Why I Hate Easter

Why I Hate Easter

I hate Easter. Not the resurrection of Jesus Christ. That is the greatest event in human history, and I celebrate it with every fiber of my being every single day of the year. But I hate the pagan holiday that modern churches and the world observe called Easter. That blends elements of pagan idolatry and the resurrection of my King! It is a blatant, disgusting violation of Gods clear commands, and pretending otherwise is rebellion dressed up in pastel colors and chocolate bunnies.

1. I hate Easter because God hates it.

God does not change. Malachi 3:6. His hatred of idolatry and syncretism is as fierce today as it was when He commanded Israel in Deuteronomy 12. He told them to smash every pagan altar, burn their Asherim, and blot out the names of false gods. Then He dropped the hammer.

Take care that you be not ensnared to follow them. You shall not worship the Lord your God in that way, for every abominable thing that the Lord hates they have done for their gods. Deuteronomy 12:30-31.

And the capstone.

Everything that I command you, you shall be careful to do. You shall not add to it or take from it. Deuteronomy 12:32.

Easter is exactly that forbidden mixture. The name itself comes from the Anglo-Saxon goddess Eostre or Ostara, a pagan fertility deity whose spring festival involved feasting in her honor. Pagans celebrated fertility with rabbits, notorious breeders, and eggs, obvious symbols of new life and reproduction. Hot cross buns trace back to ancient cakes offered to goddesses, marked with crosses for the four seasons or moon phases. Pagan through and through. Even the timing often aligns with spring equinox fertility rites rather than strict biblical Passover reckoning.

God calls this abominable.

He burned with anger when Israel mixed in Canaanite practices. He condemned cakes to the queen of heaven in Jeremiah 7 and 44. Sunrise services? Straight out of pagan Tammuz worship that God detested. Ezekiel 8. Churches today pack chapels with Easter bunnies, egg hunts, lily flowers, pagan symbols of rebirth, and candy while singing about the resurrection. That is worshiping the Lord in the way the nations serve their gods. God hates it. He hates the compromise. He hates the lie that you can Christianize pagan filth and make it holy. Jesus did not die so we could slap His name on Ishtar or Eostre fertility rites.

The resurrection deserves pure, scriptural honor. Not this worldly, commercial, egg-and-bunny circus that distracts from the blood, the cross, and the empty tomb. God is jealous for His glory. Exodus 20:5. Easter as practiced today robs Him of it.

2. I hate Easter because the Bible says to Hate that which is evil.

Scripture commands us to hate evil. Psalm 97:10, Proverbs 8:13, Romans 12:9. Hate what is evil; hold fast to what is good. If God hates something, His people must hate it too. Love for God means hatred of everything that opposes Him. That includes man-made traditions that directly contradict His Word.

Easter is evil syncretism. It trains generations of kids that Christianity is about baskets, chocolate, and cute animals instead of repentance, the cross, and obedience. It lets weak, seeker-sensitive churches look relevant while disobeying Deuteronomy 12. It lets Catholics, Protestants, and evangelicals alike play nice with pagan roots instead of smashing them like Gideon smashed Baals altar.

Real followers of Christ celebrate the resurrection every Lords Day and all year long through preaching, the Lords Supper, and holy living. Not once a year with pagan props. The early church did not need bunnies to remember Christ rose. They had the Spirit, the Word, and persecution that kept them pure.

God does not change His principles. The principle behind Deuteronomy 12 is eternal. Worship must be regulated by Gods commands alone. No additions. No pagan borrowings. No Well, its just harmless tradition. Traditions that contradict Scripture are not harmless. They are idolatry. Jesus blasted the Pharisees for exactly that. Elevating human traditions over Gods Word. Mark 7.

So I hate Easter. The holiday package with all its fertility symbols, worldly fluff, and compromise. I love the risen Savior with a white-hot passion that refuses to mix Him with Eostres leftovers. If that offends worldly Christians who want their egg hunts and feel-good services, too bad. Gods truth offends the carnal mind. Choose this day whom you will serve. The God who demands pure worship, or the golden calf of cultural Christianity.

Hate evil. Love God. Ditch the pagan Easter. Worship in spirit and truth, according to Scripture alone.