Why do Christians celebrate Pagan Holidays like Easter but don't want to celebrate Earth Day?

Question

Happy Earth Day everyone, and a special thanks to the Creator for giving us a planet so beautiful.

Answer 1

Because they haven't stolen a sacred holiday and made it their own with Earth Day. There's nothing Christian about it, so they're uncomfortable.

Answer 2

I'm a Christian and I celebrate Earth Day...and despite its pagan roots, we celebrate Easter to celebrate the resurrection of Christ, it's a religious holiday to us, regardless of where it originated

Answer 3

Most Christians have no problem with Earth Day.



The English word "Easter" relates to the name of the month in which the Holy Day was celebrated in ancient England, a month which may have been named after a Pagan goddess of spring.



The great feast of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ was celebrated long before the unchristian English word "Easter" was first used. And the celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ is directly related to the Jewish feast of Passover going back to about 3,000 B.C.E.



Most other languages use the Jewish/Christian word for "Passover" for the great celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ that English speakers call "Easter."



The Greek term for "Passover" is Páskha. It is the Aramaic form of the Hebrew pesach (meaning passover). Other languages:



Afrikaans: Paasfees

Albanian: Pashkët

Breton: Pask Seder

Catalan: Pasqua

Chamorro: Pasgua

Cornish: Pask

Danish: Påske or Paaske

Dutch: Pasen or Paschen

Esperanto: Paskon

Finnish: Pääsiäistä

French: Pâques

Galician: Pascuas

Icelandic: Páska

Indonesian: Paskah

Italian: Pasqua

Jèrriais: Pâques

Latin: Pascha

Norwegian: Påske

Portuguese: Páscoa

Russian: Pascha

Scottish: Pask

Sicilian: Pasqua

Spanish: Pascuas

Swahili: Pasaka

Swedish: Påsk

Welsh: Pasg



Even in the German provinces of the Lower Rhine where the Teutonic goddess Estre had its origins, the people call the feast Paisken not Ostern.



The popular observance of Easter has incorporated a couple of pagan symbols of fertility in rabbits and eggs but they have nothing to do with the actual celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. If some Christians want to do away with Easter bunnies and Easter eggs then I have no problem with that but do not throw Jesus Christ out with them.



With love in Christ.

Answer 4

Jehovah's Witnesses don't for religious reasons.



We refrain from célébrations with origins we find religiously objectionable.



I personally celebrate Jehovah's wonderful creation every day by showing respect for it and helping people understand what the future of this planet is.

Answer 5

I think it depends on which religion you believe in or belong to. Christians believe Easter to be a very joyous holiday it's the resurrection of Christ. the week before holy week, is the passion and his death. It's the sad week, then becomes joyous. I don't see why it would be pagan. Again it's what you believe in. I know many practicing religious people who practice their religion as well as believing in Earth day and the environment.

Answer 6

Well first off, thanks for your generalizations. Many Christians believe that God instructed them to tend and care for the earth and our environment, so celebrating Earth Day is perfectly in keeping with that.



Many Christian holidays were originally celebrated in conjunction with, or more usually INSTEAD of, pagan holidays that happened near or on the same day. This does not make the Christian holiday pagan, even though in our secular culture elements of both have melded to some degree.

Answer 7

Pagans did not celebrate at the death and resurrection of Christ,nor did they celebrate the birth of Christ.

Answer 8

we celebrate Christ on easter and christmas

where is Christ on earth day?

Answer 9

another clueless individual..