Enlightenment
I can no longer be bothered with the commercial madness and lack of meaning that humans call Easter. The entire “festival” is just a meaningless binge centred on chocolate eggs and bunnies and over-consumption of food and liquor. The festival of Easter is in fact pagan in origin and has nothing to do with Jesus. The festival pre-dates Jesus and has its origins in Mesopotamia (circa 4500 BCE or likely earlier) with the worship of the goddess Ishtar, the goddess of divine law, political power, war, love, sensuality, fertility, and procreation. Observe the similarity between the words “Ishtar” and “Easter”. The goddess Ishtar was known by different names across the ancient Middle East, including Athtar in Arabia, Ashtarte in Babylonia, and Astarte (and Ashtoreth) by the Canaanites and Hebrews in the Levant. In later times, under paganism in the West, the name of the goddess was rendered as Asteron (Old Saxon), Ostara (Old German), Eostre (Anglo Saxon), and Eastre (Old En...