Christians; If Easter wasn't called Easter would Jehovah's Witnesses still complain?

Of course they would complain, even if the word 'Easter' was dropped in favour of 'Resurrection Sunday'.

That's because JWs have used the pagan connotations for Easter as a means of trying to prove that they are the only religion today that Jehovah God approves of. They have made a Big Thing out of all and any pagan links to the Churches, claiming that 'true Christians' have nothing to do with pagan events.

Well, neither they do, if they take the Bible's warnings seriously about not sitting at the table of demons (1 Cor 10:20-22). But here's the irony. When the JWs sit down at the table of the Lord, they do what satanists do by passing the plate of bread and the cup of wine around, refusing to partake! They consider it very important for everyone to hold the utensils but not to partake (unless they are the 1% claiming to belong to Christ as one of the anointed). If that isn't rejecting the Lord's table, I don't know what is!

However, they criticise Easter, saying it's all pagan, and they do nothing to show any joy at the fact of Jesus' resurrection from the grave. They even say Jesus' dead body was evaporated and that Jehovah made a new creature, a spirit, into whom He put the personality of Jesus. They only talk about Jesus' resurrection but refuse to admit that many pagan religions had 'resurrection' stories very similar to their own. They are so busy pointing their fingers at everyone else, they cannot see how the fact that most pagan faiths have similar doctrines to Christianity supports the validity of the biblical teachings - it's just that the pagan ones are distortions of the truth.

However, JWs will continue to shout "Paganism!" at everything they possibly can, because they think that makes them whiter than white. Poor fools.

Yes, I think they would still complain because they complain about everything outside their organization. They make no mention or rejoicing about the resurrection of Christ. Their focus is solely on His death. Even if Easter did not exist as we know it, I believe they would still pay no real attention to the resurrection because they just don't care. They have already stated on this site that the resurrection doesn't matter much and it is the death that matters. They don't comprehend that without the resurrection, Jesus would be just another man nailed to a cross.

The church I attended yesterday called it 'Resurrection Sunday'.

Yes, because their Jesus is dead - forever dead. They believe that what came out of the tomb wasn't the resurrected Jesus but a spirit creature - Michael the Archangel. And guess who is coming back? Michael the Archangel! No wonder they don't celebrate the resurrection of Jesus!

As for Easter, they overlook the fact that Christians do not celebrate that. Christians rejoice and celebrate the fact that our Lord and Saviour has risen, that he ascended into heaven in a glorified body. But they can't see that because they have been deceived by the teachings of men.

Also, they have branded every Trinitarian Christian who does not promote the name Jehovah as being part of the Antichrist (1 June 2015 public edition Watchtower article 'Who is the Antichrist'). What a twisted, warped perversion of the gospel they cling to. Pray for them that the Holy Spirit might open their eyes, unstop their ears and soften their hearts so they might receive the truth about Jesus and be brought from spiritual death to spiritual life.

Interesting question, and yet almost every church marque where I lived included the invitation to attend "Easter services and enjoy the festivities, including the egg hunt for the children.

It is not Jehovah's Witnesses who insert pagan festivals into the Resurrection celebration, it is the churches themselves.

Before you strive to clean up Jehovah's Witnesses, why don't you start with your own house.

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Easter is set by the first full moon after the vernal equinox. This is the one day in the year when day and night are roughly equal!

It varies by more than a month over the years and so it simply cannot represent the date of anyone's death!!!

It is in fact a combination of several pagan festivals most notably the spring festival.

The name Easter comes from “Eastre” an Anglo-Saxon pagan goddess. Also the Norse goddess,Ostara who took her name from the Teutonic lunar goddess Eostre

Even the Chinese have the festival of Ching Ming where flowers and sweets are put on their ancestors graves!!

The egg and the rabbit are symbols of springtime and rebirth along with the custom of giving flowers etc!!

The Venerable Bede, an early Christian writer pointed out that the Christian church absorbed Pagan practices when it found the population unwilling to give up the festivals. Thus a lot of what Christians now see as Christians practices are in fact pagan!!!

Fun to watch the Christians worshiping a pagan festival though - makes it just like Christmas when they do the same thing!!!

It's all quite simple to any honest hearted person. From the beginning to the end of God's Word The Bible, everything points to the Sacrifice of God's Son (the Sacrificial lamb, shedding of blood, sacrifices in the Mosaic Law). Jesus spoke of his death many times to his followers. His death fulfilled most all prophecies. He commanded his followers to memorialize his death, not his resurrection. While important because it proves that God can and will resurrect those proved faithful to him, it is not what Jesus wanted to be celebrated. Read God's word,what God approves of and what he hates. Learn what easter is all about and decide for yourself what to do. Jehovah's Witnesses simply want you to make an informed decision. Right or wrong, they are to respect that decision. We are not judges. That is God's job.

Here's how one pastor explained the difference between the old pagan myths associated with Easter eggs and the Resurrection Day story.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJsMkSVmq-0

LOL. Desperate much? I really don't care. A typo does not change the question. Grow up.

edit - this was meant to be a reply to Anon, not a separate answer.

Your use of semicolons in these questions after "Christians" is completely incorrect. Either use a comma or a colon. You're trying so hard to seem smart, but you're failing desperately.