Should Apostolic Churches Have Easter Egg Hunts?

[Digging4Truth]

Originally Posted by Daniel Alicea

Easter Sunday is a pagan holiday ... All right fellas ... let's cancel church on April 8th .... LOL

How about we have church in spite of it?

[Nahum]

Originally Posted by Digging4Truth

I cannot tell if it is a true story or not but I once heard a story recounted about a child that found out Santa wasn't real. He had truly believed and was rather upset at finding this out.

He is said to have stormed out stating "And I'm going to check into Jesus too"

To children one is often as real as the other. What a shaky ground to build ones faith in God on.

It sounds like an urban legend that would be circulated by a freakycon.

[SDG]

Originally Posted by Pastor Poster

We have always told our kids Santa is a Christmas clown, and the Easter Bunny is like Barney - imaginary.

Now the Tooth Fairy is a different issue altogether.

yO dAt TOof faIry iZ dA BoMB yo ....

[Nahum]

Originally Posted by Daniel Alicea

yO dAt TOof faIry iZ dA BoMB yo ....

Money under your pillow for losing a tooth?

AWESOME!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by Digging4Truth

I cannot tell if it is a true story or not but I once heard a story recounted about a child that found out Santa wasn't real. He had truly believed and was rather upset at finding this out.

He is said to have stormed out stating "And I'm going to check into Jesus too"

To children one is often as real as the other. What a shaky ground to build ones faith in God on.

All the more reason why Christian parents should not lie to their children. When the children of Christian parents ask about Santa Claus and the Easter bunny, parents should tell them the truth.

[Digging4Truth]

Originally Posted by Pastor Poster

It sounds like an urban legend that would be circulated by a freakycon.

Thanks for clarifying that.

[Nahum]

Originally Posted by Digging4Truth

Thanks for clarifying that.

No problem man.

S'all good!

[Esther]

Originally Posted by Just a Shepherd

I don't know... Just that I have always thought of easter eggs as a pagan fertility symbol and the hunts were pagan practices. Since God hates the ways of the pagans, the thought of someone as conservative as CS sanctioning one at his church is surprising to me.

I was going to address how we do use pagan traditions in our lives. But I see Daniel A already address the calendar system, which is what I was going to bring up.

But I have noticed that one seems to be ok with everyone.

NOT that anyone would pick and choose of course. (TIC)

Originally Posted by AtlantaBishop

I know some that celebrate Halloween too with costumes and men dressed like women and women dressed like men - The whole pagan celebration things weirds me out especially with people that call themselves "Apostolic" do it! Easter Bunny's - Easter Egg hunts? That is a pagan as you can get!!!!!!!!

Don't y'all EVER say anything else to me about FACIAL HAIR! Lord have mercy!

Your facial hair is not unbibical.


I will say the same thing that someone else said.

I grew up in a UPC church we had Easter egg hunts on the saturday before Easter and I was never confused about what Easter was really about. I KNEW there was no such thing as a fertility bunny to worship. It may have its origins in paganism as do our calendars, but I don't worship in named pagan whose name is used in the calendars either.

Again, let us pick and choose which paganism we shall follow and be a part of, right?

[Digging4Truth]

Originally Posted by Esther

I was going to address how we do use pagan traditions in our lives. But I see Daniel A already address the calendar system, which is what I was going to bring up.

But I have noticed that one seems to be ok with everyone.

NOT that anyone would pick and choose of course. (TIC)

Again, let us pick and choose which paganism we shall follow and be a part of, right?

I have already made a post answering your musings here.

[Old Paths]

Originally Posted by Digging4Truth

I have already made a post answering your musings here.

Me too.