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"Ok, that’s a long article of nonsense."

Look it up yourself.
Do not heed the CUSTOMS OF MEN .

As the article states;

Here is what the vaunted Catholic Encyclopedia has to say about Easter: “The English term, according to the Ven. Bede ( De temporum ratione , I, v) relates to Eostre, a Teutonic goddess of the rising light of day and spring… that the Apostolic fathers [the apostles of Christ] do not mention it and that we first hear of it principally through the controversy of the Quartodecimans are purely accidental” (The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. V, p. 224). A “Teutonic goddess of the rising light of day and spring” ? Well, yes, but much, much more than merely a pagan goddess of the rising light of day and spring. She was, in the demented minds of superstitious pagans, a goddess of sex and fertility; of fecundity and procreativity. Her symbols were, most importantly, the egg, and, secondarily, the rabbit. Of course, rabbits don’t lay eggs, but many a child does not learn this until a later age. Bunnies are cuddly to little children. So are tiny chickens, and gaily-colored eggs. Concerning Easter eggs, the Catholic Encyclopedia somewhat reluctantly admits, “The custom may have its origin in paganism, for a great many pagan customs, celebrating the return of spring [and therefore directly related to SUN-worship], gravitated to Easter. The egg is the emblem of the germinating life of early spring…the Easter rabbit lays the eggs, for which reason they are hidden in a nest or in the garden. The rabbit is a pagan symbol and has always been an emblem of fertility… In France, handball playing was one of the Easter amusements, found also in Germany… The ball may represent the sun, which is believed to take three leaps in rising on Easter morning” (ibid. p. 227). Dozens of “quaint” customs derived from ancient superstitions and myths. Most revolved around cupidity, and had suggestive fertility rites obvious in their execution. The same source admits, “On Easter Monday the women had a right to strike their husbands. On Tuesday the men struck their wives, as in December the servants scolded their masters… In the northern parts of England the men parade the streets on Easter Sunday and claim the privilege of lifting every woman three times from the ground, receiving in payment a kiss or a silver sixpence. In Neumark (Germany) on Easter day the men servants whip the maidservants with switches; on Monday the maids whip the men. They secure their release with Easter eggs. These customs are probably of pre-Christian origin.” (Ibid. p. 227). These, and many other rituals, were pagan fertility rites, derived from worship of the sun. For example, the same source says, “The Easter Fire is lit on the top of mountains (Easter Mountain, Osterberg) and must be kindled from new fire, drawn from wood by friction; this is a custom of pagan origin in vogue all over Europe, signifying the victory of spring over winter… the church adopted the observance into the Easter ceremonies, referring it to the fiery column in the desert and to the resurrection of Christ” (Ibid. p. 227, emphasis mine). Note that admission carefully, for it lies at the very heart of the matter. Now, notice the origin of the name “Easter.” Hislop says, “It is not a Christian name. It bears its Chaldean origin on its very forehead. Easter is nothing else than Astarte, one of the titles of Beltis, the queen of heaven, whose name, as pronounced by the people of Nineveh, was evidently identical with that now in common use in this country. That name, as found by Layard on the Assyrian monuments, is Ishtar” ( The Two Babylons , Hislop, p. 103). The “h” was silent, just as in the Assyrian “Astarte,” where the last two letters were also silent, giving the identical pronunciation used today, “Easter.” Of course, as millions know and also observe, “Easter” is preceded by forty days of “Lent.” But where did “Lent” come from ?” Is it the past tense of “to lend” ? Is it something found in one’s navel ? It certainly is not found in the Bible ! Let Hislop answer: “The forty days’ abstinence of Lent was directly borrowed from the worshippers of the Babylonian goddess. Such a Lent of forty days, `in the spring of the year,’ is still observed by the Yezidis or pagan devil-worshippers of Koordistan, who have inherited it from their early masters, the Babylonians. Such a Lent of forty days was held in the spring by the pagan Mexicans, for thus we read in Humboldt [ Mexican Researches, v. i. P. 404] where he gives account of Mexican observances: `Three days after the vernal equinox…began a solemn fast of forty days in honor of the sun.’ Such a Lent of forty days was observed in Egypt, as may be seen on consulting Wilkinson’s Egyptians. This Egyptian Lent of forty days, we are informed by Landseer, in his Sabean Researches, was held expressly in commemoration of Adonis or Osiris, the great mediatorial god” (ibid. p. 105). There is no part of “Easter” which is not rooted in rank paganism. “But we don’t do it with those pagan meanings in mind,” one might protest. Naturally ! That is the whole point ! It is the disguise, the deception, the counterfeit which Satan uses to delude and deceive, not a direct admission of the truth. As Hislop says, “To conciliate the pagans to nominal Christianity, Rome, pursuing its usual policy, took measures to get the Christian and Pagan festivals amalgamated, and, by a complicated but skillful adjustment of the calendar, it was found no difficult matter, in general, to get Paganism and Christianity _now far sunk in idolatry _ in this as in so many other things, to shake hands” (Ibid. p. 105). What does God Almighty say about His people “adapting” pagan rituals and ceremonies into their worship toward the true God ? “When the LORD thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their land; “Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods ? even so will I do likewise . “Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods. “What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto , nor diminish from it” (Deuteronomy 12:29-32).

Again, it references Bede only.

Bede was a Christian monk writing a guess 300 years after paganism died.

There is no other reference to any deity called Eostre

Furthermore, until the reformation, the feast was called the Pasval, passover feast

The actual tradition of the Easter Bunny originated with the Lutherans in Germany in the 16th century. Not only is the Easter Bunny not a pre-Christian pagan tradition, it is actually newer than the Protestant Reformation.

And No, the Lutherans didn't take a pagan tradition, nor did they make anything non-Christian -- the "Easter Hare" originally played the role of a judge, evaluating whether children were good or disobedient in behavior at the start of the season of passover

Hares are seen most often in the spring. It's their "rutting season," when the simultaneous hectic activities of gorging themselves to make up for their winter fast, mating happen in a sort time

the Dutch call the Easter Hare "Paashaas," using the name "Pasch," which is the universal name for Easter outside of German- and English-speaking countries.

In short, the Easter Bunny isn't religious, but he was invented by Christians fairly recently - later than the reformation

just to reiterate the Pascal celebrations have nothing to do with Ishtar -- Modern English as we know it dates to the 16th century and even Old English (think Beowulf Written in Old English in the 7th century: "Hwæt. We Gardena in geardagum, " - read that link and tell me if you understand anything) -- even Old English dates to a time when the Ishtar cult was dead

Ishtar’s name is not pronounced anything like the English pronunciation (nor the American nor the Australian etc.) of “Easter.” It is pronounced exactly how it is spelled: /ˈɪʃtɑːr/. The name Ishtar is a transliteration of the name 𒀭𒈹 (iš-tar) in Sumerian cuneiform

Pasha has never been a celebration of Ishtar. The earliest evidence for the celebration of Pascha distinct from the Jewish holiday of Passover comes from Christian texts written in around the middle of the second century AD, which all refer to Pascha as a Christian Holy Day celebrating the resurrection of Jesus.

Of course, these early Christian sources weren’t written in English -- I'm sure that's a shock to you, but the Bible wasn't written in KJV English, so they don’t call the holiday “Easter”; instead, the holiday was originally known in Greek as Πάσχα (Páscha) and in Latin as Pascha. The name Pascha is derived from the Aramaic word פַּסְחָא (Pasḥā), meaning “Passover.”

The word for “Easter” in every single Romance language, in every single Celtic language, and in most Germanic languages is some form of Pascha. English and German are somewhat aberrations in this regard, since the word for Easter in English is Easter and the word in German is Ostern.

Finally Ishtar is derived from the Sumerian Inanna -- and both are goddesses of sex and fertility and neither had eggs or bunnies as symbols for themselves Ishtar’s primary symbols in ancient Mesopotamia were the eight-pointed star and the rosette and the animals she was most closely associated with were the lion and the dove.

Ishtar with a bow and riding a lion - a relief from southern Iraq dating to 1900 BC

So to conclude - there is nothing connecting Ish-tar with Easter except in the minds of the same folks who believe that the pyramids are spaceships from Uranus

Let me also expound on the "Eostre" false connection.

Ēostre is attested by a single extremely brief mention in the treatise De Temporum Ratione (“On the Reckoning of Time”), written in Latin in around 725 AD by the English monk Bede the Venerable (lived c. 673 – 735 AD).

In chapter fifteen, Bede claims based on nothing more than a guess that the name of the English month Ēosturmōnaþ came from a pagan goddess named Ēostre who had a festival during that month in olden times. In the original Latin, Bede wrote

“Eostur-monath, qui nunc Paschalis mensis interpretatur, quondam a Dea illorum quæ Eostre vocabatur, et cui in illo festa celebrabant nomen habuit: a cuius nomine nunc Paschale tempus cognominant, consueto antiquæ observationis vocabulo gaudia novæ solemnitatis vocantes.”

“Ēosturmōnaþ is the name which is now used "Paschal month", and which was once called after a goddess of theirs named Ēostre, in whose honour feasts were celebrated in that month. Now they designate that Paschal season by her name

This is the only surviving mention of the goddess Ēostre in any surviving ancient text. There are no inscriptions with her name, no other texts that mention her, and no known surviving temples to her. This one passage from Bede is the only concrete evidence we have that Ēostre was ever worshipped.

Ēostre’s name appears to be derived from the Proto-Germanic word *Austrǭ, which is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root word *h₂éwsōs, meaning “dawn.” or "east" -- hence the term "Oster-reich" - Eastern land

So buddy boys - feel free to use this to show that Pasqua has nothing to do with Ishtar, nor with a fake deity called Eostre

AND easter bunnies date to post-Reformation German tradition - just like the Easter Fox, Easter Stork.

https://www.cogwriter.com/easter.htm