What do atheists do on Easter (Resurrection Sunday)?

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Perhaps you should of ignored the question.

Should have ignored the question.

And I make it a point never to ignore stupidity. If left to itself, it tends to multiply like yeast in a petri dish.

Boru

[NoraBrimstone]

I do the same as everyone else. I eat easter eggs till I puke, then I eat more.

[Silver]

If you don't believe and celebrate that Jesus rose from the grave then what do you do on that day?

I take the time to realize that Easter is actually a pagan holiday that Christians hijacked for their deity's non-existent resurrection.

It is interesting that now when one does an engine search for the origins of Easter the links provided are of the false Christian persuasion. It is sad how much religion wants to continue lying in order to maintain that its truth is the only one. Forget history, states religion. We'll create our own false history, religion persists.

The truth about Easter

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The Sumerian goddess Inanna, or Ishtar, was hung naked on a stake, and was subsequently resurrected and ascended from the underworld. One of the oldest resurrection myths is Egyptian Horus. Born on 25 December, Horus and his damaged eye became symbols of life and rebirth. Mithras was born on what we now call Christmas day, and his followers celebrated the spring equinox. Even as late as the 4th century AD, the sol invictus, associated with Mithras, was the last great pagan cult the church had to overcome. Dionysus was a divine child, resurrected by his grandmother. Dionysus also brought his mum, Semele, back to life.

All the fun things about Easter are pagan. Bunnies are a leftover from the pagan festival of Eostre, a great northern goddess whose symbol was a rabbit or hare. Exchange of eggs is an ancient custom, celebrated by many cultures. Hot cross buns are very ancient too. In the Old Testament we see the Israelites baking sweet buns for an idol, and religious leaders trying to put a stop to it. The early church clergy also tried to put a stop to sacred cakes being baked at Easter. In the end, in the face of defiant cake-baking pagan women, they gave up and blessed the cake instead.

Easter is essentially a pagan festival which is celebrated with cards, gifts and novelty Easter products, because it's fun and the ancient symbolism still works.

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[Crossless2.0]

How about trying to be loving and as gentle as the kitten in your picture?

Loving and gentle like my sniper kitten picture?!? Check, will do.

[JesusHChrist]

I'll be pissing on a crucifix, listening to Satanic doom metal, having sex with a goat, a sheep, a midget and a grapefruit(not necessarily in that order)and voting Republican.

You know, the usual.

Or we might really change it up and sleep in late, and have pancakes for breakfast. As long as I get to wear my Batman costume that is.

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as an aside, goddamn I get tired of these idiotic questions.

"What do theists do on Tuesday? Hmmmmmmmm?" he said with a sanctimonious, self-righteous smirk.

[Alex K]

We are supposed to have raviolis and other yummy items. I could afford to lose a few pounds so I might not decapitate any bunnies. Maybe a few Peeps!

Well that doesn't sound so bad! I love raviolis, there is a good chance we will also make some raviolis from scratch on easter weekend, with dried mushrooms, pecorino and tomato filling. Yum!
I heard that the calories from that weekend don't count, so don't worry about the bunny

Wait... You must be a troll. Who says "my bible believing church"?

Seriously, I don't even know what a troll is? Let me look it up.

Oh, sorry, I didn't realize that today was your first day on the internet

[Minimalist]

There's only one thing that should rise on a Sunday morning.

[Mister Agenda]

When's Easter?

[Tonus]

When's Easter?

This much further east?

[Fromper]

This is quite possibly the stupidest question I've ever been asked since a USian tourist wanted to know how we celebrated the 4th of July in Northern Ireland.

I told him we wait for the 12th, and then throw rocks at Protestants.

Boru

Perhaps you should of ignored the question.

Dammit, there goes another irony-meter. I swear, those things just keep exploding since I started visiting sites with religious discussions.

As for how I'll spend Easter, I'll be hanging out with my Easter bunny!

Well, ok, he was someone else's Easter bunny 6 years ago, and then they abandoned him outside, where he would have died pretty quickly if I hadn't found him. But their loss is my gain. He's such a cute and cuddly little guy. I can't imagine why someone would give him up.

This seems like a good time to mention the Make Mine Chocolate campaign to get people to leave live rabbits out of their Easter celebrations. Stick to chocolate instead.