The name Easter may have origins in the Middle Eastern goddess known by various names such as Ishtar, Ashura, Astarte, Isis, Aphrodite, and Venus. Ishtar and her counterparts were revered as goddesses of fertility, embodying aspects of love, sex, and power, and were even considered goddesses of war due to the conflicts often arising from love and sex. Additionally, a legend associated with Ishtar proclaimed that a pig should be eaten on the anniversary of Tammuz' death, as he was slain by a boar, which may relate to the tradition of eating ham during Easter celebrations.

In the origins of Christmas, a significant figure is Semiramis, also known as Ishtar and Isis, who was both the mother and wife of Nimrod. After Nimrod's death, Semiramis promoted the belief that he was a god, claiming she saw a full-grown evergreen tree spring from a dead stump, symbolizing new life for Nimrod. She stated that on the anniversary of his birth, coinciding with the winter solstice at the end of December, Nimrod would visit the evergreen tree and leave gifts under it. Semiramis later bore a son, Horus or Gilgamesh, declaring that Nimrod's spirit had visited her, resulting in the pregnancy. She maintained that Horus was Nimrod reincarnated, forming a deceptive trinity with a deified father, mother, and son. Semiramis and Horus were worshipped as the Madonna and child, and over generations, they were revered under various names across different cultures and languages.

In the historical context of ancient rebellion against God, Nimrod's incestuous mother-wife, Semiramis, became deified and known by many names across cultures, including Ishtar in Babylon. As a pagan Queen of Heaven, she was also recognized as an architectural deity, the goddess of fortifications, often depicted wearing a crown of towers. This representation ties her to the original Tower of Babel, symbolizing mankind's defiance and desire to elevate itself above God. The legacy of Ishtar, as Semiramis, reflects the enduring spirit of opposition to God's purpose, a theme echoed in modern symbolic structures reminiscent of Babel's tower.

In the material the Babylonian goddess Ishtar appears as one of the ancient identities of the figure represented by the Statue of Liberty. Jean Houston identifies the statue as a manifestation of Athena that also embodies the Sabine goddess Feronia and the Babylonian goddess Ishtar or Semiramis. The same passage states that the statue represents Semiramis, the legendary Assyrian queen reputed to have founded Babylon in the early ninth century BC, and that the seven rays emanating from the statue's crown belong to this representation. Ishtar is further listed among the many names of the original Queen of Heaven and Queen-Mother of Babylon, alongside Isis, Cybele, Feronia, Astarte, Ashtoreth, and Easter. This goddess is presented as the embodiment of the Mother of harlots and abominations of the earth whose system originated with Nimrod and Semiramis. The material connects her directly to New York City as the modern counterpart of Babylon the great, the financial hub whose harbor she guards. Her torch and invitation are interpreted as a call to breathe free of God's sovereignty, promising a liberty that is in reality slavery to the world's system of financial enslavement and moral license. Thus Ishtar functions in the account as the pagan source of the statue's symbolism and as the enduring spiritual power behind the city that the material identifies as the capital of that system.

The apostate church that emerged in the second century found it easier to assimilate new converts from various pagan backgrounds by syncretizing its Easter celebration with their spring festivals. These festivals were often named after the widely worshipped fertility goddess, Ishtar (or some close variation: Astarte, Eoster, Ostara, Isis, Aphrodite, etc.). From these heathen influences sprang the Easter Bunny, dyeing eggs, giving candy, and other non-biblical Easter traditions. This development stands in direct contrast to the New Testament church's observance of the Passover on Nisan 14, which commemorates the sacrifice of Jesus Christ to pay for sins, redeem from spiritual bondage, and open the way to fellowship with the Father. Each year baptized Christians wash one another's feet in imitation of His example and partake of the bread and wine to proclaim His death until He comes, following only what Scripture commands rather than the Roman Church's tradition of Easter, which celebrates His resurrection instead.