Monday, March 17, 2008

Letter: Easter celebrations are rooted in Paganism, not Christianity

Easter, Astarte or Ishtar, whose alternate name is Semaramis, was the wife of Nimrod, priest and king of Babylon. Easter is the worship of the sun god, having nothing to do with Christ’s resurrection.

Consider:

1. The Good Friday lie.
Christ was not crucified on Friday. He had to be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth, according to the Jewish days, so Friday only allowed for two nights and a day. Christ was put on the cross on a Wednesday, the fourth day of the week, on Passover evening.

2. The Easter morning lie.
Christ arose out of the grave when it was dark and not at dawn. No room in the King James Version for sunrise services.

3. The Easter day lie.
Easter is the name of a pagan, vernal festival that comes the first Sunday after the vernal equinox (first day of spring). To associate Easter with Christ’s resurrection is a lie.

4. The Easter Bunny lie.
The hare or rabbit was a fertility symbol as they rapidly multiply. So churches have Easter plays, Easter dramas and Easter egg hunts, all of which have nothing to do with Christ’s resurrection. All is paganism, not to mention the idea that rabbits lay eggs.

5. The Easter egg lie.
Legend has it than an egg fell from heaven into the Euphrates River, fish rolled it to the bank, a dove settled on it and hatched it and out came Venus, the Syrian goddess Astarte or Easter. This is all tied up with sun worship instead of Son worship.

6. The Easter clothes lie.
New clothes must be worn at Easter. This tradition has sprung from the belief that as the Earth seemed to put on new garments in the spring, it was considered lucky to wear something new at spring festivals.

Authentic, genuine biblical Christianity has nothing to do with paganism. Easter is a counterfeit, spurious sham.

Louie Cordova
Statesville

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