Easter Eggs?

[canadyjd]

Your view of Easter eggs/hunts?

It seems to me to be near blasphemous to sully the most important event in human history with magic rabbits that poop eggs full of candy.

Even worse is to have churches embrace such activity on the property.

For the record, my wife thinks I’m overreacting.

peace to tou

 

[Aaron]

At about 5 minutes they talk about the origin of the egg and rabbit traditions.

 

[Scarlett O.]

I'm with your wife.

It's like everything else in the world. It all depends on where, why, and in what order you put the spiritual emphasis of Christ.

Our church has the children's Easter party on Wednesday night before Easter. It used to be - many moons ago either the Saturday before or that Sunday after church.

But this Wednesday night we will:

• hunt Easter eggs outside the gym [pre-school through about 4th grade]
• come inside and eat chicken nuggets and mac/cheese and cupcakes
• but the bulk of the time will be spent on the floor watching a child-appropriate video of the gospel
• have a discussion of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, our sin, and his resurrection - different adults will take turn talking, while sitting on the floor with the children

After working with children at church for well over 40 years, I have no problem with Easter egg hunts when put in their proper place.

 

[JonC]

Are Easter Eggs dangerous? No. Colored eggs are not dangerous to people, Christian or not. I would agree with your wife that you are overreacting. About 50 years ago (a time many seem to want to return in regards of the Church) churches sang hymns out of hymnals. They had orders of service, sang hymns, sang the Doxology and collected the offering, and then a sermon. They had fellowship dinners, and often hung out after church to visit with one another. We went Sunday morning, Sunday evening, and every Wednesday night. After church on Sunday many of us went to the same restaurant and fellowshipped amongst the banana pudding.

And we had Halloween festivals for the kids, we hid Easter eggs, we asked the children what Santa was bringing them, we had home made ice cream in the summers (sometimes a fire truck would show up for the kids). I was actually one of the kids back then. And that type of environment was conductive towards my salvation.

We were not hung up on legalistic mumbo jumbo like being scared of eggs that had been colored with dye.

 

[Van]

Scripture tells us to blend in and use things in common to spread the good news. Anti-Christians sully our holy days with Santa Claus to divert attention from Christ's birth, and the Easter Bunny to divert attention from Christ's resurrection. But we can celebrate family and do stuff to make joyous memories with our families, and the families of those who need Jesus. The history of outreach success by party poopers is less than stellar.

 

[JonC]

My wife worked at a Church pre-school.

One day (around Easter) a parent started yelling and insulting a teacher. The issue was the class had drawn Easter bunnies. Turns out they had drawn dinosaurs.

A new teacher spent a Saturday decorating her room for the kids. But she has a picture of a bunny. The children's minister saw the room and yelled at her, telling her the pagan pictures would be down in 5 minutes or she would be fired. She complied but was in tears.

The point is we are to interact with one another in love. So what if I call the first day of the week "Sunday"? Sure, the name is of pagan origin. But we are not worshipping a goddess by using the word.

Same with Easter eggs. Those who color and hide eggs for the children are expressing love to those kids, sharing in their joy. They are not observing pagan rituals.

 

[JonC]

Scripture tells us to blend in and use things in common to spread the good news. Anti-Christians sully our holy days with Santa Claus to divert attention from Christ's birth, and the Easter Bunny to divert attention from Christ's resurrection. But we can celebrate family and do stuff to make joyous memories with our families, and the families of those who need Jesus. The history of outreach success by party poopers is less than stellar.

A local church when I lived in TN would have egg hunts for the kids and adults.

They went to a park and invited the community (mostly lower income people). They had hot dogs and sodas, there was an evangelistic sermon and people from the church interacting with the community. The kids hunted eggs and then the adults. For the adults the plastic eggs had certificates for groceries, oil changes, restaurants etc.).

Our churches official position was to ignore Easter as pagan (we had a resurrection Sunday service).

God used the other church in the community. Same with a non-denominational church that had Halloween festivals to reach the community.

Looking back, I think our church was not only legalistic but also disobedient. I hope not, but I suspect so.

 

[Alcott]

Poor poll question; because the only 2 choices do not answer it.

 

[canadyjd]

Thank you all for the comments.

Here’s my thinking.

At some point children realize Santa isn’t really bringing them presents, the tooth fairy doesn’t take their teeth and leave money and the Easter bunny doesn’t leave eggs.

They have been conditioned to believe these made up stories as children.

By associating the resurrection of Jesus with a made up story about a magic rabbit, they can easily conclude the resurrection is a made up story as well.

Peace to you

 

[canadyjd]

Poor poll question; because the only 2 choices do not answer it.

I tend to look at things as “of God” or “of Satan”.

I’ll take the “f” for poor poll question.

peace to you

 

[Aaron]

Thank you all for the comments.

Here’s my thinking.

At some point children realize Santa isn’t really bringing them presents, the tooth fairy doesn’t take their teeth and leave money and the Easter bunny doesn’t leave eggs.

They have been conditioned to believe these made up stories as children.

By associating the resurrection of Jesus with a made up story about a magic rabbit, they can easily conclude the resurrection is a made up story as well.

Peace to you

Oh. I don't think anyone would advocate teaching kids to believe lies. Some of my earliest memories were easter egg hunts, but it was Grandma that hid the eggs. No one even thought of telling us otherwise.

 

[rlvaughn]

Your view of Easter eggs/hunts?

It seems to me to be near blasphemous to sully the most important event in human history with magic rabbits that poop eggs full of candy.

Even worse is to have churches embrace such activity on the property.

For the record, my wife thinks I’m overreacting.

peace to tou

Not a big fan, but if kept out of the church, I am mostly ambivalent, and don't see it as real harm to hide something for kids to hunt and find. It has nothing to do with Jesus and his resurrection -- which in fact should be made clear, and I think we should realize we are celebrating the resurrection every Sunday rather than once a year. So I go with letting families follow their traditions, but with churches' keeping their faith and practice following the teachings of scripture.

 

[Salty]

 

[canadyjd]

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Now that’s funny!!!

peace to you

 

[RighteousnessTemperance&]

Now that’s funny!!!

And so true. Gotta be a good spiritual application in that.

 

[Earth Wind and Fire]

Your view of Easter eggs/hunts?

It seems to me to be near blasphemous to sully the most important event in human history with magic rabbits that poop eggs full of candy.

Even worse is to have churches embrace such activity on the property.

For the record, my wife thinks I’m overreacting.

peace to tou

She is right

 

[canadyjd]

She is right

She thinks so, as well.

But maybe I’ll change her mind in time to keep the grandkids from the bunny delusion.

peace to you

 

[Earth Wind and Fire]

She thinks so, as well.

But maybe I’ll change her mind in time to keep the grandkids from the bunny delusion.

peace to you

I doubt that anybody’s associating God with Easter bunny’s. I was 5 and thought it was ridiculous. But the chocolate .... yes, that was worth the nonsense.

 

[Salty]

I know for a fact there is no Easter bunny - that is so silly to think that she is real

and How do I know this - Santa Clause told me.

 

[canadyjd]

Pastor brought “Easter eggs” into the sanctuary last week. Little kids passed them out. Candy inside, asked for donations to Annie Armstrong be put into the eggs and dropped in a box on the way out.

Yikes!!!! I’m a thousand years old with no place to go to church!!!

peace to you