So with tomorrow being the day that is representative of the anniversary of the Resurrection of Jesus, I would like to say this. Eh hem...
It's not called "Easter." "Easter" is a pagan holiday in celebration of a goddess named Ishtar; a goddess of fertility - hence all of the egg paraphernalia. It's no longer 'politically correct' to call Christmas, Christmas, we're supposed to say happy holidays. But what if I am just as offended by the "Easter bunny," as some are of Jesus Christ?
What if some people don't celebrate with pagan eggs and chocolate? I think we should change our festive greeting from "Happy Easter," to "Happy Resurrection Day," or at worst, "Happy Spring." It does seem less hypocritical to deem all serious days of reflection mere 'holidays' since they could all eventually be perceived insensitively. But what I think is more insensitive than the title something holds, is that a man can die a ghastly, unspeakably horrendous death for every person that walks this earth, only to be shamed out of defining the holiday we are actually celebrating by changing its name to something less offensive.
I don't celebrate weird mutated bunnies that happen to lay chocolate eggs. That's unrealistic. What's very real though, is a man named Jesus Christ who died a terrible and beautiful death to free us from moronic thinking and being so easily offended instead of quick to love.
A man who is willing to die for a people who hate him, that is something to be in some serious celebration for! So celebrate we shall! And if you party by eating some chocolate and peeps, then do so while remembering that we now live in freedom and love, and that the breath inside of your lungs is now redeemed. And above all, have an abysmal thankfulness that your life is now worth living!
Happy Resurrection Day! Happy Spring! And even Happy Easter! Whatever...
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