Sorry to upset anyone, but Easter is pagan worship, but celebrating the resurrection isn't.

[Origen]

Only The Bible can be read and believed at face

And as I said above, the etymology and history of the word "easter" is not found in the Bible. Therefore your claim concerning the word 'easter" cannot be support by the Bible. Hence there is no reason to trust your claim at face value.

I won't put my beliefs in some man who is paid to write an article I will put my beliefs in Jesus who paid in blood for me.

So no one can be trusted if they are paid. Can you say logical fallacy?

For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain,” and, “The laborer deserves his wages.” (1 Cor. 9:9)

 

[HaKawa]

This is my new slide in the tract

 

[HaKawa]

We also have to bring up that the Orthodox call is Pascha which connects to the Passover. @George want to weigh in on this?

Even so, whats with the eggs and chocolate rabbits? Thats definitely heresy.

 

[HaKawa]

I doubt they jumped rope either or did some things that we do now.

You see, as Christians, we aren't promoting paganism and we aren't bowing down to false gods. A chocolate egg is just that, a piece of treat to consume. Intent is very important in this conversation.

What does jumping rope have to do with taking in pagan practices?

 

[HaKawa]

And as I said above, the etymology and history of the word "easter" is not found in the Bible. Therefore your claim concerning the word 'easter" cannot be support by the Bible. Hence there is no reason to trust your claim at face value.


So no one can be trusted if they are paid. Can you say logical fallacy?

For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain,” and, “The laborer deserves his wages.” (1 Cor. 9:9)

Like I said don't trust me. Trust the word of God.

 

[Lamb]

Even so, whats with the eggs and chocolate rabbits? Thats definitely heresy.

Do you know that some people use an egg to symbolize the trinity?

Bunnies are God's creations. Let's eat some Chocolate Rabbits and not Christian shame others for doing so because they delight in eating chocolate.

 

[HaKawa]

And as I said above, the etymology and history of the word "easter" is not found in the Bible. Therefore your claim concerning the word 'easter" cannot be support by the Bible. Hence there is no reason to trust your claim at face value.


So no one can be trusted if they are paid. Can you say logical fallacy?

For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain,” and, “The laborer deserves his wages.” (1 Cor. 9:9)

That is a separate issue. The issue is the pagan symbolism in today's Culture.

 

[Lamb]

What does jumping rope have to do with taking in pagan practices?

It's something that is fun to do. Egg hunts are fun to do. To claim that people are worshiping false gods by participating in an egg hunt is a far stretch.

 

[HaKawa]

Do you know that some people use an egg to symbolize the trinity?

Bunnies are God's creations. Let's eat some Chocolate Rabbits and not Christian shame others for doing so because they delight in eating chocolate.

What do 'some people' have to do with God? Plus God said to Worship him one way, not their own form of worship.

 

[HaKawa]

It's something that is fun to do. Egg hunts are fun to do. To claim that people are worshiping false gods by participating in an egg hunt is a far stretch.

Not really. Tell Jesus that.

 

[Origen]

Do you know that some people use an egg to symbolize the trinity? Bunnies are God's creations. Let's eat some Chocolate Rabbits and not Christian shame others for doing so because they delight in eating chocolate.

None of that addresses what I have posted.

Is Easter a pagan holiday? | GotQuestions.org

Is Easter a pagan holiday? Does the Easter holiday have pagan origins? Does Easter come from paganism?

www.gotquestions.org

Is Easter Named After a Pagan Goddess? - Dr. Michael Heiser

Short answer: Nope. A bit more of an answer: Nope, and let’s stop the “Easter is pagan” madness. For the longer answer, keep reading — both what follows and the …

drmsh.com

 

[Lamb]

What do 'some people' have to do with God? Plus God said to Worship him one way, not their own form of worship.

We worship God by faith. I am not worshiping false gods. You've come here to tell us we're all doing it wrong because YOU felt a conviction and then start in on the accusations here? Hmm

 

[HaKawa]

We worship God by faith. I am not worshiping false gods. You've come here to tell us we're all doing it wrong because YOU felt a conviction and then start in on the accusations here? Hmm

I'm just trying to be a good brother in Christ.

 

[Lamb]

As I said in my first post this is for people who believe the same as me. This was a tract I was giving out for people who believe what I believe and all of you blasted this thread.

Care to retract that?

Here is what you wrote and it's extremely accusing.

I know this isn't going to be something people want to hear, but with Easter coming up, this is important. This is a tract I made, which uses scripture to justify the message. It's not important to follow culture, its important to follow God. We will be judged on how we follow The Lord, our God.

 

[HaKawa]

Care to retract that?

Here is what you wrote and it's extremely accu

Care to retract that?

Here is what you wrote and it's extremely accusing.

That was a typo, I had this thread confused with another one. I edited it.

 

[tango]

Take the time to actually read the slides. There is God's word in there, 5 minutes won't kill you.

The trouble with a lot of what you're doing here is that much of your posting in this thread is endlessly repeating a verse in Jeremiah about not following worldly customs. Which is all well and good but usually only means "don't do the things I want to talk about right now" rather than worldly customs in general.

The tired "the world does XXX, we should not be like the world, therefore we should not do XXX" crops up time and time and time again. Usually it's about Christmas, or Easter, or drinking alcohol, or listening to rock music, or whatever else any one particular poster happens to dislike today. Sadly the whole thing falls apart if taken to logical conclusions because the world goes to work. Should we therefore refrain from working at a job? The world wears clothes and eats food. Maybe we should stop doing that too? I'm sure there would be a few complains if I decided not to wear clothes even if I did justify it by claiming it was "worldly".

There's also the yawning difference between the worship of something and its inclusion in a harmless tradition. If chocolate eggs are so troublesome to you then by all means avoid them. Would you substitute them for chocolate chicks, or generic chocolate bars? Is it such a big deal if children get some generic chocolate offered in no particularly identifiable shape at a time that happens to be close to the time of the Spring Equinox? You know how kids love chocolate - most of the ones I've seen manage to wolf it down pretty well without accidentally bowing down to it.

Yes, "the first Sunday following the first full moon after the Spring Equinox" is a strange way to mark an anniversary. But so what? Some people associate it with pagan fertility goddesses, and the links to eggs and rabbits are pretty obvious. The fact some people do something on a particular day doesn't mean anybody else doing something else on the same day is in any way associated with it.

If you don't want to even use the term "Easter" don't use it. Nobody is forcing you to. Just be careful you don't retreat from so much you find you can't do anything because the bogeyman got there first.