Non Christians..? Non religious..? An unsentimental rational look at what our collective future holds? – Or did you mean the religious symbol, which is probably not such a good fit with the eggs and bunny and other symbols of Eostre, the pagan goddess of fertility..?
Reality! Advertising blasts everything with meaning out of the water…people get so caught up in “things” they forget what the tru meaning of Easter is! All holidays, for that matter. Our root values seemed to have disappeared into oblivion. =~{
Easter, another pagan holiday taken over by Christianity, hence the confusion in symbology. It started as a celebration of a Goddess (the Goddess of Spring I believe). Eostre’s sacred animal was a rabbit, and a symbol of the rebirth of life in the springtime was the egg. Here’s a short essay on the subject.
NeuralCapsule about 5 years ago
Non Christians..? Non religious..? An unsentimental rational look at what our collective future holds? – Or did you mean the religious symbol, which is probably not such a good fit with the eggs and bunny and other symbols of Eostre, the pagan goddess of fertility..?
mr_sherman Premium Member about 5 years ago
Evangelical churches do that the best.
brwydave Premium Member about 5 years ago
The bunny will look like a guinea pig after I eat them chocolate ears. Now what was the message?
julie.mason1 Premium Member about 5 years ago
Crispy bacon?
pamela welch Premium Member about 5 years ago
Nicely done Scott! Folks do seem to forget what it’s all about.
Zebrastripes about 5 years ago
Reality! Advertising blasts everything with meaning out of the water…people get so caught up in “things” they forget what the tru meaning of Easter is! All holidays, for that matter. Our root values seemed to have disappeared into oblivion. =~{
Lyman Elliott Premium Member about 5 years ago
Easter, another pagan holiday taken over by Christianity, hence the confusion in symbology. It started as a celebration of a Goddess (the Goddess of Spring I believe). Eostre’s sacred animal was a rabbit, and a symbol of the rebirth of life in the springtime was the egg. Here’s a short essay on the subject.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/easter1.htm
Zebrastripes about 5 years ago
It’s not EGGactly CRACKED up to your beliefs….
DaleHopson about 5 years ago
Who needs a letter opener in 2019???
bwsevier Premium Member about 5 years ago
Celebrates Ishtar’s day fairly appropriately.
braindead Premium Member about 5 years ago
All that religion stuff is not Good For Business — which is the real national religion.
We worship Republicans and Patriotic Multinational Corporations — we venerate the latter as divine beings.
randolini Premium Member about 5 years ago
Jebus only counts when it comes to white men taking control of a woman’s body.
Daeder about 5 years ago
That’s alright. The original pagan meaning should shine through anyway.
JHayes about 5 years ago
We worship Mammon pure and simple.
Trump is the Head Priest om Mammon.
OK Evangelicals Refute that, I’ll grab the popcorn