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Why is the Easter Bunny the Easter Bunny?

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     I have often wondered about were the Easter Bunny come from. Why is a bunny and eggs associated with Easter? So I decided to do some research. I quickly found out there are several theories but nobody knows for sure. It seems to be one of those things that has always been and everybody just goes with it. I found several theories that have some similar thoughts and others that had nothing in common with any other theory. So what I decided to do was look at all the theories and come up with my own.      I quickly put away all the theories that had a rabbit at the cross or in the tomb. There wasn't any logic in them and no scripture to support them. I also tossed out the idea that Peter Cottontail comes from the disciple Peter. He doesn't seem like the fuzzy bunny type. I saw dates from BC to AD. I saw the bunny coming from across Europe to the Middle East to the North Pole. I decided to look closer at the theories that had common thoughts.      Most theories started wit