Hmm, sounds like a bunch of self serving stuff to me. Remember, "he who loves the world or anything in the world, the love of the Father is not in him, The world and all that is in it, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life are not of theFather, but is of the world".
not at all like the chocolate bunnies, easter egg hunting, baskets, pretty dresses, good lunch food and a token appearance at your local church huh ?
hmmmm yes,I think there is a huge difference
It just amazes me. People like Brad wants to live by the law, and not by grace
don't pretend to know me ......... you do not
We all have our own little set of idols, brad's may be turkey hunting, or hunting period, or his idol could be sowing discord among brothen, mine is archery, woodworking, hunting, eating, etc.
say anything against the main stream .... question how the pagan rituals of easter eggs and Jesus can be anywhere in the same sentence and your motives are questioned?
200 years ago you'd have burned me alive, die and I'm not guilty, walk away from the flames and I'm a warlock huh?
But there is truth we all have our battles - I just fight the ones that seem to be at the top of the heap first, like the bastardizations of Easter and Christmas that are so plainly obvious.
Its all about the heart
Is it?
I'll tell you if the intent was there, TRULY there, then egg hunting would be of no appeal to you at all, in fact the whole concpet would make you want to puke because it has NOTHING to do with the risen Christ but rather pagan, man made material things that serve your purposes, not anything else but that.
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.
You keep telling yourself that ....... doing unChristian things isn't very Christian at all is it?
MY KIDS know there is no Easter bunny, finding the eggs are a scavenger hunt fun for them, I feel this is not wrong.
Of course youi don't feel its wrong - because if you admitted it was wrong,
you'd have to show humility and admit wrongness.
Few people have that capacity, and there is peer pressure because hey, everyone is doing it, right?
I bet you trick or treat too don't you?
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
I am a confusing person, no doubt.
I very much have grown hard to organized religions. I have come to hate the commercialism of Easter and Christmas. The two have become things they were not to ever have become.
I mean if you explained to the Apostles that in 2000 years, kids would be hunting colored, hollow, egg immitations filled with candies etc I am certain that would have befuddled them because it has NOTHING to do with Jesus and rising from the dead, does it?
Does it?
Well, it DOES if you trace the pagan lore and connection of eggs and symbolism of rebirth. I believe its a Jewish thing of sorts with salted egg? But what it IS today?
Nothing of it has Christ in it, does it?
Yet, make a post and get a bunch of heck yea's without ever thinking about it.