Is Easter really a Christian holiday? When one conducts diligent study, they discover that Easter actually has its roots in ancient Babylonian paganism.
"Semiramis was creating a mystery religion, and with the help of Satan, she set herself up as a goddess.
Semiramis claimed that she was immaculately conceived.
She taught that the moon was a goddess that went through a 28 day cycle and ovulated when full.
She further claimed that she came down from the moon in a giant moon egg that fell into the Euphrates River.
This was to have happened at the time of the first full moon after the spring equinox.
Semiramis became known as "Ishtar" which is pronounced "Easter", and her moon egg became known as "Ishtar's" egg.""
The Tract also highlights the fact that the timing of Easter has nothing to do with Passover, and they can be congruent, or weeks apart. Like many other pagan holidays, Easter is celebrated based on astral signs or seasonal cycles.
"The truth is that Easter has nothing whatsoever to do with the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.
We also know that Easter can be as much as three weeks away from the Passover, because the pagan holiday is always set as the first Sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox."
Every year, Easter is celebrated with eggs and rabbits. These both are ancient symbols of fertility, and play prominence in the pagan tradition, but have nothing to do at all with the crucifixion of Jesus, or otherwise.
There is a problem in the churches today, and it is that pagan traditions have largely been integrated with Christian beliefs. A Sunday worship, Christmas, and of course Easter all have their roots in pagan, not Christian tradition.
Sources used:
http://www.keyway.ca/htm2002/20020524.htm
http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/False%20Religions/Other%20Pagan%20Mumbo-Jumbo/christmas.htm
:http://www.lasttrumpetministries.org/tracts/tract1.html
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