The name of the holiday known as "Easter" in English comes from the pagan god Ishtar who according to ancient myth had a
child with Baal (the ancient Canaanite god mentioned in Scripture) named
Tammuz. The name Esther in the Old Testament was a form of Ishtar (her
Jewish name Hadassah was changed
by the Persians). Rituals at Spring time took place in societies celebrating this
religious cult of Tammuz and Ishtar and they employed symbols of eggs and Rabbits. This
celebration had been commemorated by different religions for thousands
of years, as the ancient Canaanites myths became integrated with other
religious myths and cults.
During the latter part of the Roman Empire, Christians tried to "christianize" this pagan holiday by what
is known in Christianity as the holiday commemorating the crucifixion of
Jesus Christ on the Cross and His resurrection from the grave.
Nevertheless, the symbolism and ideologies associated with its pagan
origins have survived even to the present day, especially in America
where it abounds. What is truly tragic is how even churches use these
symbols and rituals to draw in a crowd on "Easter" Sunday.
The
irony is that the cult around Baal, Ishtar, and Tammuz was mainly about
obsession with, glorifying, and deifying sexuality/fertility, which we
see widespread in our culture. Cultic prostitution was widely associated
with this cult, as individuals would
become primarily sex commodities, and now America is a huge influence
and hub of sexual trafficking (especially Houston). Not to mention the
occurrence of child sacrifices and sexual orgies, and the abortion
machine and escalation of sexual addiction and sexually-related psychological disorders
in America. On a side note, this occult put the highest delight of human
beings in sexuality, and advertising, media, entertainment industries (movies, video games, etc.), and tabloids have utilized
these desires to shape our society. The more sexual triggers in our
environment, the increased demand of mediums of gratification including
pornography (many are not those who sell their bodies of their own "free" will but are
themselves sex trafficking victims forced into the global industry),
prostitution, and sex trafficking, which turns human beings into merely
carnal commodities to be bought and sold, with purely materialistic
value.
