tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13589532.post4382911831266536912..comments2023-10-09T04:11:47.358-07:00Comments on Not A Potted Plant: Happy Easter?Burt Likkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16060980744675990412noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13589532.post-78690913509132464432007-04-11T11:10:00.000-07:002007-04-11T11:10:00.000-07:00Asking an atheist how his Easter was is kind of li...<I>Asking an atheist how his Easter was is kind of like asking a Hindu what she did for Passover. It just doesn’t apply.</I><BR/><BR/>I'd say it's more like asking you what you did for Christmas. Which you still celebrate. :)<BR/><BR/><I>Aside from the eerily uniform choice of main course for the big meal of the day, that isn’t really all that much different than most other Sundays for observant Christians, is it? </I><BR/><BR/>Easter has a secular element as well. We have relatives who aren't religious, but they still hold a family dinner every Easter (or did until Salsola's parents moved out of state).<BR/><BR/>Easter is a much bigger deal for people with children. There are the baskets (like Christmas stockings) and the egg coloring and the egg hunts.<BR/><BR/>-- SpungenSalsolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10069290033551424426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13589532.post-69563054113427655912007-04-10T21:28:00.000-07:002007-04-10T21:28:00.000-07:00You need to watch last week's South Park to learn ...You need to watch last week's South Park to learn the true meaning of Easter.Salsolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10069290033551424426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13589532.post-48253358128139181172007-04-10T06:41:00.000-07:002007-04-10T06:41:00.000-07:00Sorry, zzi, but I really don't believe. That may ...Sorry, zzi, but I <B><I>really don't believe.</B></I> That may hurt your feelings for some reason, but it's still a fact.<BR/><BR/>Referring to a Christian holiday does not make me some kind of crypto-Christian. Similarly, if I quoted from the Koran or discussed the putative history of the Prophet (which I've done elsewhere in this blog), that would not make me a Muslim or a crypto-Muslim. It would mean I was writing about the religion, which is different than subscribing to it.<BR/><BR/>If I believed that Jesus of Nazareth was the son of God incarnate who redeemed mankind from sin by sacrificing his own life and was then gloriously resurrected, well, <B><I>that</B></I> would make me a Christian. That's pretty much what it <B><I>is</I></B> to be a Christian. But knowing what something is doesn't mean that you are that thing. I know what a woman is; I can talk about ovaries and fallopian tubes until I'm blue in the face, but I won't become female by doing so.<BR/><BR/>The <B><I>subject</B></I> of my post was Easter, so of course I used the word a few times. As my Christian friend who <B><I>got the point</B></I> noted, my observation was that it seems people observe this holiday more because of peer pressure than actual belief; if there were actual belief motivating the observation of the holiday, they would assign more importance to the holiday than an occasion to eat ham for dinner.Burt Likkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16060980744675990412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13589532.post-55152658194503859782007-04-10T00:00:00.000-07:002007-04-10T00:00:00.000-07:00I count 10 Easters in your post. For someone who ...I count 10 Easters in your post. For someone who doesn't believe . . .zzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933063994246150989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13589532.post-49551763551369045212007-04-09T20:23:00.000-07:002007-04-09T20:23:00.000-07:00Sad about Christians. I was thinking about the fac...Sad about Christians. I was thinking about the fact that Easter isn't as big a holiday as Christmas. When according the the faith, the resurrection of Christ is equally as important to His birth. In chapter 24 of Luke as the women returned from finding an empty tomb, the men heard their report as an "idol tale." If we Christians are not careful, Easter can become chocolate bunnies and "idol tales."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com