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[quote=Anonymous][quote]It makes no sense to argue about the English word, because nobody was speaking English for centuries after the crucifixion. To spell it out: the English word couldn’t have had anything to do with establishing the timing of the festival in the ancient world (Passover did). For the first few centuries of Christianity, it was called Pascha (Passover) in Latin and Greek, and Paques in French. After that, there’s good consensus (except among pagans and atheists) that the English word Easter came to us first from the Latin designation of Easter week as in albis (plural of alba or dawn) which was translated into old high German as Eostarum (also “dawn”).[/quote]

Ēostre is not an English word.  Fail.  See the post above about Bede's writing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%92ostre

[i]Ēosturmōnaþ (the equivalent of April), pagan Anglo-Saxons had held feasts in Ēostre's honour, but that this tradition had died out by his time, replaced by the Christian Paschal month, a celebration of the resurrection of Jesus.[/i]

If you disagree with that, change the wikipedia page and see what happens.  Cite your sources if you want it to last.

[quote]Your turn. You’ve already been asked to explain why pagans have a monopoly on bunnies and eggs. What specific pagan traditions involving bunnies and eggs have been transmitted from pagan times in antiquity to the more modern version of paganism? While you’re at it, could you please explain the Wicca goat. TIA. [/quote]

A monopoly?  WTF are you talking about?  We're talking about the cultural origins of these icons of the holiday.  And I am a different poster who knows nothing about modern paganism and cares less than that about it.
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