what do you think about easter?
403292
Love it.  The world just markets and makes too much money off of it nowadays otherwise its great
136642
Not a thing. Before Christians appropriated it, Easter was a fertility festival, and it is clear how bunnies and eggs would factor into that. The paganism of the holiday never really went away, even after Christians began calling it Easter.
1045743
Only with great difficulty.\n\nSee http://www.davros.org/misc/easter.html
580435
delicious\n\ni love easter candy...those reese eggs are my all-time favorites!
404137
1. We really don't know what he looked like.\n\n2. He was a wine guzzler...is that too different from a beer guzzler?\n\nIt is his message to humanity to do unto others as you would have them do unto you that matters.\n\nSome people think books like the Divinci Code or any of the more controversial books about the history behind the story of Christ as terrible scarey things.\n\nI think if you can put all the hero worship myths and legends aside...and still have faith in that core message...you will "be saved".\n\nWhat "being Saved" will be is another mystery for another discussion!\n\nHappy Easter!
853152
We celebrate it because it is the birth of Jesus Christ. We (Christians) also celebrate Easter because it was then that Jesus awoke from the dead, three days after He was crucified.
693952
Something to look forward to I guess, like winter is cold and dark and depressing, but hey, Jesus was born and we get to have lots of parties and presents and do family stuff that although you say you hate it, it's pretty fun!\nAs it's for RE, I'd say that it makes a community, or a country, or a religion, feel united in their joy (or sadness for Easter).  We also celebrate to remind us, would we even know half these facts if we didn't celebrate them each year?  It's also an excuse to show people we care about them when celebrating birthdays and anniversaries and stuff.  Lots of reason!
310666
easter is the day that jesus ressurected and people celebrate it to honor that.  its the day that lint is over and most (religious) people go to church.  the whole easter egg thing probably began because eggs symbolize life and whatnot and somewhere in the past it turned into a hunt for children to do.  and easter is always celebrated on the 3rd sunday of april.  the wednesday before is passover and the friday before is good friday.
302133
Easter is a holiday celebrating the resurrection of Christ..
440355
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.
666394
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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Grace unto you, and peace,\nfrom God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.\n\nSeven last utterances:\nhttp://www.godshew.org/Easter.htm#Utterances\nhttp://www.godshew.org/Easter1.htm\n\nSuch seven are a Menorah Seven:\nhttp://www.godshew.org/Sevens3.htm\n\nMenorah sevens have two things in midst,\nsuch as "My God, my God" as saying two Gods,\nfrom plural Psalms makes one feel "forsaken".\n\nWhich things are an "allegory".\n\nThe "grace" of our Lord Jesus Christ with you all. Amen.
890933
Because thought the easter bunny looks real good and chocolaty, we have found it is only a hollow shell.  \n\nJesus, one the other hand is what fills the hollow shell that was once me.
348118
The Easter bunny is a symbol of fertility and rebirth, so I'm told. And a similar line of thought is also applied to the symbolism of Easter eggs. \n\nThe Easter bunny as an entity of itself does not exist, but it is a way to get kids interested in the holiday of Easter and as they get a little older (7+ or so), the real meaning of Easter can be introduced and comprehended by the child. \n\nI do have a vision of what I pictured the Easter bunny to look like when I was little, and it was something along the lines of the man in the Easter bunny costume that I saw at the mall. \n\nI have a lot of awesome Easter memories from my childhood. It did not hurt me to believe in both the Resurrection of Christ AND the Easter bunny. One I outgrew, the other is still with me. Happy Easter to you and your family!
445663
eggs are the sign of new life. And Easter is the day Jessus rose from the dead.
392547
it was a sunday, but I don't know if it was easter
311967
Easter is always on a Sunday, just like Thanksgiving is always on a Thursday.  So the dates will always be different year to year.