Wow, you must be in a perpetual state of repentance and being covered in blood then. Explains the lamb shortage. You're probably starting to get a bit whiffy. I bet the Ark was after all the blood that was wiped onto it every year at the day of atonement too.
The origin of easter is simply one of renewal, of nature coming out of the grips of winter, the dawn of a new growing season, birth and growth. Why wouldn't early man in a temperate climate celebrate such an event, and worship whatever god or goddess he deemed appropriate?
