Easter, Bloody Easter!

[chimp3]

The Romans are only the scapegoats and so was Judas. The plan all along was to have him tortured and murdered. Prophecies from the Old testament. Your own words "His willingness to die for us". The speech in the garden of Gesthemane.  Jesus was not a victim of the Romans, he volunteered. The sick narrative that the Jews killed him led to millions of Jewish deaths. There is so much sickness in this myth.

CL, you might not be sadistic , but this is a sadistic story. Call it what you want.

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Excellent Boy!

He didnt stop it from happening, as He could have, since He is God. That doesn't mean the people who did it weren't acting on free will and thus fully responsible for the evil deed. (It also doesn't mean that it's ok to kill other people after the fact who had nothing to do with it just because they are of the same religion as some of the people who did. This goes without saying.)

I don't see it as a story of sadism at all, and neither is that the intended Christian message of the story. The story is of self giving love, and dying for the sake of saving other people. You personally may take it as sadism, but that isn't the intended message being protrayed whatsoever.

Anyway, I'm glad you don't think we are sadistic. Thats good. I'm also glad I was able to clear up the misconception you had that Easter is the celebration of His death. Hopefully other things have been cleared up too.

I am saying that I don't think you are sadistic. I bet there are other Christians that get some sadistic or masochistic pleasure out of reliving this bloody event every year. Mel Gibson for one. Jim Caviezel too.

The other idea that I hate about the Bloody Easter tale is that I had something to do with it. My "sins" are why this man was tortured to death. Fuck that, I was not born. This is the ultimate guilt trip and Christians should be ashamed for annually spreading this tripe.

It is no small coincidence that Easter falls on April Fools day this year.