Easter

[Belsnickel]

(03-26-2016, 08:25 PM)xxlt Wrote: This post may point to some of the reasons why Easter never seemed to have primacy to me. The Eostre symbols do seem to overwhelm the Christian ones more than with some other holidays that while Christian, nonetheless steal pagan imagery.

Arguably the most important, yes, but as you say it is faith and ultimately even the great Thomas Aquinas said his Summa Theologica was, "just straw." It is all spit balling.

I wonder if I had created a poll if I would have gotten more responses... How do you like your Easter rabbits, hollow or solid chocolate comes to mind...

Eh, every holiday has traditions rooted in practices in existence long before the holiday was conceived in its present form. At least when it comes to religion. Christmas and Easter, the two Christian biggies, are ripe with the stuff. In reality, it is smart, and it is why Christendom grew so large. So many things were done to make it easier for folks to be Christian and hold on to their old ways and in doing so they made it easier to convert. The common rabble often didn't care whether they were praying to Odin/Woden/Wotan or to Jesus, they were more superstitious than religious, and the festivals maintaining some similarities played an important role in maintaining that tradition.

Also, hollow.