Happy Easter Day everyone.

[The Aussie]

Well it's Easter Sunday here in the Great South Land.
I've just got home from the Easter Sunday service which my wife and I attended. We are Church of England Protestants if anyone is interested.

[The Aussie holds up his hands to quieten the cheering]

All across Australia today people are having lunch with their friends and relations, as we are here in our home.
Time to get ready for their arrival.
Happy Easter members.

[dilettante]

Happy Easter, all.

[Non Sequitur]

Blessed Easter all.

Alleluia! Christ has Risen!

[Americano]

Happy Mythology Day!

[dilettante]

Alleluia! Christ has Risen!

Christ has Risen indeed. :)

[Dominick]

So many pagans (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastre)here :eek:

;)

[Michael]

So many pagans (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastre)here :eek:

;)
Even the word for Easter comes from pagan origins - Yester, the pagan Goddess associated with spring and giving birth.

I wonder if good Christians give out chocolate bunnies or have egg-hunts with painted eggs for their kids on Easter? Seems somehow sacriligious or blasphemous to do so.

I don't see the same 'sacriligiousness' of Santa Claus and presents under the tree at Christmas since that's a festival that is almost entirely made up and celebrated almost entirely on a commercial basis - unrelated to the Christian Christ-mass (just happens to be the same day). But Easter is clearly an ancient pagan religious holy-day. To indulge in games with bunnies and eggs, one is tacitly supporting the idea of a particularly non-Christian pagan religion. This seems odd for Christians to accept.