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A History of Christian Re-Birth Celebrations, learn about ancient mythology surrounding the modern Easter holiday.
Easter, to Christians around the world, is known as the sacred day that Jesus was resurrected three days after being crucified. Easter is a special day for Christians and probably their most holy celebratory day next to Christmas, which celebrates Jesus’ birth.

Is Easter a day that began with Christianity? How long has it been celebrated and where did it come from?
Ostara: The Norse Goddess of Fertility. To ancient Anglo-Saxon Pagans, Ostara (also called “Eostre”) was the Great Mother Goddess, responsible for the earth’s fertility. In other words, Ostara decided whether to bless the land with new growth and healthy crops. Any deity possessing such power would have been quite special to early agricultural societies, representing the difference between feast or famine.
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Long considered as the bastion of feudalism, Catholicism and religion always seem to be untouchable. It was often dangerous to remark something against it because individuals who do so were often declared as heretics. As a result, religion’s potential as a social force and power has always been limited to spirituality. Its potential to develop societal beliefs, norms, and influence on political paradigm shifts had been obscured by its more obvious function. But new researches had shown and proven that religion, particularly the dominant Catholicism was a dominant influence in the political movements that shaped the nation.
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Abraham’s Covenant Leads to the Creation of Three Great Religions

Abraham’s contract with God eventually gives birth to Israel and indirectly to the creation of Christianity and Islam.

F.E.Peters states in his article titled, “Abraham’s Miraculous Journey,”published in U.S.News & World Report, Collector’s Edition, that “a deity making contact with a paltry sheepherder on the margins of the Fertile Crescent, that the entire history of monotheism flows.” This sheepherder is said to be Abraham, whose descendants became the 12 Tribes of Israel. Read the rest of this entry »