Easter: Is It Pagan?

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 57 pages
• Published by: Ralph Woodrow February 15, 1996
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0916938166
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0916938161
• Book Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.2 inches
• Weighs: 3.2 ounces

Product Review
"Greetings. This is a very difficult letter for me to write. I received your flyer for "Christmas Reconsidered" a short time ago and I figured that it was an anomaly. However, with the reception of "Easter" I can see that I was wrong in thinking that way, and you are indeed back peddling as fast as you can. I have your book "Babylon Mystery Religion" on my shelf and I refer to it frequently. I have recommended it to others. It is based on the great Christian classic "The Two Babylons" by Brother Hislop. That book is a timeless work and it does not need to be reconsidered. If your work is wrong; Hislop's is wrong; and the next thing you will be saying is that the King James Bible is wrong!

Brother Ralph, you know that the Bible says to meddle not with them that are given to change (Prov. 24:21). Why can't you stand by what you wrote like Luther? You are not threatened with burning alive! I am not going to reconsider anything, and I think it is a shame what you are doing. You have gained the confidence of the Christian people by exposing Rome and now you are violating that confidence by your turning aside.

As I just said this is a very sad letter to write. To see a giant of the Faith turn back to the weak and beggarly elements. I will continue to pray for you, but I do not want to receive any more of such literature. My mind is made up. If you go forward and continue to expose Rome then I would be glad to hear from you, otherwise we must sadly terminate our correspondence." -- New York

"Thank you very much for the book "Easter, Is It Pagan?" It is so refreshing to find a balanced mind in this very unbalanced world! Thank you for also helping me to be balanced in my life as a Christian" -- Colorado

"You have excelled above your previous writings with the book on Easter. It also was way past due as far as I'm concerned. You've been a channel for much 'relief' among those most zealous for God. Thanks for your continuing efforts." -- Michigan

Having come to understand all the legalism our church has been involved in for so many years, the information booklets I have received from you have really been a wonderful blessing. I just recently received your Easter book and just wanted to express my appreciation" -- Alberta, Canada

Product Description
Simply put, this book shows that: "Easter" is not the name of a pagan goddess; Constantine did not start Easter at the Nicene council; the forty days of Lent did not start in Babylon; Christians who attend sunrise services are not worshipping Baal; eggs and rabbits are not vile, abominable objects! This study shows how many have been victims of misinformation.

Reader Reviews
Being willing to see if i missed anything with regards to Easter and Christmas, and the thought process of celebrating them or not, and seeing a few comments on the Internet about how "brave and bold" Mr. Woodrow was for turning his position around, i purchased several (5 or so) of his newest booklets. After reading through Brother (yes i said Brother) Woodrow's booklets of "Easter Is It Pagan" and "Christmas Reconsidered" i've reached the following conclusion. Brother Woodrow is using the fameous "straw-man arguement methodology" that writers, salesmen, speakers, and even magicians utilize. When i entitled this "slight of hand" i didn't mean that Mr. Woodrow was being purposefully deceptive, i meant he moves the reader from their grounded truth and the reader can end up worrying about the detailed scarecrow. You bring up something interesting, focus on it INSTEAD OF the plain truths, and eventually folks forget the plain truths they held dear. A straw-man (scarecrow) was put in the fields and gardens so those who came looking for food, became distracted by the strawman and either left the area or concentrated on the strawman. Hopefully, leaving garden and fields alone was the achievement. In addition to strawman usage ALL throughout the booklets, Mr. Woodrow leaves out many things defined by dictionaries and encyclopedias CONVENIENTLY, and only posts the parts which support his opinion that Easter and Christmas are simply godly holidays. He often goes back-and-forth, sometimes saying "no pagan connection, no harm" and then "let's assume it COULD be pagan, what harm now?? The God of Israel (and Jesus therefore) has made it clear, it's a "no-no" to mix OR REPLACE His Holidays (religious) with other's invented/created/inherited/derived holidays. Brother Woodrow is distracting from, or side-stepping, these issues. Brother Woodrow takes you through strawmen arguements such as word histories and even emotional stories of the celebrations of Christmas and Easter. Our God doesn't ignore mixing religious holidays of other nations/peoples with His Holidays, and He MOST DEFINATELY DOESN'T like you to lay down a secular-based holiday for His Appointed Times/Holidays (Holy Days). There is no way around this. God expects you to do the BEST YOU CAN with what you know (keep learning of HOW to pursue & please & obey Him & HIS CHOICES OF HOW we are to worship & love Him). I wrote these down in both booklets, in case anybody ever picks them up and reads them, to help people QUIT LOOKING AT THE STRAWMAN and intead keep reading/searching from a firm foundation of Biblical Truth and Patterns. Hopefully these help others if i post them here, to think thru things. 1. if a practice (pagan/non-pagan words or traditions) arises that replaces the LORD'S Appointed Times, Practices,Observances & Words (instead of, in lieu of, similar but separate from...), GOD forbids it! 2. if a term today comes from words that are NOT pagan in nature or ritual or origin, WHO CARES! 3. if a term today comes from words that ARE PAGAN in nature, & you are NOT practicing or doing them (any of their associated rituals), WHO CARES! 4. if a term today comes from words that ARE PAGAN and rituals or honor is somehow showed to it (extended from it, & whether in ignorance or intentional) and practiced, GOD CARES!! 5. Questionable origins can be debated (perhaps), but replacement holidays CANNOT. Association can be debated, & ignorance too, but NOT merging or replacing! 6. We are NOT to follow the FALLEN WAYS of the nations (around us). 7. We are not to knowingly speak the names of the "false gods" out of our mouths knowingly, or present before the God of Israel, in ANY honoring/worshipful/celebratory way. 8. Lingquistics & superstition are NOT the focus, it's practice that has religious ties (PRACTICING IT/HONORING IT SOMEHOW) that's the focus and the issue at hand. 9. We are to be Holy people, and Holy simply means "set-apart," in word and in deed, the BEST WE CAN. We aren't to take in the habits of others with regards to religious holidays, and look similar to them while saying "praise God!" Hope this helps you or others. Please do not waste your monies on these two booklets by Brother Woodrow about Easter and Christmas being "harmless" and "okay" and "Holy and acceptable to God." At the SAME TIME, please be gentle with the Brethren who don't have any CLUE about the origins and replacement days they are observing, you will only cause needless division if you bark at them. Lead by example, in ALL obedience to the God of Israel, don't hit others over the head with the Bible. The Holy Spirit is well equipped to do any convicting <smile