For God so loved the world He sent His only bunny rabbit to us to die for our sins and be resurrected three days later as a chocolate bunny rabbit.

Wait, what?

As with every holiday these days, Easter has become extremely over commercialized and many people have lost sight of what we're really supposed to be celebrating. And what is it exactly that were supposed to be celebrating? Something about rabbits and eggs? They don't even go together! Well, maybe as a meal, I suppose.

I know, I probably should have done this last Friday. But what can I say? Some times I'm behind the curb. Or maybe, there was a chocolate bunny rabbit who strongly urged me not to write this column or something bad might happen? He was very intimidating.

Crazy rabbit. Tricks are for kids.

As I was taught, Easter is supposed to be about the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Remember Him, He died for our sins? On the cross? I'm sure you know what I'm talking about, we've been using the iconic imagery of a man on a cross for hundreds of years.

That being said, where did the Easter Bunny and the eggs come from?

Jesus Christ = Easter Bunny? I'm not seeing any connections.

Oh, surprise (please note sarcasm), the Easter Bunny is derived from a pagan holiday. That's nice. It's always good to mix worshiping God and pagan rituals together. It spices things up. You just never know when you might be struck by lightening.

From Got Questions? The most succinct explanation of the pagan holiday I've found so far:

"The origins of Easter are rooted in European traditions. The name Easter comes from a pagan figure called Eastre (or Eostre) who was celebrated as the goddess of spring by the Saxons of Northern Europe. A festival called Eastre was held during the spring equinox by these people to honor her. The goddess Eastre's earthly symbol was the rabbit, which was also known as a symbol of fertility. Originally, there were some very pagan (and sometimes utterly evil) practices that went along with the celebration. Today, Easter is almost a completely commercialized holiday, with all the focus on Easter eggs and the Easter bunny being remnants of the goddess worship."

So the bunny rabbit is a symbol for the goddess of spring. Last time I checked, our God was a jealous God. He doesn't take kindly to sharing. So why in the world are we sharing the resurrection of Christ with an "earth goddess," who, by the way is not real and is representative of Satan (the bad guy).

But yet there are plenty of Christians out there who wholly embrace the pagan rituals, eggs, egg hunts, displaying the Easter bunny, etc. Why is that? Are they not aware? Technically, that would be considered a form of worship, yet we do it anyway without a second thought. Or is it as long as we keep in mind the real reason for Easter (resurrection of Christ) it's okay to dabble in these little things, like the eggs and so on. After all, like everyone always says: It's the thought that counts.

What gets me is how the Easter Bunny and company got hooked with the Resurrection of Christ. We were trying to make Christianity more appealing to the pagans. Rather than raising them up to our level, we sunk to theirs. We took their traditions and beliefs and grafted them onto ours. Is that what being Christian is about? When you're trying to preach the gospel are you supposed to comprise your beliefs to make it more appealing to the unsaved? That's ridiculous. It's stupid. But that's what happened and that's still what's happening today.

And now we've got a bunny who died on the cross and rose three days later from an egg as a chocolate bunny.

Isn't comprising fun?

And if you thought this was bad, wait till Christmas comes along. That's going to be a couple weeks worth of posts right there.

Hope everyone has a good weekend.