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Is it True that Jesus died on a Friday the 13th and that is why we consider 13 and Friday the 13th to be bad? Also why on his res do we celebrate with a made up rabbit and egg hunting? (lemmy.world)
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Kind of seems disrespectful.

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[–] imsufferableninja@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Easter is the name of a Germanic pagan goddess of fertility

[–] zloubida@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

Yes. But the date of Easter was decided far before Christianity reached Germanic territory, so it's not a sign that they borrowed the date, it's the other way around. Because Easter was on the month of Ēostre, they gave it this name.