{"id":8916,"date":"2006-03-23T11:02:01","date_gmt":"2006-03-23T18:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2006\/03\/23\/it-had-to-be-bunnies-2.html"},"modified":"2006-03-23T11:02:01","modified_gmt":"2006-03-23T18:02:01","slug":"it_had_to_be_bu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/03\/23\/it_had_to_be_bu.html","title":{"rendered":"It had to be bunnies!"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/div>\n

The Easter Bunny — secular icon that offends Christians and non-Christians alike!<\/p>\n

On the non-Christian side<\/a> …<\/p>\n

The Easter Bunny has been sent packing at St. Paul City Hall.<\/p>\n

A toy rabbit, pastel-colored eggs and a sign with the words “Happy Easter” were removed from the lobby of the City Council offices, because of concerns they might offend non-Christians.<\/p>\n

A council secretary had put up the decorations. They were not bought with city money.<\/p>\n

St. Paul’s human rights director, Tyrone Terrill, asked that the decorations be removed, saying they could be offensive to non-Christians. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And, evidently, some Christians, too<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Eggs and bunnies are not just innocent symbols! Like Easter, they have origins in ancient paganism. The Encyclopedia Britannica says, “the conception of the egg as a symbol of fertility and of renewed life goes back to the ancient Egyptians and Persians, who had also the custom of coloring and eating eggs during their spring festival” (1960, art. “Easter,” vol. 7, p. 859). It seems like nothing involved in Easter has pure background except the resurrection of Jesus. It’s a shame that such a marvelous event has been so perverted by association with heathen customs.<\/p>\n

Eggs Ralph Woodrow in his book, Babylon Mystery Religion, writes that the egg tradition goes all the way back to the ancient Babylonians! Woodrow writes, “They believed an old fable about an egg of wondrous size which was supposed to have fallen from heaven into the Euphrates River. From this marvelous egg\u2014according to ancient history\u2014the Goddess Astarte (Easter), was hatched” (1966, pp. 152-153). The Easter bunny that supposedly lays these eggs is equally of pagan origin\u2014it is also a fertility symbol. Obviously, these are not just innocent customs!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I think I may have to buy some extra Easter Bunny decorations this year. Just because.<\/p>\n

(news blurb via Avocet)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Easter Bunny — secular icon that offends Christians and non-Christians alike! On the non-Christian side … The Easter Bunny has been sent packing at St. Paul City Hall. A…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[27,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-religion","category-zt-pc"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5306,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/04\/09\/file_this_one_u.html","url_meta":{"origin":8916,"position":0},"title":"File this one under “What were they thinking?“","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 9-Apr-04 7:21am","format":false,"excerpt":"Because the best way to bring people to God and to show that Easter is about Jesus Christ is, of course, to show the Easter Bunny being flogged and breaking...","rel":"","context":"In "Religion"","block_context":{"text":"Religion","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/religion"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11109,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/04\/08\/easter_swags.html","url_meta":{"origin":8916,"position":1},"title":"Easter Swags","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 8-Apr-07 8:33pm","format":false,"excerpt":"So Kitten made out like a bandit, chocolate Easter Egg-wise.\u00a0 Saturday, there was an Easter Egg Hunt with Rachel in the living room, as part of the Saturday festivities....","rel":"","context":"In "Food & Drink"","block_context":{"text":"Food & Drink","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/food-drink"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/images\/easter-eggs.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5289,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/04\/12\/were_going_to_n.html","url_meta":{"origin":8916,"position":2},"title":"We’re going to need better hiding places …","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 12-Apr-04 8:35am","format":false,"excerpt":"For the last three years, here's how Easter works: The Easter Bunny hits the house the night before and hides Easter eggs (chocolate) about the living room and entry hall....","rel":"","context":"In "Parenting"","block_context":{"text":"Parenting","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/personal\/parenting"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":41752,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/04\/17\/easter-eggnog.html","url_meta":{"origin":8916,"position":3},"title":"Easter Eggnog?","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 17-Apr-14 9:10am","format":false,"excerpt":"Okay, makes sense to me. Eggs are more closely associated with Easter anyway, so it's a nice fit.But Jelly Bean Milk and Chocolate Marshmallow Milk? \u00a0First off, thsoe are not \"Old Recipes,\" no matter what it says on the carton. Secondly, ew.Reshared post from +Les JenkinsI'll use almost any excuse\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":9035,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/03\/01\/lent.html","url_meta":{"origin":8916,"position":4},"title":"Lent …","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 1-Mar-06 6:12am","format":false,"excerpt":"... is a good Anglo-Saxon term, relating to the lengthening of days leading into Spring time, and referring specifically to the 40-day season (plus Sundays) leading up to Easter. For...","rel":"","context":"In "Religion"","block_context":{"text":"Religion","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/religion"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8944,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/03\/18\/still_life_with.html","url_meta":{"origin":8916,"position":5},"title":"Still life, with bunnies","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 18-Mar-06 6:00pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Had to be bunnies ... (We're having a dinner party tonight, thus fancy table settings and Easter decor. Fun.) this post enabled by airblogging.com....","rel":"","context":"In "Food & Drink"","block_context":{"text":"Food & Drink","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/food-drink"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/images\/7b389b6bed.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8916\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}