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CHURCH OR CHOCOLATE
Sunday Mar. 27, 2016
Not societal norms – family gatherings, Friday off, chocolate egg hunts or turkey dinners – the ultimate proof event for Christians – Easter, resurrection of Jesus.
Merriam-Webster’s resurrection:
- to bring (a dead person) back to life
- to cause (something that had ended or been forgotten or lost) to exist again, to be used again
I like re-examining my beliefs. Not sure mine change much, day to day or year over year. I long ago rejected belief in God notwithstanding a fairly typical (growing up white, protestant, Canadian in 50’s and 60’s) childhood indoctrination to Christianity. And, we had chocolate eggs and bunnies.
History is murky – turbulent, in terms of what happened and how dodgy records and antiquities shroud what did or didn’t really happen. Mystery, a shroud, a following. Two thousand years. Ancient ‘cold case’ we might see on TV – who did what, when, and were illusionists involved? Did he live and die? Was it a trick, is everyone’s belief in the writings of many authors later bound into one book (as if they were chapters in a singular novel/text book of life instruction) to be authentic? Societies, faiths, countries and legal systems have been built upon this Judeo-Christian ethic foundation, of old testament beliefs and new testament ‘interpretations’. Christians believe him the son of god. Jews believe he was a good rabbinical student, not messiah.
Since adolescence, I’ve been in the skeptic camp. Not opposed to anyone in any other camp …
For Christ – for anyone, the significance of life is not how we are remembered, or not, two thousand years from now, but about how we live. Here. Now.
Happy Easter.
Mark Kolke
written / published from Calgary, AB
morning walk: -2C/28F, dead-calm, clear and still nippy; Gusta happy – and me too (while I was out I got a text from Carla – pictures of Isla and Alex unwrapping Easter eggs and other goodies …
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