yes, i just did christmas but i couldnt really think of anything else at the moment and this will still be a good topic to write down. or type down.
yes again i will talk about how they have destroyed the reason of it and then turned it into something else that is mainly for money and gifts.
-the origional reason of easter is of course the death of jesus, which doesnt seem like a nice thing to celebrate but apparently it is something that we are supposed to do. they can make up reasons to celebrate that can include him dieng for our sins and with that we were allowed to come into heaven once we believed in him. i find the whole idea of easter is kind of.. a waste of a holiday. lets just agknowledge what happend but not throw a giant party.
-now all we do mainly is throw stupid eggs around the yard and tell everyone that the easter bunny came and then we go find the eggs and just go eat some food. gah how the lies have fueled our country in order to get money and profit for some strange reason. our country always seems to try to take christ away from the entire holiday. they create a way of making a profit in everything possible and end up destroying the true meaning of the holiday.
-same statement to have here today, ask a child and ask them what is the meaning of easter or what happens on easter and see if they say that "we celebrate that jesus died for our sins" and not that the easter bunny comes and gives us presents.
I do think Christ rising on the third day and defeating death and sin is a huge cause for celebration! That's what we're really acknowledging and observing on Easter...so in that, I think the holiday is very much justifiable. But don't get me wrong, I agree - it's something else we've commercialized with hollowed out chocolate bunnies, Cadbury cream eggs, and marshmallow peeps (even those both are pretty friggin' awesome!).
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you understand the true meaning of Christian holidays and can see how Jesus has gotten pushed out of the equation. Don't ever lose sight of that, and be sure to pass it down to your kids one day as well!
Something I have recently come to understand is that Easter is more about the resurrection than the death of Jesus. If we only celebrated the death, then that would be silly. The resurrection had to happen for the whole "saving us from our sins and letting us into heaven" to happen. Without the resurrection, he would just have been another great teacher/philosopher person who died. So with Easter we are celebrating his divinity which was proven by him conquering death.
ReplyDeleteAs I said I just recently realized this, so I think something about the holiday got lost somewhere. It probably got lost between the Easter egg hunts and the chocolate bunnies.