Easter
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Easter is a wonderful time of year. It is marked by an anthropomorphized rabbit that brings chocolate and pastel coloured eggs to all of the little Christian boys and girls of the world. Easter also has something vaguely to do with Jesus.Easter is basically the ultimate BDSM holiday for Christians. They get to watch (or imagine) their God getting whipped almost to death. Then He has to drag the cross upon which He will be tied and left to die upon up a hill, where it will be planted in the ground, and He gets tied up on it. Then He suffers for Your (oops, sorry "you" ain't important enough to be capitalized!) sins for many steadfast hours. In the end he chickens out (it would take much longer for a human to die under such circumstances -- such was the nature of Roman crucifixion) and commends his spirit back to his Dad. A couple of days later (three, supposedly -- the whole Good Friday thing is badly interpreted) he lumbers around, and shows a few (hundred?) friends his nail wounds.
After thousands of years, people still are awed by "stigmata" (which, by the way, is an awesome song).
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[edit] Two Easters for the price of One!
Eastern Orthodox Christianity celebrates Easter after the Roman Catholic and Protestant churches, so they can buy their chocolate rabbits and marshmallow Peeps on sale.
[edit] Jews and Easter
According to the King James Version of the Bible, even Jews like King Herod celebrated Easter for a time!
Acts 12:3-4 And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.) And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.
[edit] Origin of "Easter" and the "bunny"
The Easter bunny is a pagan symbol of fertility, probably tracing its origin from being the protected/blessed/favorite/pet animal of Ostara, (or Eostre in old English), Goddess of fertility. Bunnies being, you know, fertile (they breed like them, of course!). And eggs themselves are symbols of new life and fertility. But what the magical connection is between bunnies and eggs (besides chocolate), no one really knows.
But, according to the video below, there may be another explanation for the Easter bunny. And why dogs can't eat chocolate. (Who knew?)
[edit] See also
- Jesus on an Easter stick
- Christmas
- The bad boy Himself!

