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@Mamapolo2016 the Easter bunny was a myth to make children behave. The eggs were to symbolise the rising of Christ. Neither is a fertility symbol.

Cupid is just a commercial addition to valentine's day. But St Valentine was a person and the day is in honour of him. It has nothing to do with the Roman god of love.

Halloween is the most confusing. So the day is Christian as it is part of the Allhallowtide but the costumes and trick or treating that is popular in the US is a Gaelic tradition that has nothing to do with Christianity. Why the Americans do it is beyond me. Maybe because they had so many Irish immigrants?

@Mamapolo2016 The vast majority in the US do but then I think it's a sect thing. Loudest voices get the most attention type of thing.

@HorrorshowHijabi The vast majority in the US do not. Some TV preachers do, and certain fanatical sects do. And yes, they are the loud ones. But they are not even a simple majority. They are a small fraction

@Mamapolo2016 I've bad luck then cause thats all I've known person. on.

@Qwerty14 “The fact that vernal festivals were general among pagan peoples no doubt had much to do with the form assumed by the Eastern festival in the Christian churches. The English term Easter is of pagan origin” (Albert Henry Newman, D.D., LL.D., A Manual of Church History, p. 299

“On this greatest of Christian festivals, several survivals occur of ancient heathen ceremonies. To begin with, the name itself is not Christian but pagan. Ostara was the Anglo-Saxon Goddess of Spring” (Ethel L. Urlin, Festival, Holy Days, and Saints Days, p. 73

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th edit., Vol. 8, p. 828: “There is no indication of the observance of the Easter festival in the New Testament, or in the writings of the Apostolic Fathers…The first Christians continued to observe the Jewish festivals [God’s festivals of Leviticus 23], though in a new spirit, as commemorations of events which those festivals had foreshadowed. Thus the Passover, with a new conception added to it, of Christ as the true Paschal Lamb…continued to be observed.”


Sham el Nessim,
I have actually seen in person artifacts that had history of Egyptians and Assyrians even coloring eggs,

eggs also were commonly associated with the renewal of life all the way back even in Sanskrit documents.

Easter isnt even in the bible, passover is. Regaurdless of if you like or believe it, it has been celebrated in one form or another for thousands and thousands of years, in many different religions and cultures.

BTW Its not a "MYTH" that people worshiped Ishtar, nor is it Myth as to what she stood for. In fact she is STILL worshiped TODAY.

@Kazuya69 I disagree with everything you say. Do you think we could possibly come to a resolution or shall we end it here?

@Qwerty14 Its fine to disagree Im not trying to change your religion. Also question Ki Hamzimit Ashurit?

@Qwerty14 [quote]Cupid is just a commercial addition to valentine's day.[/quote]
Cupid is the Roman god of love. He was around well before christianity and Valentine were even thought of.

Please, stop with posting your misinformation, you're not doing your cause any good at all.

@Sharon I mentioned the Roman god of love. If you wanna call me out, at least read the entire comment before replying

@Qwerty14 You implied Cupid was a post-christian addition.

@Sharon There is no point to argue someones religion, brainwashing since birth is a powerful thing to contend with. Christian MYTHOLOGY has more holes in it then pretty much any other religion.

@Sharon To Valentine's it was. Cupid (well the stupid baby cherub thing they call Cupid) was a much much later addition to the day.

@Kazuya69 I know but I think it's important to challenge misinformation to try to prevent others being deceived.

@Kazuya69 Crying brainwash is a dumb ad hominem. It won't get you anywhere

@Qwerty14 stupid baby cherub, OMG insulting a choir of angels! lol ( im messing with you)

@Qwerty14 Im not crying it, Ive lived in Mississippi before, and Texas, Trust me its a real thing, Especially if your a psychologist.

@Sharon I understand Im just saying when it comes to faith, when people believe they BELIEVE

@Kazuya69 That's probably because you were a Baptist or some other fairly extreme protestant religion.

@Qwerty14 [quote]well the stupid baby cherub thing they call Cupid[/quote]
Stupid insulting comments won't get you anywhere either.

@Sharon I wasn't insulting anyone. Just that weird representation of Cupid

@Qwerty14 me no, most of my family is Catholic (deeply), I have family who are even in the Vatican. But I have spent time in Baptist, Methodist, and Protestant churches. Down South its VERY baptist.

@Kazuya69 Yeah I don't like the Baptist way of doing things. Very fundamentalist.

@Qwerty14 VERY yes, lol

@Kazuya69 I'm glad we agree on something. Tbh who cares where things started. Atm they're just fun excuses to eat too much and have a party. I feel anyone, theist or atheist, can get onboard with that

@Qwerty14 Food brings us all together, Also I love to debate, and find other people willing to actually write out and state their side. I also have alot of respect for anyone who holds true to what they believe.