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So... the Easter Bunny DID lay eggs
- Thread starter Wu Wei
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And here I thought that Jesus laid the eggs,
afterwards hiding them from predators.
afterwards hiding them from predators.
Bear Wild
Well-Known Member
Thankfully Eostre came to Texas and we are starting to see green again. Lost many trees due to our deep freeze this winter and some plants were slow to come back but her return has brought many back to having leaves again. The rabbits are also out too.
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
As long as Christians don't crash the party and behave they are invited to join the festivities. ;0]
Augustus
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Eostre is mentioned in one historical source ever, Bede.
There is nothing about bunnies, eggs bonfires or anything else. Just the name of a month.
All this stuff was made up in the 19th C by people like Jacob Grimm of Grimm's fairy tails fame.
Easter hares are probably from 18thc Germany, eggs are probably cos of the fact people gave up eggs for Lent and had a surfeit at the end because chickens didn't stop laying eggs.
All this "Easter is pagan" stuff is nonsense, but it seems to make people happy to beleive it's true so they will repeat the same myths every year while laughing at the Christian dupes for being so credulous.
They don't teach that in "rational sceptic school" either.
Heyo
Veteran Member
How often has this to be debunked? The Christian Easter and it's date can be traced directly to the bible. Easter is with Ascension, Good Friday and Pentecost the only genuine Christian holy day. It is not derived from a pagan holy day (just mixed up with).
exchemist
Veteran Member
Yes, I'm afraid you've been had, as other readers have pointed out:
Ēostre - Wikipedia
Another example of needing to check unknown internet sources.
Wu Wei
ursus senum severiorum and ex-Bisy Backson
thanks, but another example of taking things to seriously.... I apologize, but I'm afraid it was a rather light hearted post that I was not taking all that seriously.
Not to mention they're just an obvious symbol of new life, appropriate to the holiday. It's not hard to make the connection.
See, that was my thought, too. After all, how else is a biological lifeform supposed to reproduce when it's been born of immaculate conception? Through cloning themselves via aesexual reproduction, of course!
All those people that have claimed to be Jesus weren't lying... They were his progeny.
It's science 101.
exchemist
Veteran Member
Well it was 1st April, after all - even if the link seemed to be taking itself seriously.
Wandering Monk
Well-Known Member
Not exactly eggs. More like Cocoa Puffs.
I've always enjoyed Gaffigan's take on Easter...
...which is actually an excerpt from his holiday bit, where the above clip is funnier in the context of the whole bit.
...which is actually an excerpt from his holiday bit, where the above clip is funnier in the context of the whole bit.