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I haven't read any of the posts on this thread except this page. With that said, we do an egg hunt AFTER worship service for the children. I have no problem with the kids hunting for and finding candy enclosed in plastic eggshaped contianers. If there is a pagan connection, I don't know what it is. I do know that the Jews use an egg as part of the Pssover Seder plate. It represents springtime, new life. It is a shaodw of the new life brought on by the Exodus as a result of Passover and it represents the new life brought on by the blood of the New Testament. Its no big deal if the pagans also used eggs for pagan practices.
Meditation was not invented by the Hindus or Buddists. Thousands of years befire these religions God taught His people to meditate on the law day and night. Just because eastern religions adopted meditation as a part of their religious practices doesn't negate the value of Biblical meditation. I practice meditation in my prayer time. I don't burn incense or cross my legs. But I close my eyes and ponder the Word of God, my thoughts of Him, I listen for His still small voice.
The egg is harmless. We used it before the pagans did. Don't sweat the small stuff.
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