The Attack on Teutons and Slavs
Apparently someone in the city government of St. Paul, Minnesota worried that an Easter bunny and basket of colored eggs would upset Non-Christians.
Real slowly: Easter is the Teutonic goddess of the Spring, the rabbit is a fertility totem, and the egg is an ancient symbol in Slavic mythology and the Spring festival. Christians may have appropriated these symbols, but they have nothing to do with the religion.
I would also note that the action was silly. Non-Christians are quite used to the absurdity of Christians invoking pre-Christian customs and symbols, and ignore them.
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Do they carry their rabbits and eggs in a Teuton truck?
One problem I have with overenthusiastic Christians, even or perhaps especially when they’re trying to be sensitive to other religions, is that many of them seem unaware that there were any religions or any holy days celebrated anywhere on the face of the planet before Christians came along… and unaware how many of those holidays they have themselves borrowed.
You can bet O’Really or someone of his ilk will pick up this incident and use it whine about the persecution of Christians.
‘Scuse me now; I have some rites of Spring to engage in, and they weren’t set to music by Stravinsky…
What you said.
I’m surprised (well, maybe not too surprised) that the Christians didn’t demand the removal of those Pagan symbols.
:winks:
O’Reilly probably can’t be bothered because the sales potential isn’t there. Besides his base apparently hasn’t figured out that Christmas is definitely an add-on which is why some Christian sects don’t celebrate it as “Holy”.
It is to be hoped that The Passion of the Christ doesn’t join The Ten Commandments as standard Easter fair on television. There is enough to scare children today without that showing up on the small screen.
Anya, I’m surprised that some “Pagan” hasn’t filed suit for the misappropriation of “sacred symbols” by non-believers. That’s coming. New converts tend to be overzealous.