Dan McClellan
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Friday 11 April 2025 14:00:00 GMT
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cbd_123 :
Are you overlooking the scholarly work done by Trey Parker and Matt Stone on the subject? I believe they conclusively showed that St. Peter was, in fact, Peter Cottontail, who was, in fact, a bunny.
2025-04-11 14:32:46
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Magdiel :
I live with the motto "Everyhing's Pagan, unless I don't understand it in which case it's Satanic"
2025-04-11 18:12:13
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whatexecutivefunction :
It’s difficult to ignore the fact that most of the civilized world was enjoying the eggs and rebirth of agriculture that was happening at this time. And fertility among the forest animals.
2025-04-23 02:41:10
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Chrissy :
I’m Lithuanian, and you probably know they were the last pagan stronghold in Europe, they decorate eggs, and have for centuries, isn’t it just a coincidence or is it paganism??
2025-04-11 14:37:57
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wut :
I would say Neil gaiman should have read up before writing American gods but I suspect he has bigger problems now
2025-04-11 14:06:25
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sheri :
We just refer to it as zombie Jesus day.
2025-04-11 16:26:37
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Sharon Auerbach-Sim :
Jesus’s last supper was a Passover meal and they wouldn’t have had bread as part of the meal because of it. People forget he was a Jew
2025-04-11 14:41:27
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Lena B :
In Sweden this is when the witches go party with the Devil. We decorate with witches and in some towns children dress up as witches and begs for candy.
2025-04-11 17:38:26
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Aria :
The egg was depicted in ancient Etruscans mithology and also ancient Egypt... there's nothing more pagan than the egg my dear!
2025-06-25 18:52:07
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Kohol :
In France we use "Pâques", so clearly coming from "Pesach"
2025-04-11 14:12:20
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ThuleanClips :
Easter is the european pagan holiday of the spring equinox, the celebration of nature's rebirth, which is symbolized by flowers, colours, eggs and rabbits.
2025-04-11 21:27:03
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Tanin :
Easter began as a Akkadian (3000bc) fertility holiday marking the beginning of a new year, celebrated by modern Iranians as nowruz. There are Iranian nowruz folk songs that mention rabbits and eggs.
2025-04-11 18:37:37
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angiemallery :
The arguing here makes me embarrassed by my fellow pagans… Come on guys, he isn’t saying NO pagans ever did stuff like that. Some traditions overlap. I thought it was pagan, till I learned better.
2025-04-22 11:27:16
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Thebuffanimenerd :
So in the early days of Christianity the word “Pagan” was a derogatory term used for anyone who did not follow the abrahamic religions. So Eostra being a non abrahamic goddess means that Easter the…..
2025-04-12 00:19:59
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Erika :
this actually shocked me. very interesting. I want to know from the other side, why they say it is pagan.
2025-04-14 00:09:01
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777 :
I accept that I was wrong, thank you for you're scholarly work
2025-04-11 14:57:28
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ßþēvəņ :
well....they are...very much a pagan festival...
2025-04-12 16:08:25
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Call me Sam :
😂🤣😂🤣OK, Dan. let's see where this goes.
2025-04-21 18:43:39
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Karen :
Hi Dan.. but if it has a Goddess involved, why are you saying it doesn't have Pagan roots?
2025-04-11 20:45:28
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ADHDistracted :
The eggs and rabbits are from pagan tradition, though; eggs represent new life and rabbits represent fertility. The word 'Easter' comes from 'Eostre', the Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring and fertility.
2025-04-12 08:32:31
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(✿ ◕‿◕) ᓄ✂╰U╯ :
ok but the easter bunny is Jesus's fursona soooo
2025-04-12 19:07:42
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DannyTigre :
eostre WAS associated with rabbits and eggs AND associated with .... wait for it ... Ishtar. soo ... wow ... pagan (or non-Christian). I used to think of you as well researched. you are correct in that these items are adopted by medieval Christians. much like many PAGAN practices. every Christian celebrates the passover in the last meal or last sacrifice for "passover"
2025-04-12 09:21:27
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Falk :
Imo you're being generous when it comes to Ostera/Eostre. If the Grimms hadn't picked up Bede's mention there would be very few ppl who'd even entertain the thought of her existence
2025-04-11 17:02:51
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JoshD 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🇦🇺 :
I wonder how many viewers get the T shirt reference
2025-04-11 14:43:21
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