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The Easter Bunny conundrum


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Is the Easter Bunny a Controversial Christian Symbol or a Godless Pagan Icon?

Either one depending on who you ask.

One US City Council had easter bunny decorations pulled for fear of offending non-Christians with such blatant Christian decor on a government public building.

One Christian group a few years ago put on a morality play where they treated the Easter Bunny as a pagan idol and preceded to beat the holy stuffings out of him in front of some very confused and teary-eyed children.

How did this wasically rabbit work its way into the Easter celebration anyway? Follow the link and find out.
SamuraiDave

8 responses // The Easter Bunny conundrum

  • Just don't mess with the Cadbury Bunny *bwak*
    Argon18
  • Wasn't the symbol a representation of the new spring, being used as an icon of reproduction?
    phillyharper
  • I read that it was revered in ancient Egypt as a symbol of the moon. And since the date of Easter is determined by being the first Sunday after the first full moon after the equnox, perhaps that is the connection.
    JanforGore
  • The rabbit and the egg were symbols of Eastre, Germanic goddess of spring and fertility.
    Converting all those Germanic invaders did not come without its marks - though Hel is the most interesting by far.
    Humdrum
  • ahe-whofuckingcares-mm
    samonster34
  • You're right; it's so much fun not to know things.
    Humdrum
  • well in America as we know the easter bunny, it seems that it came from the same place our image of Santa did, from companies trying to bank in on a holiday.
    AswegoAsdego
  • It actually came from the Roman Catholic church converting the Germanic kings/tribes that had overrun Western Europe. Same place Hel came from, as well as a lot of other things. Even the Saints of the Catholic church came from converting Roman pagans (and their pantheon) to Christianity.
    Humdrum

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