Was Easter Borrowed from a Pagan Holiday?

 Was Easter Borrowed from a Pagan Holiday? The historical evidence contradicts this popular notion. This is a very good article by Anthony McRoy regarding the evidence of the popular belief that Easter was usurped from a pagan celebration of Ostern.

Anyone encountering anti-Christian polemics will quickly come up against the accusation that a major festival practiced by Christians across the globe—namely, Easter—was actually borrowed or rather usurped from a pagan celebration. I often encounter this idea among Muslims who claim that later Christians compromised with paganism to dilute the original faith of Jesus. CONTINUE READING...