Christianity Exposed: Easter

Everyone knows that Easter and the Christian holy period surrounding Easter (the latter days of Lent; Fat Tuesday, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, etc.,) is a time to remember the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Would it surprise you if I told you that Easter is actually not a Christian celebration at all, but, rather, yet another Pagan tradition that was absorbed by the Church?

What Easter actually celebrates is the annual sun-cycle; the vernal equinox, Spring. During this time, the sun is "resurrected" as, due to the tilt of the planet, day begins to become longer than night.
Day and night have long represented perhaps the most widely observed theistic duality of all time: the perpetual battle between good and evil, light and darkness.

Jesus Christ may represent the sun. More on this shortly.

Easter is called "Pascha" in Greek, "Pachons" in Latin, "Pa-Khonsu" in Egyptian. Interestingly, the "Khonsu" part of that name is an epithet for Horus, the Egyptian sun god.

What do you know about Horus?
He was born of a virgin mother. He had 12 disciples--perhaps representing the 12 signs of the zodiac? When he was young, Horus was a prodigious teacher. He was betrayed, killed, and then rose from the dead.
Sounds a lot like Jesus Christ.

The divine beings of Egyptian mythology Ishtar, Astarte, Astoreth and Isis, in their Anglo-Saxonized names, are known as "Eostre", or "Easter", being the goddess of the dawn. The word shares a root with the words "east" and "eastern", which is from where the sun rises every morning.

The Syrian sun and fertility god Attis was hung every year on a tree, dying on March 24th and rising from the dead on March 25th. For a long time, this feast was recognized and celebrated in Rome as well.

These dates were later used in the Christian church's implementation of Easter. The tradition of the death of the savior-god (of whichever of the aforementioned beliefs you look at) being at or very close to March 25th has been long established by Pagan astrotheological celebrations.

It is also interesting to note that the conception of the Christ by the Virgin Mary must have occurred also on March 25th; this would place it 9 months exactly before the December 25th given birthdate of Christ--interestingly timed perfectly for the winter solstice.

Now that you have been shown some of the evidence, you may have to answer a question of your own beliefs. Jesus Christ--son of God, or just the sun?