that it shows death has no more dominion. We have the victory and know that there will be life after we die. Believe in Jesus today and He will save you. Then your eternity will be spent in heaven with Him and not in Hell gnashing teeth in eternal condemnation.
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If you are referring to the Easter Bunny,  the answer is, Easter isn't all about Christ!  Only to Christians is Easter all about Jesus's resurrection.  Here is an article.\n\nQuite a few pagan cultures hold celebrations in the spring. It's the time of year when plants return to life after being dormant all winter and when animals mate and procreate. These festivities celebrate the renewal of life and promote the fertility of crops, animals, and even people, which was important in these agrarian communities. The Saxons believed in a maiden goddess of fertility named Eastre or Eostre (Oestre in Latin) and honored her with a spring festival. Hares and rabbits were considered sacred to Eastre because they are notoriously fertile animals. \n\nIn the second century A.D., Christian missionaries tried to convert northern European tribes. To help make Christianity attractive, the missionaries turned pagan festivals into Christian holidays. The pagan Eastre festival occurred around the same time as the Christian celebration marking Christ's resurrection so the two celebrations blended into one, rabbit and all. \n\nOver time, Eastre became Easter, and the symbolism changed as well. Instead of the Easter rabbit symbolizing fertility, the rabbit may symbolize an innocent, vulnerable creature that can be sacrificed, similar to the lamb. To Christians, these innocents are tokens of Christ and the sacrifice he made. \n\nThe Easter bunny we know today was influenced by German traditions dating back to the 1500s. German children believed that the Oschter Haws (a magical rabbit) would leave them a nest of colored eggs at Eastertime if they were good. Pennsylvania Dutch settlers brought this tradition to America in the 1700s. \n\nOn a related note, eggs have long been a symbol of rebirth and thus associated with spring celebrations. In the 600s, Pope Gregory the Great forbade the eating of eggs during Lent (the 40 days proceeding Easter), and this helped make eggs a special treat at Easter. Many European cultures also have old customs of decorating eggs and giving them as gifts.
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when Jesus Christ said to the Father "forgive them,for they don't know what they are doing"\nthis only shows that Christ loves the Father so much that He obeyed until death,to save sinners like me.and His resurrection has opened Heaven for us.isn't it wonderful.\nHappy Easter! Christ is risen!
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<1> Easter\n\nHeavenly Father and God of mercy, I believe that Jesus is alive and has become the Lord of life.  From the waters of Baptism you have raised me with him and renewed you gift of life within me.  Increase in my mind and heart the risen life I share with Christ and help me to grow in your wisdom and grace.\n\nLord Jesus, you appeared to your apostles after the resurrection and filed their hearts with joy when you said to them "Peace be with you".May the peace of your presence abide with me and make each day you give me the most beautiful day of my life.\n\nLord Jesus, you triumphed over death and destroyed the power of death in me, may I live only for you.\n\nRisen Lord, you brought confusion on the guards at your tomb but joy to your diciples, grant me the fullness of joy as I serve you in spirit and truth.\n\nYou promised to be with your disciples, Lord, to the end of the world, stay with me today and remain with me always.\n\nKing of Glory, center of my lift, grant that when you come again,I may be one with you in glory.\n\nLord, remember me as in my own way I ninister to your people, may my life be holy an an example to your people.\n\nLord Jesus, purify my heart with you truth and guide me in the way of holiness, so that I may always do what is pleasing in your sight.\n\n<2>  Easter \nI got me flowers to staw Thy way,\nI got me boughs off many a tree;\nBut Thou was up by break of day,\nAnd brought'st Thy sweets along with Thee.\n\nYet through my flowers be lost, they say\nA heart can never come too late;\nTeach it to sing Thy praise this day, \nAnd then this day my life shall date.