There is no room in Christian belief for the admittedly pagan practices of so many in Christendom.This appears to have been in support of a poster who said:
“All of the Lent and Easter abomination is pagan and God clearly condemned it in scripture.”“God doesn’t smile down on people who celebrate Easter.”
As I've followed this long and mostly irrelevant thread it's quite plain that the “gotcha” and “one upsmanship” comments are attempts at personal put downs not debate and that's the reason I've stayed (mostly) out of it. It's distasteful.
The pagan origin of the symbols of Easter and Christmas are well known to Catholic, Protestant, atheists....scholars of all persuasions. The really debatable point is whether it should matter to anyone. I think it most certainly should no matter others opinions.