300 million pounds

the Uk will spend on Easter eggs, just goes to show we are still essentially a pagan
nation.

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
the Uk will spend on Easter eggs, just goes to show we are still essentially a pagan
nation.

Good for us! Let us continue to repel the scourge of monotheism forevermore :]

Originally posted by Agerg
Good for us! Let us continue to repel the scourge of monotheism forevermore :]

shall you be indulging dear Agers?

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
the Uk will spend on Easter eggs, just goes to show we are still essentially a pagan
nation.

Gospel for Asia would make great use of those 300 millions.

http://www.gfa.org/

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
shall you be indulging dear Agers?

I shall indulge after easter when the shops try to offload their easter stock to make way for Christmas

Originally posted by Agerg
I shall indulge after easter when the shops try to offload their easter stock to make way for Christmas

shhhh buts that what i do, try to get them chocolate eggs on the cheap. I went to my
sisters house, she has three kids and had literally a wall of Easter eggs, i got to pick
three or four, mmmm, tasty.

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
the Uk will spend on Easter eggs, just goes to show we are still essentially a pagan
nation.

Are you a pagan? You also involve yourself in the Easter egg tradition. Or do you refrain from spending any money on them?

What about toys based on the "Transformers" movies? How much does the UK population spend on those and what does that make the nation?

Originally posted by twhitehead
Are you a pagan? You also involve yourself in the Easter egg tradition. Or do you refrain from spending any money on them?

What about toys based on the "Transformers" movies? How much does the UK population spend on those and what does that make the nation?

i eat them because they are tasty not because i celebrate Easter. Do you think its wrong that i should eat them. what about hot cross buns?

I love easter eggs but diet prevents indulgence.

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
i eat them because they are tasty not because i celebrate Easter. Do you think its wrong that i should eat them. what about hot cross buns?

No, I do not think it is wrong that you eat them. However, in your OP, you imply that people buying them is an indication that they are pagans. Is this true or not? Maybe you just have a lot of people in the UK who agree with you that they are tasty and the reason so many get sold has more to do with the massive marketing campaign than anything to do with being pagan (or not).

Originally posted by twhitehead
No, I do not think it is wrong that you eat them. However, in your OP, you imply that people buying them is an indication that they are pagans. Is this true or not? Maybe you just have a lot of people in the UK who agree with you that they are tasty and the reason so many get sold has more to do with the massive marketing campaign than anything to do with being pagan (or not).

sure but dont you think they are pagan, a sign of fertility? like the Easter bunny rabbit?

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
the Uk will spend on Easter eggs, just goes to show we are still essentially a pagan
nation.

I can imagine early Christian missionaries sighing, "Oh well, let them keep some harmless rites and rituals, as long as they are saved."

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
sure but dont you think they are pagan, a sign of fertility? like the Easter bunny rabbit?

There may have been some pagan influence initially, many years/centuries ago but there is very little religion practiced by the vast majority of the UK at Easter these days. Not much at Christmas either.

Which is all for the better.

--- Penguin.

With four children, I have been wasting money on Easter eggs for thirty years and I have yet to be given one for myself. The main reward has been to see it puked out across my lovely car by greedy infants.

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
i eat them because they are tasty not because i celebrate Easter. Do you think its wrong that i should eat them. what about hot cross buns?

It doesn't matter what other people think robbie, it's your conscience and between you and God.

You imply that we are a pagan country becuase we buy them, should we buy them and not eat them? If you eat them then who did you allow to buy them.

Easter is of pagan origin, so is Christmas and especially Christmas trees, Sunday, (which isn't the Sabbath, Saturday is) in fact all the days of the week and months of the year are pagan names.

Enjoy the time off with your family and enjoy your chocolate. It's just chocolate.