Any other Christians annoyed at what society has turned Easter into?

[Opol]

I’m resigned that the same has been done to Christmas. But for me that is “only” the birth of Christ.

As a Roman Catholic, Easter is of far more importance to me. For me, God’s love for humanity meant he sacrificed his only son. Jesus’ resurrection is literally the embodiment of the victory of light over darkness, good over evil etc.

I don’t wish to gate keep but seeing it reduced to Easter baskets and chocolate rabbits is unpleasant to witness. I’m more annoyed at society making everything hollow and superficial via consumerism and over consumption.

I don’t wish to gate keep but seeing it reduced to Easter baskets and chocolate rabbits is unpleasant to witness. I’m more annoyed at society making everything hollow and superficial via consumerism and over consumption.

Eggs and rabbits ARE traditions of this country.

Pre- Christianity ones!

You can't re-write history.

Learning about other religions as part of cultural is not the issue. Telling my child that Jesus was a real person (and he was adamant, he has never said anyone else from religious literature is real) is not part of the school curriculum. As for my other son, he had no conversational speech due to autism and delays. For him to say ‘I believe in god’ would require someone getting him to repeat it several times with no actual understanding of the concept. Certainly no reading complex script. You’re undermining how evangelical people can be even when they don’t believe themselves to be.

Makes for a fun tic-tac-toe game, though.

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Just WTF is a xtian?!

Christian. Like Christmas being Xmas I assume.

@StaunchMomma

Given that the first chocolate Easter egg was produced by Cadbury's in 1875 I think it's a bit of a stretch to claim it's a pre Christian tradition.

Instead the association between eggs and Easter is a Christian one and arose in western Europe during the Middle Ages as a result of the fact that Catholic Christians were prohibited from eating eggs during Lent, but were allowed to eat them when Easter arrived.

As for rabbits the association between Easter and the Easter bunny is again a Christian one started by the German Lutherans.

Eggs were made by hens long before that.

But what we use to celebrate "Easter" is actually taken from ostara/spring equinox, so by using these things people are by default celebrating spring (bunnies, eggs, spring flowers). I for one use it to celebrate the arrival of spring and ostara as I do not believe or agree in the Christian Easter. Easter has been celebrated under that name since the Christians arrived and piggy backed on an existing pagan holiday which was about spring, so the Christians then taking it to other countries where it wasn't spring at that time is how these now non springtime countries celebrate Easter. Ostara would have been celebrated in different ways across northern Europe for many centuries before.

I think most of the major Christian holidays have connections to pagan celebrations and many non-Christian cultures have similar celebrations. So yes, yabu.

Thank you, that's what I assumed - flipping disrespectful though!

Everybody is offended by something these days….

Society hasn’t ‘turned Easter into something’. Easter is the spring festival of our ancient ancestors and culture which was all about new life, fertility and the return/rebirth of spring. Eggs, chicks, bunnies, lambs, nature, new life etc.

Christianity piggybacked the Easter tale onto Ostara as it did with Yule (Xmas), Imbolc (Candlemas), Samhain/Halloween (All Hallows Eve) amongst others.

How is it disrespectful? It’s a traditional Christian script using the X…

It's missing out the most important part! (which was clearly deliberate here).

I mean, I'm more pissed off about how the Catholic Church covered up child sexual abuse, but yeah, I guess chocolate eggs are also outrageous 🙄

But ‘X’ is old script for the anglicised ‘Christ’. It’s one thing to be offended by atheists and a negative view of religion, but being offended by using perfectly valid words within the Christian context is a bit much.

@Moonmelodies

"Eggs were made by hens long before that."

I think you'll find that the hens were made first before the eggs.

Not in Wales.

The Anglican church does not have the same status and England is only part of the UK.

@SpeedyDrama

Using xtian instead of Christian is neither common practice, edgy or cool. Instead it just looks knobby, provocative and lazy.

To you. Apparently it's perfectly fine for others. There goes that 'sensitive' faith again.

And what’s the point here.
How is any of that causing harm to this country.

OK, if you say so. I mean no one seems to actually agree on how to say or spell Jesus Christ anyway despite it being so important it’s caused more offence here.

As a Catholic, when I see people say this kind of thing I always wonder what they regularly do in society to help others less fortunate and show the world what being Christian means.

Everyone has the right to celebrate this time of year however they wish to. Your views on Easter are not more important than other people's. You do you and don't waste your time being annoyed at other people

OP is light on detail in that regard alright v🤔