Personally I do not celebrate easter but that mainly because of where it originated. I encourage you to find the truth and give me feedback on what you think
Considering that there were other, pagan deities before your particular sky fairy and the jeebmeister arrived on scene - I'd say that Christianity took what was already there are riddled it with Christian imagery.
I cannot stress more that it is the exact opposite. God created Earth. Satan entered and created paganism. Paganism is prominent everywhere.
You seriously think that every religion that isn't yours is caused by a malevolent demon?
Of course it is. God created all. Lucifer became jealous. Lucifer tempted Eve. Lucifer became Satan. Satan made it his mission to cause as much destruction as possible.
Of course it is. God created all. Lucifer became jealous. Lucifer tempted Eve. Lucifer became Satan. Satan made it his mission to cause as much destruction as possible.
Wait, you are serious? Then why did your religion take so long to make, compared to religions that where around much longer?
Well, 314d1, I could make a religion in five minutes. Even if the Christian religion(s) were false, and a bunch of goat herders thought it up two thousand years ago, they didn't do it overnight. It has evolved into perhaps the single most influential entity in the world. That is why there are millions of christians and not a million pagans. And by pagans, I mean human sacrifices and drinking blood. Oh wait...
Science vs faith... accept bets! Just kidding. I am still of the advice the holy scriptures are not made in order to describe what historically happened, but to answer questions like "why...".
I still don't see how giving and receiving Easter baskets, as well as attending an Easter dinner, constitutes paying tribute to ANY supernatural being, let alone a supernatural being that is "more evil" than another. Easter, Christmas, and other holidays are no longer just plain religious, unless deemed by the religious--they are also federal holidays set in stone as vacation days so we can all relax and have fun as a family.
When I am giving an Easter basket to a five year old niece or giving pieces of meat to my clan's newest, I am not "aying homage to Satan" or whatever the devil you guys believe.
Our actions are caused by what Modus Operandi we gave reason to. The meaning of our actions are not caused by YOU, but by US. If we participate in a federal holiday, not intending to undergo a ritual, regardless of whatever history it predates, it does not give any religious person the right to declare that we are doing something anything different.
God killed them because they were evil. They deserved to die.
LOOOOOOOOL. Okay, God killed nearly every human being on this world with a flood. How many babies were killed? And how the **** could they deserve to die?!
Lol, rock layers? Rock layers support the universal flood.