Author	Thread: CottonTail
Admin	CottonTail Posted : 26 Feb, 2011 03:41 PM Do kids still believe in the Easter Bunny? Did you grow up getting a basket full of eggs and goodies delivered by Peter Cottontail on Easter Sunday? _____________________________ Good idea or bad ? Post Reply
View Profile History	CottonTail Posted : 26 Feb, 2011 04:02 PM Hmmmm...I'll have to give this some serious thought. Lets see...what's more imortant?....teaching children to focus on something real, something spiritual that will satisfy their soul.and will last for all eternity, something that changed the course of history, perhaps the greastest thing to ever happen for all mankind. OR.... Focus on the immediate physical temporary satisfaction candy brings and fantasy mystical creatures of fertility false Gods " Raise up a child in the way he should go...." Hmmm...still thinking.... yeah right.....:ROFL: Post Reply
riveroflife1 View Profile History	CottonTail Posted : 26 Feb, 2011 05:59 PM i used to get easter baskets and all that stuff but my parents didnt know any better. i raised my kids in the things of God and honestly they knew the truth and I also got them baskets. i used to put Veggie Tales moves in there and stuff like that. (and candy) it's hard parenting as a christian because you dont want your kids to feel left out. their friends celebrate a different way and then becuase they're christian, they get "nothin"... so, that's what I did :) Easter Bunny??? lol, no....no easter bunny Post Reply
View Profile History	CottonTail Posted : 26 Feb, 2011 07:11 PM I grew up in another country and we celebrated Holy Week. The whole week had television specials on what it meant. I did not get acquainted with the idea of an Easter bunny until I moved to the US. To me it is really disturbing to see that, I never understood the relationship between the resurrected lord and a chick or bunny. If I had children I would raise them the same way I was raised. having family time with devotionals about the week and its meaning, and no bunnies or chicks. Post Reply
Hilltop View Profile History	CottonTail Posted : 26 Feb, 2011 08:03 PM I use to love looking for that easter basket full of candy, especially the big chocolate bunny. If you are 25 years old and still looking forward to the easter bunny there may be a problem. I think they are 2 seperate events in a childs life. At what age does a child grasp the concept of sin and forgiveness? The easter bunny is fun for kids and they grow out of it but they never get to old to realize sin and forgiveness if they have been taught that. I'm not too big on easter anyway. I'm more of a Passover person. My personal interpretation is a Wednesday evening crucifixtion with a Saturday sundown ressurrection so good Friday is out, but the fact of Jesus' death,burial, and resurrection is the most important point of the Passover season. Post Reply
paschen81 View Profile History	CottonTail Posted : 26 Feb, 2011 11:50 PM I never believed in an "Easter bunny" grandma and grandpa gave us a small Easter basket with one small chocolate bunny a handful of jelly beans and a couple mini candy bars. That was it. Then again, I didn't believe in Santa either since the only presents we got for Christmas consisted of school clothes and a winter coat and boots. If we were lucky we would get one relatively cheap small toy. Our Easter baskets were more of celebrating the beginning of spring just as our harvest festivals were a way of celebrating fall. Odd though... we never did anything for the beginning of winter or summer... but summer vacation pretty much was our 2 month celebration of NO SCHOOL lol. Winter... well that was a celebration ever time school was canceled due to weather so *shrug* lol Easter however, was about passover and resurrection. plain and simple. Post Reply
View Profile History	CottonTail Posted : 27 Feb, 2011 04:08 AM Well, looking up the tradition of the Easter Bunny, it seems to be once again that it comes from a pagan Germanic tradition (like the Christmas tree). What do the chickens and the eggs have to do with Easter? Eggs have always been a symbol of new life, and the Christians simply adopted it from pagan practice and applied it to the new life in Christ, which was paid for by Christ�s dead and resurrection. I don�t think we should hide our children from it, but we should focus on the true meaning of Easter. Post Reply
Tulip89 View Profile History	CottonTail Posted : 27 Feb, 2011 02:58 PM I grew up getting an Easter basket, but my parents never told me that the Easter Bunny was real. I was allowed to go on Easter Egg hunts, and I turned out just fine. I think much more emphasis should be placed on Easter though, since it's kind of the Super Bowl of our Christian year, while Christmas is really just the opening game. Post Reply
View Profile History	CottonTail Posted : 27 Feb, 2011 03:40 PM 1 Corinthians 15:14 (NASB) 14 and if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, your faith also is vain. Post Reply
Elisa View Profile History	CottonTail Posted : 27 Feb, 2011 05:59 PM I am rather at a loss as to why this is an either or issue. I freely admit to buying a couple of precious little ones new dresses and bonnets every year. They also participate in Easter Egg hunts. I could give you quite a few educational reasons egg huntin actually facilitates development, but this is not a pedagogical forum. The children also receive a bit of candy in the basket they will be using on the hunt. As for the religious education, that is being attended to as well. They are surrounded by a family that is raising them in the church. Well, actually, we have multiple denominations in the family so that would actually be churches in addition to their home church. If the idea is to focus exclusively on religious studies, how many parents with this belief ensure that television and movies are devoted solely to Christian education? Dora the Explorer is not real either, and yet so many parents have that on their TVs. Do we really believe the children watching her will grow up and be somehow warped because of this fictional character? Can children not be allowed a time for flights of fancy and imagination? Post Reply
View Profile History	CottonTail Posted : 3 Mar, 2011 11:29 AM you mean the eater bunny isn't real? wow, I am 44 and just found out.:ROFL: Post Reply