Why do we have the Easter bunny?

Answer 1

The Catholic Encyclopedia: "A great many pagan customs, celebrating the return of spring, gravitated to Easter. The egg is the emblem of the germinating life of early spring. . . . The rabbit is a pagan symbol and has always been an emblem of fertility."-(1913), Vol. V, p. 227.

Why do we have the Easter Bunny?

The American Book of Days: "There is no doubt that the Church in its early days adopted the old pagan customs and gave a Christian meaning to them. As the festival of Eostre was in celebration of the renewal of life in the spring it was easy to make it a celebration of the resurrection from the dead of Jesus, whose gospel they preached."

Therefore it was NOT Jehovah God; but it was 'The Church' which adoped the pagan bunny symbol, and conveniently gave it a Bible meaning; in order to appease and intigrate pagans into an adulterated form of Christianity. The early disciples did not view the Easter Bunny as an approved symbol for Christianity.

Answer 2

The Catholic Encyclopedia: "A great many pagan customs, celebrating the return of spring, gravitated to Easter. The egg is the emblem of the germinating life of early spring. . . . The rabbit is a pagan symbol and has always been an emblem of fertility."-(1913), Vol. V, p. 227.

Why do we have the Easter bunny?

The American Book of Days: "There is no doubt that the Church in its early days adopted the old pagan customs and gave a Christian meaning to them. As the festival of Eostre was in celebration of the renewal of life in the spring it was easy to make it a celebration of the resurrection from the dead of Jesus, whose gospel they preached."

Therefore it was NOT Jehovah God; but it was 'The Church' which adoped the pagan bunny symbol, and conveniently gave it a Bible meaning; in order to appease and intigrate pagans into an adulterated form of Christianity. The early disciples did not view the Easter bunny as an approved symbol for Christianity.