by Most Lee Harmless » Wed Apr 20, 2022 1:33 am
'Chocolate bunnies' are a perfectly fine symbol of Easter. That is, the original Easter, not the usual mish-mash of borrowed symbolism and feasts overlaid with 'Christian' veneers.
Easter is a time of feasting and worship which far predates Christianity, the name itself is that of the Germanic goddess of fertility. The Spring rites celebrating new birth and asking for the blessings of fertility have occurred at that time fot thousands of years before JC was even a glimmer in his mothers eye.
The hare (oft confused with the rabbit though the same family they are quite distinct) was an ancient Celtic symbol, celebrating both mystery and fertility. It was also associated with the Goddess of Fertilty.
So... chocolate bunnies? Why not, chocolate is known as an aphrodisiac and what better gift for the Spring Rites of Fertilty?
Of course, Easter is not the only ancient time of festival 'borrowed' by Christianity : Yule, the midwinter festival, with its ancient traditions of the Yule Log, and decorating trees with small 'gifts' is another victim. 'Halloween' is yet another, imposing the Christian feast of All Hallows over the far more ancient tradition of communing with ones ancestors on the night that the boundary between our world and the spirit world was at its thinnest.
So, it is amusing when Christians get all uppity about their 'sacred' symbols and feasts : you stole every single one of them from existing religions and practices. They aint yours to protest about.
Now, go away and pray.
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Most Lee Harmless on Wed Apr 20, 2022 1:34 am, edited 1 time in total.
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