NationStates Jolt Archive

What has a rabbit got to do with the reserection of Jesus? I can understand how we ended up with eggs - representing the stone infront of the tomb - but why does a rabbit dispense them?
Rabbits do not lay eggs!!
Wouldn't an eatser duck or goose be a more appropriate thing? Plus they can fly and swim making them much better than a rabbit which is rubbish.

The Easter bunny is a fake symbol of annihilation of the Christian faith brought on by Corporate America.

Probably just an old pagan symbol of spring that the christians appropriated when christianity spread through pagan lands.

Think about it...

Child: Oh boy! HERE COMES THE EASTER GOOSE!

Parent: And it's SHITTING ON MY CAR! NOOO!! :eek:

Think about it...

Child: Oh boy! HERE COMES THE EASTER GOOSE!

Parent: And it's SHITTING ON MY CAR! NOOO!! :eek:

The easter bunny would eat it's own poo, and also it'd be flattened by said car...

Probably just an old pagan symbol of spring that the christians appropriated when christianity spread through pagan lands.
Same with the whole egg thing.

it comes from the german white hair or something. They eggs are a symbol of life or ressurection or something. The rabbit dispensing them is also from germany and i forgot what it has to do with

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v644/MarkD/WEB%20STUFF/PeterRabbit1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v644/MarkD/WEB%20STUFF/PeterRabbit2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v644/MarkD/WEB%20STUFF/PeterRabbit3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v644/MarkD/WEB%20STUFF/PeterRabbit4.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v644/MarkD/WEB%20STUFF/PeterRabbit5.jpg

Think about it...

Child: Oh boy! HERE COMES THE EASTER GOOSE!

Parent: And it's SHITTING ON MY CAR! NOOO!! :eek:
that would be interesting. lol. Its probably some pagan thing.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v644/MarkD/WEB%20STUFF/PeterRabbit1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v644/MarkD/WEB%20STUFF/PeterRabbit2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v644/MarkD/WEB%20STUFF/PeterRabbit3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v644/MarkD/WEB%20STUFF/PeterRabbit4.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v644/MarkD/WEB%20STUFF/PeterRabbit5.jpg

a panzerfaust that a rabbit could hold i wouldnt consider an antitank weapon. Besides panzerfausts were german.

why would an american be driving a tiger tank anyway. Speaking english with an english last name living next door to peter would hardly qualify him of being a german

Sure all that is true but Rabbits/Bunnies are much cuter than ducks or whatever. :p

Yep, it's a pagan thing. It used to be a hare--they were sacred or something. I forget exactly who they were meant to be sacret to...
The egg is a pagan thing as well. New life, and all that. (The Easter Bunny fits with that new life thing too--ever heard the expression, 'at it like rabbits'?) The whole "stone in front of the tomb" thing never made much sense to me, personally.

why would an american be driving a tiger tank anyway. Speaking english with an english last name living next door to peter would hardly qualify him of being a german
He was being a bad bunny!

We sould have something like an easter crow or easter alligator.

so he shot an american when he was american or was he a german that shot a german

so he shot an american when he was american or was he a german that shot a german

It doesn't matter - it's a joke...

It doesn't matter - it's a joke...

it does to me

it does to me
then I guess you'll note the reference to "88mm howitzer". The 88 was not a howitzer, either.

The word Easter is actually a corruption of the name Eostre, a saxon goddess of Spring, fertility, and rebirth. Since celebrations of the goddess fell around the same calendar date as the Passover festival, the name was taken by Christians for their celebration of Christ's ressurection. The rabbit, a symbol of Eostre, became associated with the holiday, hence the Easter bunny.

The word Easter is actually a corruption of the name Eostre, a saxon goddess of Spring, fertility, and rebirth. Since celebrations of the goddess fell around the same calendar date as the Passover festival, the name was taken by Christians for their celebration of Christ's ressurection. The rabbit, a symbol of Eostre, became associated with the holiday, hence the Easter bunny.
Interestingly in most other European languages it is a word based on Passover rather than Eostre. Good explanation BTW.

Yep, it's a pagan thing. It used to be a hare--they were sacred or something. I forget exactly who they were meant to be sacret to...

That would be the Saxon goddess Eoster (aka Teutonic Eostra or Ostara (http://www.earth-dancing.com/ostara.htm), and Kali in India). She is also the Indo-European goddess mentioned in the Bible, Astarte. She laid the Golden Egg of the Sun.

What has a rabbit got to do with the reserection of Jesus? I can understand how we ended up with eggs - representing the stone infront of the tomb - but why does a rabbit dispense them?
Rabbits do not lay eggs!!
Wouldn't an eatser duck or goose be a more appropriate thing? Plus they can fly and swim making them much better than a rabbit which is rubbish.

I don't really think you want little kids munching on Cadbury Creme Jesuses. Do you?

I don't really think you want little kids munching on Cadbury Creme Jesuses. Do you?

I'm fine with that, as long as they say 'Body of Christ' before they eat it. :D

I'm fine with that, as long as they say 'Body of Christ' before they eat it. :D

It would certainly taste better than those half-baked weat thins the church serves with wine. :p

It would certainly taste better than those half-baked weat thins the church serves with wine. :p

Booze and biscuits for the adults, Ribena and chocolate for the kids.

Booze and biscuits for the adults, Ribena and chocolate for the kids.

YAY! :D

I don't really think you want little kids munching on Cadbury Creme Jesuses. Do you?

We're only one short step away, apparently...

Chocolate Crosses for Easter (http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=613589&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312)

why would an american be driving a tiger tank anyway. Speaking english with an english last name living next door to peter would hardly qualify him of being a german

What part of funny don't you understand?

Nice post, BTW, WL. :D

What has a rabbit got to do with the reserection of Jesus? I can understand how we ended up with eggs - representing the stone infront of the tomb - but why does a rabbit dispense them?
Rabbits do not lay eggs!!
Wouldn't an eatser duck or goose be a more appropriate thing? Plus they can fly and swim making them much better than a rabbit which is rubbish.
The Easter Bunny: Symbol of Easter

The Easter Bunny is one of the best known Easter symbols. Learn its history, and how people around the world revere rabbits and hares.

The Easter Bunny: Beloved Easter Symbol

Of all the symbols of Easter, none is more beloved than the Easter Bunny. And, of all the symbols of this season, none has a more varied, unique and universal background than this floppy-eared chocolate confection deliveryman. With his place—and yes, for some reason, the Easter Bunny is always referred to as "he"—in the traditions of many cultures, Rabbit can most certainly answer the question, "What's up, doc?" (after all, what would Elmer be without Bugs?).

The Advent of The Easter Bunny

The first documented use of the bunny as a symbol of Easter appears in Germany in the 1500s; although the actual matching of the holiday and the hare was probably a much earlier folk tradition. Not surprisingly, it was also the Germans who made the first edible Easter Bunnies in the 1800s.

The Pennsylvania Dutch brought the beneficent Easter Bunny to the United States in the 1700s. Children eagerly awaited the arrival of Oschter Haws and his gifts with a joy second only to that brought about by the winter visit of Kris Kringle.

Rabbits Revered Around the World

Many Asian and Eurasian cultures revere the rabbit (or hare) as a sacred messenger of the Divine; to the Chinese, he is a creature in the moon, pounding rice (the staff of life) in a mortar.

To the followers of Buddhism the rabbit was placed in the moon as a result of his self-sacrifice in offering himself as food. In a second version, the rabbit cooks himself in Indra's fire since he had no food to offer her and the deity placed him in the moon as a reward. To the Egyptians, the hare (as opposed to the rabbit) was known as un, which meant "to open," or "the opener." This was because the hare, unlike his cotton-tailed cousin, is born with his eyes open. "Un" also meant "period" as it was a symbol for both lunar and human cycles.

These traditions undoubtedly spread to the indigenous tribes of Western Europe much as the Indo-European language base developed through encounters between these two groups. This also blended well with Celtic tradition, which viewed the hare as a symbol of fertility and new life, and the Germanic tradition that the hare brought new life each spring.

Even in North America, the Rabbit/Hare is revered. To the Native American peoples, he was the Trickster/Transformer who either plays the Fool or, in other instances, has brought about a benefit for humankind (i.e., the legend of Rabbit bringing fire to the people). The ancient Mayan culture gives Rabbit credit for inventing Mayan writing.

Just as the ancient sacred places and names were blended into the holiday celebration we know as Easter, so too was the Rabbit/Hare molded from an ancient bringer of new life and renewal to the Easter Bunny, a symbol of a holiday celebrating a resurrection. In truth, the Rabbit stays the same: a messenger of a season when all things are possible and all things can again be new.

Read More:
http://www.easter-traditions.com/html/the_easter_bunny.html

I've known about the March Hare since I was very wee.

Probably just an old pagan symbol of spring that the christians appropriated when christianity spread through pagan lands.

Both the bunny and the word Easter are pagan. Easter (or Oester) was the godess of springtime, and the hare would run around her feet. But we've only domesticated rabbits, not hares. She was a godess of rejuvination and resurrection, so it was a natrual for the holiday that celebrates Christ coming back from the dead.

*Edit*
I gotta start reading these threads backwards and stop posting information other people beat me to.

Both the bunny and the word Easter are pagan. Easter (or Oester) was the godess of springtime, and the hare would run around her feet. But we've only domesticated rabbits, not hares. She was a godess of rejuvination and resurrection, so it was a natrual for the holiday that celebrates Christ coming back from the dead.
Groovy... :cool:

:eek: I did not just say the word "Groovy"! :headbang: