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Do you really believe that believing in a God and believing in the Easter Bunny are equivalent?[/quote]
Believing is believing, isn't it?  Why would the belief itself be different?  Now if you are asking is God and the Easter Bunny equivalent, then the answer is obviously no.  But that doesn't make believing different.[/quote]

Correct -- God rules the universe and sent his son Jesus to die for our sins and then rise from the dead as God's way of offering us eternal life.  If we choose not to believe in him or not to accept the story of his son's necessary sacrifice, then we do not get eternal life.

The Easter Bunny just brings chocolate to small children on the day that we celebrate the son of god rising from the dead.  So there is a connection, although it's very tenuous and not at all equivalent.  The main thing that the two stories have in common is that both God and the Easter bunny are invisible.  Children never see the easter bunny bring  baskets, but they do get the chocolates.  Grown-ups never see god, but they can often feel his presence and if they believe in him, they will live forever with him in heaven.  If not, they will go to hell forever.

As for the Easter bunny - No sane adults believe in him and for children, he often continues coming even  after they  stop believing in him.  Unlike belief in god, there is no reward or punishment associated with belief or disbelief in the easter bunny. [/quote]

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