Easter in America 2017 - Have Americans forgotten about Christ on Easter?

What is the true meaning of Easter and what does Easter mean to most Americans these days?

Special Guest: Pastor Charles Tolbert will give us a lesson on the true meaning of Easter. We will also discuss Christian values in America today.  Easter is the perfect time to think about the Christian values in America in 2017.  Have we lost our way?  Are we still a Christian nation?  Are we one nation under God?  visit http://www.cfabamerica.com/

• The meaning of Easter is Jesus Christ's victory over death. His resurrection symbolizes the eternal life that is granted to all who believe in Him. The meaning of Easter also symbolizes the complete verification of all that Jesus preached and taught during His three-year ministry. If He had not risen from the dead, if He had merely died and not been resurrected, He would have been considered just another teacher or Rabbi. However, His resurrection changed all that and gave final and irrefutable proof that He was really the Son of God and that He had conquered death once and for all.
• However, Easter did not always symbolize Christ's resurrection from the dead and the meaning of Easter was quite different than what Christians celebrate today. The feast day of Easter was originally a pagan celebration of renewal and rebirth. Celebrated in the early spring, it honored the pagan Saxon goddess Eastre. When the early missionaries converted the Saxons to Christianity, the holiday, since it fell around the same time as the traditional memorial of Christ's resurrection from the dead, was merged with the pagan celebration, and became know as Easter. The meaning of Easter was also changed to reflect its new Christian orientation.   http://www.allaboutjesuschrist.org/the-meaning-of-easter-faq.htm