There are some things floating around with seemingly each religious holidays, essentially exposing these major religious holidays as having their roots in what would be considered pagan, and thus borderline evil, holidays that preceded Christianity and even, in some cases, Judaism.
Some of them are probably accurate, although some of them appear to be completely inaccurate. Yet, the misinformation spreads, because that is how the internet works. In this day and age, when we seem to be taken aback with the speed of technological progress on an almost daily basis, this is one of the dangers and misfortunes of the so-called information age: that false information spreads at least as fast as solid information, and sometimes, it seems, faster. And the difference between the two can seem blurred, as more and more people seem to be having difficulty telling them apart.
When I was writing for the Guardian Liberty Voice, I wrote articles exploring the hidden history of some holidays. One of the ones that I felt proudest of was a Thanksgiving article, for which I received some praise from an editor and fellow writer, although the ratings for the article (yes, there were ratings for each article) remained fairly stagnant. Still, it was a source of pride.
There were other holiday histories which I explored, including Halloween, Boxing Day (the day after Christmas, for those who are not familiar), Canada Day (that one did have high ratings, as I recall), Earth Day, and Christmas.
Christmas obviously was one with a religious history, and it was fascinating to explore that. However, I always wanted to do one on Easter, but never quite got around to it. My period of inactivity grew too long, and for all intents and purposes, I was no longer an active contributing writer for GLV early in 2017.
Still, I was happy to have been a part of it, to have written those articles and many more (over 100!), and to have done some articles that I at least felt had a bit more substance to them than many of the articles that were getting much higher ratings (and for which the authors were actually getting paid), such as those which focused on the Kardashians, or other fluff "news" stories.
However, the one article that I had been hoping to do was an article exploring the history of Easter, although I never did quite get around to it, which was disappointing. And although I did not do one this year for Easter here on "The Charbor Chronicles," either, I did at least find one link that seemed worth sharing that actually does delve a bit into the history of Easter, and tries to separate some popular internet misconceptions (if not outright deceptions) from the truth.
So, please take a look at this article below from Scientific American, which I believe is a fairly reputable source. It was interesting, and should help shed light on what is accurate, and what is not (such as that Easter was originally taken from Ishtar).
Enjoy!
Beyond Ishtar: The Tradition of Eggs at Easter Don't believe every meme you encounter. By Krystal D'Costa on March 31, 20137
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