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The War on Christianity has Spread to Christmas and now Easter: "Spring Egg Hunt" & "Spring Bunny"
Google News | 04.08.07

Posted on 04/08/2007 6:39:30 PM PDT by Coleus

Spring Egg Hunt
 
Spring Bunny

 


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: antichristian; christianbashing; easter; easterbunny; easteregghunt; grinchstoleeaster; religiousintolerance; springbunny; springegghunt; waronchristmas; waroneaseter
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1 posted on 04/08/2007 6:39:31 PM PDT by Coleus
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To: Coleus

That’s really annoying. Leave the names as they are.

On a sidenote, is there any Christan kiddie’s book where a pagan bunny converts to Christian and becomes the Easter bunny? Sounds kinda weird, but I think it would be cool.


2 posted on 04/08/2007 6:56:16 PM PDT by tranzorZ
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To: Coleus

I’m of mixed feelings about this. The Easter Bunny and egg hunts do in fact have nothing to do with the real meaning of Easter so, it doesn’t really bother me. On the other hand, there is the intent of those who want to ban these things. The anger and hate they must feel in order to go after such meaningless symbols is just sad. On the plus side, they aren’t trying to ban Peeps.


3 posted on 04/08/2007 7:00:52 PM PDT by Reaganesque
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To: Coleus
They can do all they want with the bunny and the eggs. Easter for me is all about the risen Jesus Christ. Nothing they do will change the fact that God the Son was crucified, died for our sins, but He rose from the dead, and is at the right hand of the Father.
4 posted on 04/08/2007 7:06:50 PM PDT by Moorings
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To: Reaganesque
Yes, the same airheads complain about Peeps.

After all, they are bad for diabetics, and somebody might become a diabetic and not know about how dangerous Peeps are, and then the end of the world would happen.

Along those lines.

I've run across that sort of nonsense in other discussion sites.

5 posted on 04/08/2007 7:14:58 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: Coleus

Leave the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus alone or get out of our country.


6 posted on 04/08/2007 7:18:11 PM PDT by freekitty
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To: Coleus

there is a town in RI, Triverton I think that has banned the Easter Bunny all together.


7 posted on 04/08/2007 7:22:35 PM PDT by glymers
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To: Coleus

What’s the meaning of the Easter bunny? Said another way, what does a bunny have to do with the resurrection of Christ?


8 posted on 04/08/2007 7:25:59 PM PDT by Wheee The People (Go FRed)
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To: Coleus

I used to really worry about this sort of thing but the secular world is not the Christian world. I quit worrying and just figure that the Lord is in charge and in total control of this world. And you know what, my blood pressure is showing better and I sleep better at night. I guess the bottom line is that we should each worry about our selves and our life and if it is on course, let God handle the rest. One does not have to be a “sheep” to live by this code either.


9 posted on 04/08/2007 7:27:22 PM PDT by fish hawk (The religion of Darwinism = Monkey Intellect)
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To: Coleus

Saw a sign posted at a park near my home:

“Hard Egg Hunt” with time and day appended.

Couldn’t believe it and drove by it a couple of times to verify.

Not even “Boiled Egg Hunt”. Could be plastic eggs, I guess.


10 posted on 04/08/2007 7:36:39 PM PDT by Ole Okie
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Stupid liberals...wanting to remove the name ‘Easter’.
Actually the word is a derived from the ancient Babyloninan god of fertility ‘Ishtar’ hence easter egg hunts...

http://www.retakingamerica.com/easter_and_ishtar.html

Trying to ban the word Easter an attempt to divert the significance of the holiday being the Resurrection of Jesus.
Now godless liberals want to remove the pagan derived word ‘Easter’..... wonders never cease with these cretins.


11 posted on 04/08/2007 7:44:35 PM PDT by tflabo (Take authority that's ours)
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To: Moorings

I’ve seen too many drawings of crucified rabbits (from the 1970s onward) to believe that the socialist Left’s dream of excising the concept of an “Easter Bunny” is out of any respect or tolerance for Christianity.

The word “Easter” is being thrown out. The bunny and eggs are being kept.


12 posted on 04/08/2007 7:45:08 PM PDT by weegee (Carbon credits are nothing but the Global Warming movement's way of selling indugences.)
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To: Coleus

Worrying about this sort of thing is silly.


13 posted on 04/08/2007 7:49:04 PM PDT by gracesdad
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To: Coleus

Pegan fertility rituals have nothing to do with Christ’s resurrection.


14 posted on 04/08/2007 7:49:10 PM PDT by gilor (Pull the wool over your own eyes!)
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How 'bout 'Multi-cultural April Bunny's' ?

15 posted on 04/08/2007 7:56:35 PM PDT by tflabo (Take authority that's ours)
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To: Coleus

Let the idiots call it what they like. Just continue along with all your friends and family and call it what it is: The EASTER Bunny. Plain and simple.


16 posted on 04/08/2007 8:01:21 PM PDT by cubreporter
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To: Coleus

“spring egg hunt” — 53 Google News hits
“easter egg hunt” — 3,543 Google News hits

Of the “Spring egg hunt” stories, several were referring that did NOT drop “Easter” from the event name, or that restored after it had been dropped in the past.

“spring bunny” — 50 Google News hits
“easter bunny” — 3,187 Google News hits

In both the “spring egg hunt” and “spring bunny” story, a lot of them, maybe a majority, were about the debate over precisely one town that changed the names — Walnut Creek, California.

Holy flipping cow, are there not enough things to be frightened by and outraged about without going to extremes to manufacture something?


17 posted on 04/08/2007 8:07:02 PM PDT by ReignOfError (`)
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To: Wheee The People
What’s the meaning of the Easter bunny? Said another way, what does a bunny have to do with the resurrection of Christ?

Remember that Jesus himself taught in parables. The main challenge facing the early Church was to bring the Gospel to the pagans -- which meant bringing the message to them using symbols and in terms that they could understand and readily accept.

The Christmas tree, an evergreen, represents enduring life in the dead of winter. The exchange of gifts harkens to the Magi. On Easter, the rabbits emerging from hibernation and the eggs are both representative of life re-emerging from the metaphorical death of winter, and of a new life beginning. Lilies are another Easter symbol for the same reason.

Standing alone on a chocolate package or a Hallmark card, the symbols aren't terribly important. But if you're addressing an audience of pagans, they're a strong jumping-off point for a sermon or a lesson. I strongly suspect that they were used that way in the early Church, and that from there they took on a life (so to speak) of their own.

18 posted on 04/08/2007 8:21:03 PM PDT by ReignOfError (`)
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To: Wheee The People
"What’s the meaning of the Easter bunny? Said another way, what does a bunny have to do with the resurrection of Christ?"

After mass today at my Catholic parish the kids were greeted by the Easter Bunny passing out eggs. We have no problem with it. The bunny and the resurrection have nothing to do with each other but they both have something to do with spring and renewal.

19 posted on 04/08/2007 8:45:34 PM PDT by Hound of the Baskervilles ("Nonsense in the intellect draws evil after it." C.S. Lewis)
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Regardless .... JESUS LIVES!!!!!!
No matter what those dimwits say .....


20 posted on 04/08/2007 9:23:44 PM PDT by SkyDancer ("There Are Two Theories To Arguing With Women. Neither One Works")
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