Is Easter Pagan?

[Rose of Shushan]

Quote:Why not give the same freedom to those who choose to continue in the Passover/Lord's Supper as the quartodecimans had?

Aside from my other question on this I'd also like to comment that it is you who seem to be curtailing christians' freedom to worship and commemorate Christ's death and Resurrection when and how they want.
I so agree with all the comments made by Vic to you regarding bunnies,eggs,the timing etc
If the quarto decimans wanted to observe the day on the fourteenth of Nisan and others today want to do the same so what?
I have done so in the past and totally respect those who still do.I kind of understand the QD's since I also recognise that if we want the exact time on the calendar that He died then it's going to be on the fourteenth.However if we want to be more exact we would have to consider if there was a second adar on the year that he died or not but thats a rabbit trail.
The thing for me is that when it occurs early on in the week like this year its like a long time from the day He was crucified to Resurrection Sunday.So I do understand the logic of the Church commemorating each day of what Christ went through on the corresponding days of the week.For example many churchs will have some sort of a footwashing service on Thursday evening and read the appropriate Scriptures etc..then the same for Friday through to Sunday.
Some christian customs which seem to date also back to the very early church include fasting and keeping watch the night in prayer and worship .These all tend to especially figure around Holy Week and follows the days of the week which they actually occurred.Makes it so much easier and consistent from year to year considering we don't follow a lunar calendar.