I wish people would think first!

[joepythons]

Well as you all know Easter has come and gone.Of course as i predicted to Kristy the other day about people having ads up for rabbits needing rehomings.I just left looking at the local craigslist and sure enough several young rabbits needing homes .This really makes me mad that people run out and gotta have that cute little bunny in the house or Easter has no meaning to it.Now correct me if i am wrong but Easter was made for the pass over of Jesus correct? Sorry if my description of the meaning of Easter is wrong i do believe in god just not a full church goer.Of course the pet stores flood the extra cages with rabbits so they make the extra $$$$ .I just wish people would use thier brains first then possibly buy the rabbit for a life living pet .Not some impulse purchase

[PythonWallace]

I've been thinking about getting a rabbit or two. Maybe I'll go check CL. I've been itching for some stew.

[AzureN1ght]

If you want to be super-technical, Christians took over a pagan holiday. Ostara (or Eostre) (I think I'm spelling her name right) is a Norse fertility/Spring goddess whose symbols were the hare and the egg...it's a Spring thing. However, most modern people don't know anything about her and go with the Christian take-over meaning, even though the original pagan symbols still pervade the holiday. So...bunnies do have to do with the original celebration. But have nothing to do with the Christian celebration, which instead focuses on the death/resurrection of Christ.

When Christians were converting people, we liked to take over their traditional holidays and sort of morph them--it made conversion easier.

[panthercz]

Easter had nothing to do with Jesus in anyway until Christians said it did. Same for Christmas. Both were large holidays for many other religions and cultures. In an attempt to squelch pagan rituals, Christians created their holidays and celebrated them "coincidentally" at the same time as the pagan holidays.

In coming with the mixing of both pagan and christian holiday's things got mixed together and the sign of renew and fertility got placed on the rabbit. Same for Christmas with the Christmas tree, that came to be because of a mix of Egyptian culture blending with Christian.

[panthercz]

If you want to be super-technical, Christians took over a pagan holiday. Ostara (or Eostre) (I think I'm spelling her name right) is a Norse fertility/Spring goddess whose symbols were the hare and the egg...it's a Spring thing. However, most modern people don't know anything about her and go with the Christian take-over meaning, even though the original pagan symbols still pervade the holiday. So...bunnies do have to do with the original celebration. But have nothing to do with the Christian celebration, which instead focuses on the death/resurrection of Christ.

When Christians were converting people, we liked to take over their traditional holidays and sort of morph them--it made conversion easier.

Crap you posted right before me, while I was still typeing.

[frankykeno]

I'm still trying to figure out how a rabbit poops out foil covered chocolate eggs and what exactly that has to do with pretty much anything!

[Elvyra's Keeper]

If you want to be super-technical, Christians took over a pagan holiday. Ostara (or Eostre) (I think I'm spelling her name right) is a Norse fertility/Spring goddess whose symbols were the hare and the egg...it's a Spring thing. However, most modern people don't know anything about her and go with the Christian take-over meaning, even though the original pagan symbols still pervade the holiday. So...bunnies do have to do with the original celebration. But have nothing to do with the Christian celebration, which instead focuses on the death/resurrection of Christ.

When Christians were converting people, we liked to take over their traditional holidays and sort of morph them--it made conversion easier.

What irritates me about this, is how many Christians look down on Pagans as being "Devil Worshipers" and evil-doers, yet when you tell them that many of their "Christian" holidays originated as Pagan, they completely deny it.

[Brimstone111888]

Easter had nothing to do with Jesus in anyway until Christians said it did. Same for Christmas. Both were large holidays for many other religions and cultures. In an attempt to squelch pagan rituals, Christians created their holidays and celebrated them "coincidentally" at the same time as the pagan holidays.

In coming with the mixing of both pagan and christian holiday's things got mixed together and the sign of renew and fertility got placed on the rabbit. Same for Christmas with the Christmas tree, that came to be because of a mix of Egyptian culture blending with Christian.

Ding Ding Ding! There were about 12--15 different pagan religions all with the same characteristics as Christianity. Christianity merely copied other religions with the holidays.

Youtube the word Zietgiest.

[Entropy]

If you want to be really technical easter was a pagan holiday....

However to hop back on topic I agree that rabbits and chicks are the WORST things to get people for easter. I remember when I managed the pet store we had so very many people coming in practically begging us to take in their easter bunny mistakes. It's sad that's for sure.

HAHA! Looks like many already beat me to it.

[cassandra]

Oooh, time to stock the freezer with Lourdes chow!