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How did rabbits and chocolate eggs get associated with Jesus rising from the grave?

We raised rabbits when I was a kid. Trust me, you DO NOT want to eat the chocolate eggs they make 😂
SW-User
Rabbits and eggs are signs of fertility. They are residual from other spring celebrations.
Zaphod42 · 46-50, M
@SW-User Oh, that I know. Christianity back in the day operated much like Starbucks today, taking over pagan holidays with high foot traffic and hanging a cross on them knowing that people would just keep celebrating the day regardless of the change of ownership 🤷‍♂️
DrWatson · 70-79, M
In pre-Christian times, people in England honored a fertility/Springtime goddess named Eastre. Her symbols were eggs, bunnies, and flowers.

The Jewish feast of Passover contains within it a ritual about dedicating the first fruits of the field to God. Seven weeks later is the feast of Shavuot, celebrating the full harvest. The Greek name for this feast is Pentecost.

The Bible refers to Jesus as the first fruits from the dead, and the events described in Acts regarding Pentecost are thus the beginning of the full harvest of saved souls. So there is a Biblical connection between the resurrection and celebrating Spring.

Since the Christian feast of Easter roughly is at the same time as Passover , and Passover occurs in spring, the pagan festival of the goddess Eastre was going on at the same time.

( And as is pointed out elsewhere on this thread, eggs and bunnies were the symbols of fertility goddesses in many places, and hence they were appropriated into the celebration of the Christian holiday, just as many symbols of the winter solstice have become a part of Christmas.)
ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M
I forget the story, but some kind of mess up with the pagan traditions of fertility holidays the Christians incorporated into their celebrations when they co-opted them into their religion. Much easier to just claim the old religious holidays as your than to try and start new ones. Same happened with Christmas.
It comes from German folklore. The Osterhase , the hare laying eggs, became at one point the symbol of the goddess of the East, Ostara. 🐇🥚
Fluffybull · F
The original festival round about that time was a pagan one Oestre and the goddess of fertility's symbol was the rabbit
MrBrownstone · 46-50, M
Rabbits are a satanic symbol. Easter is based off a pagan holiday.
chrisCA · M
Many Christian traditions have pagan roots.
Eddiesolds · 61-69, M
LordShadowfire · 46-50, M
Rabbits and eggs, as well as baby chicks, were all symbols of the fertility goddess Ishtar. If you want to confuse a Christian, hang this up:
If they complain, ask them what bunnies have to do with the holiday.

 
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