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[star_killer]

So the end of one pointless Holiday only brings another along soon after. Does anyone want to enlighten me as to what the point of easter even is? All it looks to me is the worship of eggs and some sort of sentient rabbit god. What would possess anyone to worship a rabbit? And how are eggs related to this at all?

It makes no sense.

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[witchafterall]

[Ahem.]

Can I trust that you're asking such a question sincerely and not with intent to mock those whose beliefs differ from yours?

[star_killer]

If anyone seriously worships a rabbit, then they deserve to be mocked.

[witchafterall]

The rabbits and eggs have little to do with Easter; they're leftover trappings from the pagan fertility celebration that preceded it.

Easter is the Christian celebration of when Jesus, the son of God, was crucified for the sins on man, and rose from the dead to grant our forgiveness.

[star_killer]

Grant our forgiveness? What what he even forgiving, exactly? And the idea of anyone rising from the dead is completely idiotic. Even if this Jesus person was a wizard, there's no way he could have that kind of power.

[witchafterall]

Our sins. Our misdeeds. Everything humans have done in the world to hurt and to cause pain. He came to forgive it all.

Jesus was not a wizard; he was the son of God. An all-powerful being made flesh.

[mo_cara]

iT's AlL aBoUt ThAt MoThErFuCkEr, JeSuS.
hE wAs A pReTtY cOoL bRo, I gUeSs, AnD tHeN hE pUlLeD hIs OwN dAmN sElF oFf A cRoSs AnD cAmE bAcK fRoM tHe DeAd, So He WaS a MoThErFuCkIn ZoMbIe SaViOr.
I dOn'T kNoW aBoUt ThE eGgS, tHoUgH.
i KiNdA tHoUghT tHeY'd AlL bE sPrOuTiN zOmBiE cHiCkEnS wHeN jEsUs CoMeS bAcK tO mAkE aLl ThE mOtHeRfUcKeRs PeAcEfUl.

[star_killer]

Who is Jesus?

And that's preposterous, no one can come back from the dead.

[mo_cara]

jEsUs WaS tHiS aRaB dUdE wHaT lIvEd A rEaLlY lOnG tImE aGo AnD dId MiRaClEs AnD sHiT!
aIn'T yOu NeVeR hEaRd Of ZoMbIeS, mOtHeRfUcKeR?

[star_killer]

So he was a wizard? But even if he was a wizard, that still doesn't mean he came back from the dead. That's impossible.

I've heard of Inferi, if that's what you're referring to.

[mo_cara]

tHaT's WhY iT's A mIrAcLe, MoThErFuCkEr!
ImPoSsIbLe ShIt BeCoMiNg ReAl!

[burntoashes]

Oh my, it doesn't have anything to do with the worship of eggs or rabbits at all. That's the more commercial side of it, it's supposed to symbolize spring you see. The eggs are plastic and contain candy...or perhaps are chocolate and contain caramel.

Easter is the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ after he was crucified. While he's not a god, he is the son of God and ascended into heaven to be with his father. Christians believe that God created everything in the beginning and that heaven is the afterlife.

[star_killer]

[Oh. It's you. Damn it. If he wasn't still trying to lay low after the whole unforgivable curse incident....
But he's not going to say anything that might get him into too much trouble.]

That makes no sense. How do eggs and chocolate have anything to do with symbolizing spring?

And as I pointed out to the clown, the idea of anyone coming back to life is preposterous. No kind of magic is capable of that.

[burntoashes]

I don't know, dear, commercialization is a funny thing.

But it's not magic at all; anything is possible with God. You only have to have faith in Him.

[star_killer]

It sounds as if people have a really idiotic sense of what symbolism even means.

[Because clearly Galen is an expert on symbolism.]

[And then inkblots.]

That is one of the most absurd things I have ever heard.

[burntoashes]

It is a bit difficult to explain when the person you're speaking with hasn't been exposed to religion, but it's what I believe.

[star_killer]

I don't particularly have an interest in learning about this religion of yours, but you're free to tell me more about your god. How is it he can supposedly do anything? What is the source of his power?

[burntoashes]

He can because He is everything. He's the beginning and the end. Humans couldn't possibly comprehend the full extent of it.

[star_killer]

That... is completely ridiculous. Not to mention impossible.

[burntoashes]

It's called faith, dear.