ORIGINAL: stealthycat II

dandbuck what IS Easter? Easter is a celebration that Christ is risen and his spirit is IN ME and he waits to welcome me to heaven when it is my time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter

Look up WHAT the Easter bunny and egg hunts are - they're as anti-Christian as Halloween and wedding rings. Like I said, MY KIDS know there is no Easter bunny, finding the eggs are a scavenger hunt fun for them, I feel this is not wrong. I'm not teaching them that some bunny hid them there for them to find, they know I hid them for THEM to find, and play, and be kids. By the way, what part about a wedding ring is not Christian?

Hey, do what everyone else does, but for me? No thank you, I'll not be a part of it. I don't think I do, do what everyone else does, that's why my kids know Jesus and who he is, and that they can have a PERSONAL relationship with Jesus.

This Easter weekend I went on a 3 day turkey hunt with my 74 year old Dad. Sitting in a blind, watching the sun rise, the sparrows lighting on the branches outside my blind, the fox squirrels, listening to thunder and sitting through pouring rain ....... and hearing turkeys gobble too ...... all of that was what God allowed us/me to have, through the crucifixtion and resurrection of Jesus .... and being thankful in my own private way I believe was much more beneficial to my soul than than to the kids souls out hunting, opening up plastic eggs made in China and eating chocolate rabbits.

I don't want my kids caught up in what everyone else does and miss the meaning of things. What Easter is, what Christmas is ........ its all but lost to be honest with you and every people who see it and know it still get lost. This whole statement i do not understand, i don't get what you are saying. Actually I do not understand if you are a believer or not. God Bless, i agree to disagree.
Dandbuck