Why do true Christians not celebrate Easter?

Easter is a Pagan fertility celebration that has nothing to do with the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

<<Why do true Christians not celebrate Easter?>>

Catholics are True Christians, and they celebrate Easter.

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Nah.

One can celebratethe theological Easter without doing the Easter bunny and chocolate eggs thing.

Theologically, Easter is about NEW LIFE to be found in Jesus Christ.

What is an egg - but NEW LIFE!

Many parallels can be drawn between a given religious holiday and it's cultural/secular customs.

<<“There is no <snip> The Encyclopædia Britannica.>>

The Encyclopedia Britannica is NOT an Authoritative source for Theology.

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Whatever the pagan "easter" used to be ios irrelevant. What Easter is TODAY - that's what counts. When the pagans converted to Christianity, they brought some of their pagan customs with them.

We're not stupid, and neither were the pagans converts. They knew then, as we know now, the easter bunny, baskets full of goodies, easter eggs - all that has NOTHING to do with the Theological Easter, which is about the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.

<<You respectful comments please.>>

Sooner or later, your ilk has to learn that just because a lot of people do the Easter Bunny, baskets and candy thing with their kids, doesn't necessarily mean they are trivializing the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Like I said, Catholics are Real Christians, and they celebrate Easter.

Easter not Biblical you say. . . ? . . . the Resurrection of Jesus Christ NOT Biblical. . . the hell you say !

No, it doesn't boil down to eggs and rabbits since those things don't have anything to do with the actual celebration of Easter. Easter is the celebration of Christ's resurrection - why would a Christian not celebrate that? It's roots are not in pagan rituals but in the Jewish Passover.

Easter bunnies and the like are cultural traditions (like having turkey on Thanksgiving). There's nothing intrinsically wrong with cultural traditions as long as they don't overshadow the event. True Christians don't buy into the idea that since long ago pagans used some objects in nature as symbols that suddenly those natural objects can't be used by Christians. God created nature - it's not like pagans could suddenly contaminate nature somehow so no one else can use it?! That's just superstition and demonstrates a lack of trust in God.

I have never met a true Christian that did not honor Jesus for His redemptive work on the cross. It is a great part of Christian faith to have respect and gratitude for what Christ did. Easter celebrates that gratitude with remembrance.

Obviously Easter got started on the cross of Calvary. I have never known of a Pagan that honored Jesus for His sacrifice but Christians do and should. Perhaps you should stop studying Easter according to Pagans and instead study what Christianity teaches about Easter. Easter has never been a Pagan holiday. God bless!

In Christ

Fr. Joseph

Both Christmas and Easter have Pagan roots. When former Pagans converted to Christianity they did not want to celebrate the traditional Pagan holidays so they worshiped their new found Lord instead. That is where they are connected from former Pagan worshipers. Nobody stole anything from anyone.

Easter and Christmas are pagan holidays given a Christian makeover by the early Catholic church so that those pagans who loved those particular festivals could hold on to them and still be considered Christian. That's why Maryism was invented, because many pagan cultures had a goddess figure which had no equivalence in Christianity.

"“Easter bunny,”

The Easter bunny is a piece of nonsense which has got nothing much to do with anything. To tell you the truth, I couldn't care less what its origins are.

A festival which revolves around the death and resurrection of CHRIST is by definition a CHRISTian festival. It matters not at all whether or not it is mentioned in the New Testament.

As a Christian:

You are correct about the bunny and the egg history.

Christians choose to worship Christ reserection on this day. Why not !

Rightfully The resurection is the reason we congregate on sunday not saterday like the Jewish faith!

We should be worshiping the reserection evry sunday!

Jesus was not born on December 25. He was born about October 1, a time of year when shepherds kept their flocks out-of-doors at night. (Luke 2:8-12) Jesus never commanded Christians to celebrate his birth. Rather, he told his disciples to memorialize, or remember, his death. (Luke 22:19, 20) Christmas and its customs come from ancient false religions. The same is true of Easter customs, such as the use of eggs and rabbits. The early Christians did not celebrate Christmas or Easter, nor do true Christians today.

Christians celebrate it as Jesus rising from the dead. We don't celebrate the 'easter bunny' part.