Time for the Annual Easter Fertility Rituals

My favorite part of easter is the odd contrast of ancient pagan fertility symbols with the celebration of the rising of the Alleged Son of God.
Gerald L. Berry, author of "Religions of the World," wrote:

"About 200 B.C. mystery cults began to appear in Rome just as they had earlier in Greece. Most notable was the Cybele cult centered on Vatican hill ...Associated with the Cybele cult was that of her lover, Attis (the older Tammuz, Osiris, Dionysus, or Orpheus under a new name). He was a god of ever-reviving vegetation. Born of a virgin, he died and was reborn annually. The festival began as a day of blood on Black Friday and culminated after three days in a day of rejoicing over the resurrection." _{(this quote is lifted from an article, "the pagan origins of easter" that you can read here at religioustolerance.org)}

 For hundreds of years before Christ, humans were having joyous celebrations of the spring equinox. Many scholars believe that the story of the resurection of Christ was modeled after the resurection of Attis, "to make Christian theology more acceptable to pagans". I can picture the arguments right now: "You see, Jesus is just like Attis, except, Jesus Christ is the true Son of God....no no no, there is only one God, your gods simply aren't real. What's that? OK fine, you can keep the bunnies but no orgies!". This probably seemed like arbitrary ad hoc arguments to the ancient pagans, while the ancient Christians steadfastly argued that the pagan gods were obviously an invention by Satan to confuse the pagans so that they would all go to hell. Classic. Its interesting to see that not much has changed today. We routinely celebrate Easter with bunnies, and eggs, and feasting, and whispering magic words, and joyous singing and God praising, all around the time of the spring equinox and everyone is happy (sort of). 
Since I tend to appreciate the more pagan side of things, I present to you.... the baby bump.

Later, we will have a bonfire and sacrifice a goat to coerce the gods into blessing our baby so that he or she will grow healthy and strong. Long live, Attis, and Happy Easter!