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I just watched a documentary that claims Christmas and Easter are pagan holidays that were adopted by early christians. Easter was a pagan fertility festival that involved orgies and virgin sacrifice. Pagan rituals were based on seasonal / celestial events and the pagans used the first day of spring (spring equinox) for this. The main fertility symbols were the egg and the rabbit (as in, “they reproduce like rabbits”). I was skeptical at first, but then I started thinking about eggs and rabbits and how those two things DO bring to mind fertility (I grew up on a farm and rabbits really do just have sex all day!), and I could think of nothing that they would have to do with Jesus!

From the internet:
The ancient goddess, Eostre, a Saxon deity who symbolized new life and fertility, was the key symbol of this celebration which was also known as Ostara.

Does anyone know if any of this is true and what bunnies and eggs have to do with Jesus and God? Are we worshipping pagan gods!?

Magic and Rhythm

The magic was in the air that night.
She could smell it as she entered the circle where the people gathered.
She were preparing for the main ritual of the festival.
She removed her shoes and felt the cool spring grass beneath her shoes,
She closed her eyes and felt the slight breeze.
The horn was blown to call forth the rest.
A few moments later, the opening came.
The ritual was long, though it seemed to last only a moment.
She took it all in.
She thanked the god and goddess for that night.
When they returned,
they all lit the fire with their candles.
The drumming began soon.
She felt the rhythm in her heart.
Her body began to move.
She recalled the happenings of the night as she began to dance around the brilliant fire.
Her heart was racing as she went into a trance.
She danced nonstop for hours.
Several were dancing with her.
She danced until the first light of morning came,
with the magic, and the rhythm leading her onward.

The World BOok Encyclopedia informs us: “Valentine’s Day comes on the on the feast day of two different Christian martyrs named Valentine. But the customs connected with the day…probably come from an ancient Roman festival called Lupercalia which took place every Feb. 15. The festival honored Juno, the Roman goddess of women and marriage, and Pan, the god of nature.”

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