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Isn’t Easter jewish?

Is Easter a mandatory Christian religion or can I not celebrate it. I read the Bible and consider myself a non-practicing Christian but I don’t really center the religion on Christ Jesus but the Holy Spirit and God.

Update:

Wait... are jews Satanic technically since they don’t celebrate Jesus? Do they not like him at all? Because, don’t get me wrong, I like him, but it’s almost like the Beatles to me and I just like Paul more.

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    4 weeks ago
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    1) Isn’t Easter jewish?

    No, it is not.

    See: any standard English dictionary, the definition of "Easter".

    2) Is Easter a mandatory Christian religion

    No.

    Easter is not a religion at all.

    3) or can I not celebrate it.

    Of course you can not celebrate it if you choose to do so.

    4) are jews Satanic technically since they don’t celebrate Jesus?

    No.

    5) Do they not like him at all?

    Generally speaking: Jewish people don't consider Jesus to be an authentic prophet and, therefore, don't consider Jesus' teachings to be worth learning or following.

    It's (usually) not about "like" or "dislike".

    It's (more often) disinterest.

  • 4 weeks ago

    That's like saying you love cheese but not the kind you eat.

  • 4 weeks ago

    You don't have to celebrate anything. 

  • 4 weeks ago

    Easter is the most important day in the Christian calendar.  It happens at the same time as the Jewish Passover (the Maundy Thursday at last), but, Easter itself is not a Jewish thing at all.

  • ?
    Lv 5
    4 weeks ago

    Isaiah 53 Daniel 9 Hosea 6:2 I will rise up in 3 days as surely the morning. Yes Easter in the old testament Jewish scriptures

    Jesus Christ is Lord

  • Anonymous
    4 weeks ago

    pagan holiday...has nothing to do with Jesus

    the celebration of Easter has been linked to Eostre, the Anglo-Saxon pagan goddess of the dawn and of spring. The Dictionary of Mythology explains that she was also a fertility goddess. Some Easter customs are connected with this. For example, eggs “have been prominent as symbols of new life and resurrection,” says the Encyclopædia Britannica. Also, rabbits have long been used as symbols of fertility in pagan worship.

     The Encyclopædia Britannica says: “The English name Easter is of uncertain origin; the Anglo-Saxon priest Venerable Bede in the 8th century derived it from the Anglo-Saxon spring goddess Eostre.” Others link it to Astarte, the Phoenician fertility goddess who had the Babylonian counterpart Ishtar.

    Hares, rabbits: These are symbols of fertility “handed down from the ancient ceremonial and symbolism of European and Middle Eastern pagan spring festivals.”​—Encyclopædia Britannica.

    Eggs: According to Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology and Legend, the hunt for Easter eggs, supposedly brought by the Easter rabbit, “is not mere child’s play, but the vestige of a fertility rite.” Some cultures believed that the decorated Easter egg “could magically bring happiness, prosperity, health, and protection.”—Traditional Festivals.

    New Easter outfit: “It was considered discourteous and therefore bad luck to greet the Scandinavian goddess of Spring, or Eastre, in anything but fresh garb.”—The Giant Book of Superstitions.

    Sunrise services: These have been linked to rites of ancient sun worshippers “performed at the vernal equinox welcoming the sun and its great power to bring new life to all growing things.”—Celebrations—The Complete Book of American Holidays.

    The American Book of Days well describes the origin of Easter: “There is no doubt that the Church in its early days adopted the old pagan customs and gave a Christian meaning to them.”

    The Bible warns against worshipping God by following traditions or customs that displease him. (Mark 7:6-8) Second Corinthians 6:17 states: “‘Separate yourselves,’ says Jehovah, ‘and quit touching the unclean thing.’” Easter is a pagan holiday that those who want to please God will avoid.

    It is clear that Easter is not related to the resurrection of Jesus.

    many of the Easter traditions “have little to do” with Jesus’ resurrection, states the Britannica, “but derive from folk customs.” For instance, regarding the popular Easter symbols the egg and the rabbit, The Encyclopedia of Religion says: “The egg symbolizes new life breaking through the apparent death (hardness) of the eggshell.” It adds: “The rabbit was known as an extraordinarily fertile creature, and hence it symbolized the coming of spring.”

    Philippe Walter, a professor of medieval literature, explains how such customs became part of the Easter celebration. He wrote that “in the process of the Christianization of pagan religions,” it was easy to associate the pagan festival that celebrated “the passage from the death of winter to the life of springtime” with Jesus’ resurrection. Walter adds that it was a key step in introducing “Christian commemorations” to the pagan calendar, thus smoothing the way to mass conversion.

    This process of “Christianization” did not occur while the apostles were still alive, because they acted as a “restraint” against paganism. (2 Thessalonians 2:7) The apostle Paul warned that after his “going away,” men would “rise and speak twisted things to draw away the disciples after themselves.” (Acts 20:29, 30) And late in the first century, the apostle John wrote that some men were already misleading Christians. (1 John 2:18, 26) The way was open for the eventual adoption of pagan customs.

  • Carmen
    Lv 5
    4 weeks ago

    No, Easter is strictly a Christian holiday celebrating the resurrection of Christ. The Jews don't believe Jesus Christ is the Son of God, so they don't celebrate Easter. 

    However, Easter is the main point of all Christianity. So, if you don't acknowledge the importance of the resurrection, then you perhaps read your Gospels again. It is the one thing that makes Christians Christian and not just some Jewish denomination. 

  • 4 weeks ago

    Both Jews and pre-Christian pagans celebrated the Spring Equinox..

  • Anonymous
    4 weeks ago

    Actually, you're a non Christian.  Jesus IS God.

  • 4 weeks ago

    No Jew celebrates the resurrection of Jesus.

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