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Yes it is that time of year. Easter eggs,Peter rabbit,etc. Is it Pagan?
Yes it is that time of year. Easter eggs,Peter rabbit,etc. Is it Pagan?
Yes, it's ultra pagan.
At the Council of Nicaea, after inventing the Bible, Emperor Constantine decided to copy the English festival of Eostre after hiring a firm of management consultants to create a promotional strategy for his new religion.
They suggested using chocolate eggs and bunnies because these were super pagan and pagans joined any religion with chocolate eggs and bunnies.
In summary, it's more pagan than Thor playing tennis with Zeus.
Odd that they wouldn't go back to Pascha.
If you have it like a pagan.
You should continue along the thread; I've outlined that it's not actually PaganI believe the Pagan roots are lost on most people and it just becomes something cultural.
Many holidays are pagan, but the church co-opted them for their festivities.Yes it is that time of year. Easter eggs,Peter rabbit,etc. Is it Pagan?
Very few are, actually. In fact, I'd say none.Many holidays are pagan, but the church co-opted them for their festivities.
Mostly not true, but I'm not going to debate this again.Yes, it's ultra pagan.
At the Council of Nicaea, after inventing the Bible, Emperor Constantine decided to copy the English festival of Eostre after hiring a firm of management consultants to create a promotional strategy for his new religion.
They suggested using chocolate eggs and bunnies because these were super pagan and pagans joined any religion with chocolate eggs and bunnies.
In summary, it's more pagan than Thor playing tennis with Zeus.
Very few are, actually. In fact, I'd say none.
By "pagan" I am meaning pre-Christian cultural faiths and practices.Most didn't start with Christianity, so what would the origins? Are we using the term pagan incorrectly? We do tend to do things like that.