Tell her to look up the real history behind Easter. Easter has been celebrated long before Christianity ever made use of it, though it was a celebration to the god Ishtar (pronounced the same as Easter), a fertility goddess (hence the egg being associated with the holiday). That'll throw her in for a loop!

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She doesn't think it has to do with Christianity.. She called it a "vile Pagan ritual" So telling her that will probably just get her going more about how it is Pagan.

Hello cat brother, I hope you will be Nein one day.

She's probably refering to the egg hunt, not Easter itself. Both are technically pagan in origin, though the latter was Christianized by factoring Jesus into it.

hunting for eggs is a relatively new thing. pagans rolled painted eggs to capture the bad spirits in the land and ensure the ferility of the land but did not go looking for them. that aside there is nothing wrong with following the more pagan parts of the holiday if you are christian it doesnt detract from what the day means to christians its just a fun part for kids.

OP is a man.. It is his wife's mom.

Either way, your first priority is always to your kids. I stay by what I said, just reversing gender roles (sorry about that...)

I agree, it's always frustrating when someone who doesn't know about the religion(s) insults them. I am pagan as well, but during college I did part of my internship volunteering at a church. There was a lady that I had to politely put up with for months as she bashed, insulted, and ranted about my religion. She had a story of when she owned a shop, she loved and was proud of that she "fought off Satan and his advances" by blasting Christian music around their shops. That she was on the decorating comity and would never accept any of the ideas from the wiccan woman, and that she celebrated when the pagan shop closed down. This crazy grandma needs to do some studying on Easter in the Christian religion. Egg hunts are usually innocent, and now just for fun.

I tolerate it as well. But sometimes its so bad I just can't handle it.

Sometimes it's kinda funny. Today my grandfather said, "I don't understand all these white broads dating these ni****s." (blocked it for moderation purposes). It was just funny because of the language. He's so blunt and honest it can be funny.

Depending on Grandpas age and where he grew up it was probably appropriate during his youth to call Blacks the "n-word." And now it's just a part of who he is, he may not be trying to be racist. I've heard older black people use "reverse racism" just because it is what they were raised with.

It's not being racist...being racist is making fun of them or disrespecting them. Now it is sort of disrespectful but I found it funny because my mom and I were talking about it the other day. Pardon me for not clarifying.