Should Rabbits and Eggs Be Part of Easter?

[JCrawf]

This may be true...but what about the reindeer?

What about them? They're one God's creatures too.

(http://www.wonderclub.com/Wildlife/mammals/reindeer.html)

Pax Tecum,

John

 

[JCrawf]

Who here has issues with Easter/eggs/bunnies, but celebrates their birthday (and especially, has a birthday cake)?

I do!

I mean how does a bunny lay eggs, and are we really sure that it's chocolate that those eggs are made out of?

At least with a cake, we are fairly certain of their ingredients and where they come from.

J/K

Pax Tecum,

John

 

[JCrawf]

Fertility = new life
Resurrection = new life

What's the problem with the connection?

Because eggs don't save, Jesus does!

*Ducks while everyone throws plastic colored eggs my way*

Pax Tecum,

John

 

[catlover]

I do!

I mean how does a bunny lay eggs, and are we really sure that it's chocolate that those eggs are made out of?

At least with a cake, we are fairly certain of their ingredients and where they come from.

J/K

Pax Tecum,

John

 

[Oblio]

Since all of Creation is affected by the Resurrection, and eggs and rabbits are part of Creation ...

 

[catlover]

Since all of Creation is affected by the Resurrection, and eggs and rabbits are part of Creation ...

I like that sentiment! Didn't Saint Francis preach to a rabbit?

 

[katherine2001]

Since all of Creation is affected by the Resurrection, and eggs and rabbits are part of Creation ...

That's right. Jesus saved all of creation through His death and Resurrection. He saved it through His baptism in the Jordan also.

I look forward to getting my red Easter egg (we get this because Mary Magdalene gave the Roman emporer a red egg to symbolize Christ's death and Resurrection) after the Agape Vespers next Sunday.

 

[revrobor]

I look forward to getting my red Easter egg (we get this because Mary Magdalene gave the Roman emporer a red egg to symbolize Christ's death and Resurrection)

Where will I find that in the Bible?

 

[Oblio]

Where will I find that in the Bible?

Why would that matter ?

 

[FaithInTheWord]

Maybe I would be offended if I knew what you meant I thought it was Roman soldiers who nailed him to the Cross after He was turned over by the Jews. In the grand scheme of things it was for the sins of man. Also, the religion that Rev. was speaking of is the Christian religion--which was born from Christ and which we all believe in (otherwise we couldn't post in this forum). It is the opposite of what led to His death.

You thought it was Roman soldiers? It was the Jews that handed Jesus over to the Romans. (Not the entire Jewish nation, but those that would lose their prosperity in religion). Remember that Jesus was doing away with all the traditions of religion, and this troubled those in power. Imagine someone making a living from your sins each year, only to find out that a man named Jesus was telling everyone to confess sins through the Son and not man. Those are the ones that turned Jesus over to the Romans, and therefore is why I stated Religion is what nailed Christ to the cross…

 

[katherine2001]

Actually, Jesus kept all the Jewish rituals. He just said to use them correctly and in the right spirit.

 

[catlover]

Katherine, so red eggs are handed out during the Easter service?

 

[JCrawf]

Remember that Jesus was doing away with all the traditions of religion, and this troubled those in power.

Not quite. Christainity itself is a religion that was instituted by Christ. All Christians have traditions, no matter how much they may want to deny it. For instance, the Nativity is a traditional symbol of Christ's birth, Christ as the lamb of God is also a religious tradition handed down to us first from Christ and then through the apostles. Thus, Christ wasn't doing away with religion and traditions, instead he was creating them all anew in the heart and soul of the religion we now call Chrisianity.

Imagine someone making a living from your sins each year, only to find out that a man named Jesus was telling everyone to confess sins through the Son and not man.

You don't understand atonement too well do you? The priests of the Jews were essentialy doing in their temporary role what Christ does for us all in the eternal - that is atonement for sins. This is where we get the view of Christ as the lamb of God in that it was a lamb used in the sacrifice made for atonement by the priest. Christ himself took the role of both lamb and priest in his sacrifice which is the atonement for all people of all time. The sacrifice done by the priest was a foreshadow of what would be fulfilled in Christ.

However, Christ never did away with confession, which is a core aspect concerning forgiveness. For if we are suppose to confess our sins, otherwise we become liars and children of the one who is called the father of lies and a murderer from the beginning. Christ also make it clear that the Apostles, and therefore the Church, was given the power to loose and bind, which included that whatever is forgiven on earth by these apostolic men and leaders of Christ's body on earth would be also forgiven in heaven.

Christ never overturned the reality that one must confess their own sins and forgive other people their own sins. Nor is it true to say that priests in their rightful duty are living off of other people's sin. If that were reflective of the true nature of priests, then what would that mean of Christ being the eternal high priest? Does Christ himself make a living off of our sin and suffering? For that is what your caricature of priests would ultimatley lead to by your line of reasoning. Thus, in painting a priest in the worst possibly manner, you do the same to Christ, who is an eternal high priest.

Pax Tecum,

John

 

[JCrawf]

Since all of Creation is affected by the Resurrection, and eggs and rabbits are part of Creation ...

...then we should worship the Creator that brought about the resurrection rather than the creation.

Pax Tecum,

John

 

[Tenebrae]

...then we should worship the Creator that brought about the resurrection rather than the creation.

Pax Tecum,

John

who says we dont

I work in a place that runs under the phillospohies of Rudolph Steiner.

I have stopped praying the grace(at work), because in the grace it gives glory to the creation rather than the creator.

I eat easter eggs at eater. I'm a chocalate fiend. However do I worship them, most definately not. My worship goes to the King of Kings and Lord of lords, the one who reached down into the mud that was my life and picked me up out of it

 

[icedtea]

Do people actually eat Peeps??

Those who eat peeps need deliverance.


kidding

 

[icedtea]

I was always forced to wear a silly hat for easter as a child.
I hated it.
But i enjoy coloring eggs; if I did it another time of year, people would think me daft. I also love hollow chocolate bunnies. In fact, I am buying extra bunnies and egg coloring kits and will use them later in the year so people can say "Where did you find them? No store has them!"
hee

heres some colored smilies representing colored eggs

 

[JCrawf]

who says we dont

Good question.

I work in a place that runs under the phillospohies of Rudolph Steiner.

I have stopped praying the grace(at work), because in the grace it gives glory to the creation rather than the creator.

Sounds like an interesting place to work. Education or agriculture? (Assumption based on that Steiner was an influence in both fields).

I eat easter eggs at easter. I'm a chocalate fiend. However do I worship them, most definately not.

That's good.

My worship goes to the King of Kings and Lord of lords, the one who reached down into the mud that was my life and picked me up out of it

Indeed. And Amen.

Pax Tecum,

John

 

[meowmie]

Christmas and Easter have both have become secular holidays for many people. Many non-Christians, including some Jewish friends of mine "celebrate" both Christmas and Easter.

But they don't TRULY celebrate either holiday. They celebrate the gifts and the tree, the eggs and the bunnys, not Christ's birth and resurrection.

Many Christians also have chosen to celebrate these holidays. They, like myself, do the tree and egg thing and have always enjoyed doing so. But I have kept my focus where it belongs...on Christ!

There is nothing wrong with taking something "bad" and turning it into something "good". For example, the Rainbow...is it a symbol of God's promise to man or one of the Homosexual lifestyle?!?!?!

These things are what we make of them. They are not wrong if we remember that first and foremost, they are Christian holidays. You can make "bad" of most anything if you do otherwise.

 

[JCrawf]

These things are what we make of them. They are not wrong if we remember that first and foremost, they are Christian holidays. You can make "bad" of most anything if you do otherwise.

Amen.

Pax Tecum,

John