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-Was Easter Really Borrowed From a Pagan Holiday?
by Dr. D ~ April 21st, 2011
(Easter, old Greek salute via Wikipedia)
Here’s a good article by Anthony McRoy that contradicts the popular notion that the Christian celebration of Easter was borrowed from pagan sources:
“Was Easter Borrowed from a Pagan Holiday?”
McRoy provides historical evidence that the name ‘Easter’ was actually derived from the Old High German ‘eostarum’ which meant "dawn" and not from the name of a supposed pagan goddess.
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