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Old 12-03-2004, 08:33 PM
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Originally posted by CutiePie2000
...Easter "ain't" a pure Christian Holiday either...bunnies and chicks and all that stuff is Pagan in origin as well. The Hare was the consort to the Goddess, or something like that.
That is also true. The early churches decided to leave some pagan traditions mixed in with religious holidys was because they found it easier to covnert pagans to christianity if they could still "practice" some of their traditions.
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