Easter, Bloody Easter!

[chimp3]

Once again, Christians are preparing to celebrate the torture and murder of Jesus and thank him for submitting to this blood sacrifice. I, for one, find this event and its religious meaning heinous in its entirety.

The idea that a father would torture and murder his own son because the neighbors kids misbehaved is deplorable.

The idea that someone who has committed a crime against me is now forgiven by a third party. I am a forgiving, easy going person and I reserve that right to myself. To hell what some mythical scapegoat has to say about it.


Believing that a murder victim rose from the dead asks of me to be a gullible fool. Believing he flew up into the clouds is silly.


Then, the closing act of the Christian narrative will have this celestial zombie returning with a vengeance. All of the hard earned accomplishments of humanity destroyed. All suffering death except "true" Christians. Then the establishment of a necrocracy. One in which the only requirement of what is left of humanity will be to worship their king without ceasing. This is the apocalypse story I grew up with. Silly predictions about getting microchip implants or tattoos with the number 666. Silly tales like the "Left Behind" book series.

Perhaps I am cynical, but for sheer horror show imagery this fairy tale beats anything the Brothers Grimm or Stephen King dreamed up.

You Christians can celebrate your favorite horror fiction. I, for one, will be celebrating springtime this April Fools Day. Blooming trees, songbirds making chicks, Irises.

[LadyForCamus]

Peeps. Easter is all about the peeps, man.

[Brian37]

Then there is also the scientific absurdity. If you were to in reality torture someone like that to death they'd stay dead.

[chimp3]

Peeps.  Easter is all about the peeps, man.

Easter in my home has always been about the lamb. Not the Lamb of God. I mean Roast Leg of Lamb. I continue this family tradition I learned from my Grandmother. It is the only time of the year I fork out + $40 for a section of meat. Whole leg, shoulder portion. Roasted medium rare to medium. I use a paring knife and poke 1/4 inch holes all over the leg which I stuff with garlic clove sections and sprigs of rosemary. Coarse Salt and fresh cracked black pepper. A decent Cab or Pinot Noir. Peeps or Cadbury eggs do not compare.

[Catholic_Lady]

Lol, Ester is not the celebration of Jesus' death. Easter is His resurrection.

Jesus' death is remembered 2 days earlier on Good Friday, and it certainly is not a "celebration." It's a somber day where we are supposed to go to church, not eat meat, not party, and just have a quiet day remembering what Jesus went through.

[chimp3]

Lol, Ester is not the celebration of Jesus' death. Easter is His resurrection.

Jesus' death is remembered 2 days earlier on Good Friday, and it certainly is not a "celebration." It's a somber day where we are supposed to go to church, not eat meat, not party, and just have a quiet day remembering what Jesus went through.

Good point! I see it as one sick story though.

[Catholic_Lady]

Lol, Ester is not the celebration of Jesus' death. Easter is His resurrection.

Jesus' death is remembered 2 days earlier on Good Friday, and it certainly is not a "celebration." It's a somber day where we are supposed to go to church, not eat meat, not party, and just have a quiet day remembering what Jesus went through.

Good point! I see it as one sick story though.

Ok.

Just so long as you don't see us as shitty people for "celebrating torture and murder", when in fact we dont.

[c172]

I'ma celebrate the torture and murder of my pancreas with some candy. Hopefully I can find some Sweet Heat Skittles.

[chimp3]

Good point! I see it as one sick story though.

Ok.

Just so long as you don't see us as shitty people for "celebrating torture and murder", when in fact we dont.

I saw "The Passion of Christ" by Mel Gibson and saw that as a twisted celebration that a sick mind felt needed to be relived over and over again. I grew up in an old Catholic Church that had the stations of the cross posted on the walls and little old ladies touching the images adoringly. The yearly live performances of the Crucifixion story in churches (on Sunday, not "Good" Friday) certainly qualify as a celebration.

[Brian37]

Lol, Ester is not the celebration of Jesus' death. Easter is His resurrection.

Jesus' death is remembered 2 days earlier on Good Friday, and it certainly is not a "celebration." It's a somber day where we are supposed to go to church, not eat meat, not party, and just have a quiet day remembering what Jesus went through.

No it is a celebration of torture, otherwise why include torture in the story from the start?

It never happened. You don't die as the bible implies, then come back to life as the bible would have you believe. 

It isn't even a real sacrifice. A sacrifice is when you lose something and don't get it back or expect worship or reward. The soldiers of D-Day whom died stayed dead. They didn't get famous as individuals or start a religion or ask for attention. They didn't come back to life two days after the invasion. 

On top of the character taking away the autonomy of the individual's decision making. I don't need anyone telling me whom I have to forgive. I get to decide that myself. I am saying not forgiving someone means revenge. I am saying if I choose to not associate myself with someone whom hurt me, I am the only one who gets to decide that. 

It is as story of hero worship born in an age of kings, and even in polytheism the motif of conquest and support of the leader was the social norm back then. The underdog story is not original to Christianity. 

The only details that change in religion are the magic tricks. It still amounts to hero worship.