Darth Id said:

darth_ender said:

I love Easter.

Well here's something we can agree on--I too love the pagan festival of Oestre, the goddess of fertility. (Look it up.)

I mean, Christ, don't Christians (and yes, Mormons, too, ender) even wonder where the name came from for what is supposedly their central holy day?

Who says we don't wonder? I love how you immediately assume that we're all, each and every one of us, ignorant of our traditions. I am aware of the Eostre festival, whence comes the name of Easter, but the name isn't important. That festival was Christianized, and though the name stuck, the principal celebration, of Jesus Christ's resurrection, is a Christian celebration.

EDIT: And some churches do prefer to use another name for Easter that is more Christian, i.e. "Resurrection Sunday."