Romans 14 gives folks the room to honor God on any day AS LONG AS it does not stand in contrast to His character (name). Of course that does not give us license to abrogate the Appointed Days, but one can add days if they wish. A Jew can set Purim apart or certain fasts... just as a Christian can set apart his baptism day or the day they found the empty tomb. Nobody is doing anything pagan by honoring God for raising the son on the morning the tomb was found empty. Furthermore, this cannot be ignored:
Lev 23:15 'And you shall count for yourselves from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering: seven Sabbaths shall be completed.
The word for Sabbath is Shabbat which denotes the weekly Sabbath not a High Sabbath. So, the day after the weekly Sabbath during Unleavened Bread is Sunday. This is the first day in the count of 7 Sabbaths until Shavuot. This is all tied, of course, to first fruits, and since Paul rightly shares with us that Yeshua, being the first born of the dead, is what all this points to... then for the Christian to gather on the Sunday after Passover is the closest mainstream Christianity comes to keeping a feast. There is NOTHING PAGAN HERE and to say there is, I really believe, is bearing false witness against brethren. All they are doing is celebrating the resurrection of the first born of the dead, first fruits. It is biblical even if not mandated as a holy convocation.
The eggs come from an Eastern Orthodox practice that began in the 300's and continues today. There is >>NO HISTORICAL EVIDENCE AT ALL FROM THE TIME PERIOD IN QUESTION<< that has eggs being dyed for ANYTHING before the Eastern Orthodox practice began. And they began the practice based on a Mary Magdalene story that they believe. I don't believe... maybe it happened... I don't care... bottom line is what they are doing is no different than a Jewish person celebrating Hanukkah. To them they are taking part in something that historically can't be proven but is believed and in their eyes gives additional honor to the one God of Israel. We KNOW the tomb was found empty BY sunrise Sunday morning, so, to gather in the morning on that day to tell God "thanks" is wrong or pagan? No, it is gratefulness!
The bunnies come late... like late 1800's from a series of short stories and like Coke using Santa at Christmas, the bunny was secularly and culturally adopted for commerical purposes. I see no reason to dye eggs and definitely no reason to have rabbits involved... but there is no tie to pagan worship and Ishtar like the Hebrew Roots/ Messianic world claim. Without TIME PERIOD evidence, then the claims can't be substantiated. And according to Torah, if they can't be substantiated, they can't even be made without crossing the line into Lashon hara. That is just letting Scripture guide my steps in dealing with this.
You're welcome to and I don't take it personal, not at all. But I am driven by two things and I would ask you to consider them.
1. We will be judged as we judged others. So if we have a brother who is in error and we judge him quickly, harshly, and without mercy... we can expect the same. Because of this, I made a decision through prayer a decade ago to err on the side of mercy. I think that is more consistent with the fruits of the Spirit anyway.
2. We cannot break Torah to defend Torah. I agree, the Feasts are what God desires, they remain pictures, teaching tools, and community builders. But... the awakening we see today is being done over time, a generation, and some simply won't see it all at the same time. If we assume and ascribe an evil intent to one who does not know better, we are breaking Torah because we are bearing false witness. We are treating them as if in rebellion when their sin is either unknown or unintentional, or both. Surely some pastors and layman know better, but MOST have no clue... YET.
Not only that... each of us have taken a path to get to where we are today. God knew we would use that path, He taught us along each step of the path in order to mold us into the person and servant we are today. If we then turn and call each step on the path pagan, lies, deception (etc.) then knowing God made use of those steps... how are we not profaning HIM and His name (reputation, character, authority) by destroying the method He used to allow you to even see what we have been blessed to see today?