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Big fight over this on wikipedia between the christians and those who espouse a pagan origin for the festival.
Talk:Easter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In my opinion I favour a pagan origin for the following reasons:
If it was to commemorate the death and supposed ressing of JC it would be on a specific day each year - instead it floats in a complicated calculation against the lunar month.
Pagans are associated with lunar festivals but christians arent.
Next the bible doesnt actually give any date information for the ressurection so its likely they tacked it onto an existing celebration.
The name Easter - lots of debate over this but it certainly isnt from a christian root.
Easter Eggs/Hares - symbols of fertility - some christians have tried to link the egg to ressurection but its nonsense - the egg is the symbol of new life it doesnt come back from the dead
On a more general note springtime with the birth of new livestock would always be an important time to primitive farming communities and so many forms of 'spring festival' have arisen and Easter should no doubt be seen in this context.
Talk:Easter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In my opinion I favour a pagan origin for the following reasons:
If it was to commemorate the death and supposed ressing of JC it would be on a specific day each year - instead it floats in a complicated calculation against the lunar month.
Pagans are associated with lunar festivals but christians arent.
Next the bible doesnt actually give any date information for the ressurection so its likely they tacked it onto an existing celebration.
The name Easter - lots of debate over this but it certainly isnt from a christian root.
Easter Eggs/Hares - symbols of fertility - some christians have tried to link the egg to ressurection but its nonsense - the egg is the symbol of new life it doesnt come back from the dead
On a more general note springtime with the birth of new livestock would always be an important time to primitive farming communities and so many forms of 'spring festival' have arisen and Easter should no doubt be seen in this context.