1. Easter egg baskets and hunts.
2. Easter bunnies.
3. Outdoor "sunrise services."
4. Hot-cross buns.
5. The English word "Easter."
Those who insist "Easter is pagan!" act as if these things are the essence of what Easter is -- that without them, there is no Easter.
Yet the observance of Easter (i.e., the annual commemoration of the Resurrection) does not hinge on these things.
I turned to Catholicism about 24 years ago, observing Easter each year since then. Not once have I participated in an egg hunt, decorated with bunnies, or attended an outdoor "sunrise service." I don't know whether I've even seen a hot-cross bun.
I don't oppose these things; I just haven't done them. They're not important.
If the way I've observed Easter is still objectionable to the anti-Easter crowd -- and it is -- then it's not because they oppose "paganism." It's because they oppose the annual commemoration of the Resurrection of Jesus.
That's a sober realization.
TheDarrenator
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