Happy Easter!

I hope everybody has a wonderful nice day today!

Quote: FrGamble

I hope everybody has a wonderful nice day today!

Thank you, Padre. To you as well. And so far it looks like the Lord is delivering some nice Easter weather!

Happy Easter Padre

Celebrating a fairy tale that never happened,
knock yourself out. It's so odd that Easter
is about the resurrection, the whole religion
revolves around it. Yet the thing most celebrated,
and most revered, is Jesus hanging on the cross.

He's hanging in every Catholic church, home,
and around most of their necks. They even make
the sign of the cross on their bodies. Wouldn't
it be more proper to have a symbol of the tomb
instead of the gruesome crucifix?

But that would instill no guilt in people, would it.
Having Jesus forever nailed to the cross is a
constant reminder that a Catholic is to feel
perpetually guilty for the 'sacrifice'. He is to never
forget it, because with the guilt, the Church can
control him. The cult can control him.

Quote: Evenbob

Celebrating a fairy tale that never happened,
knock yourself out. It's so odd that Easter
is about the resurrection, the whole religion
revolves around it. Yet the thing most celebrated,
and most revered, is Jesus hanging on the cross.

He's hanging in every Catholic church, home,
and around most of their necks. They even make
the sign of the cross on their bodies. Wouldn't
it be more proper to have a symbol of the tomb
instead of the gruesome crucifix?

Maybe the Padre can answer part of this. I was almost 30 before I knew that most other Christian denomination have a cross and not a crucifix. But I was never told why this was.

Quote: AZDuffman

I was almost 30 before I knew that most other Christian denomination have a cross and not a crucifix

Not at all unusual. Yet FrG maintains that most Catholics
know perfectly well that over 100,000 people were
crucified and that it was an extremely common
sight in Jesus time to see a whole field of
people hanging on them.

But they don't know because it's never taught to them.
It dilutes the whole meaning of the cross if it was done
anybody and everybody.

I got together with a large portion of my family yesterday. We had an egg hunt for the kids, dinner, and good conversation.

My wife and kids went to church this morning, as they almost always do on Sundays.

Tonight, we are probably going to watch The Ten Commandments on TV until we are too tired to stay up any later.

Quote: Dalex64

Tonight, we are probably going to watch The Ten Commandments on TV until we are too tired to stay up any later.

Here's how it ends:

Quote: Evenbob

Celebrating a fairy tale that never happened,

The only fairy tale is that the Resurrection did not happen. Dr. William Craig gives a very simple two step approach to showing that you are living a fantasy.

Step one: The following three clearly stated facts need to be explained by any responsible historian of Jesus

1. On the Sunday morning after his crucifixion, Jesus' tomb was found empty by a group of his female followers.

2. Various individuals and groups of people experienced appearances of Jesus alive after his death.

3. The original disciples suddenly and sincerely came to believe that God had raised Jesus from the dead despite having nearly every predisposition to the contrary.

Step two: the Resurrection of Jesus is the best explanation of these facts

If you are willing to deal in history and facts and not fantasy and have a better explanation I'm open to hearing it.

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But that would instill no guilt in people, would it.
Having Jesus forever nailed to the cross is a
constant reminder that a Catholic is to feel
perpetually guilty for the 'sacrifice'.

You keep parroting this offensive and baseless argument and I don't know why. The crucifix is a reminder of the love of God who by His sacrifice has freed us from guilt and sin. It is because of Jesus' passion and death that we don't ever have to be perpetually guilty. I really don't understand how to make this more clear to you. Can you give an example of why you think the crucifix is to make people feel guilty?

Quote: AZDuffman

I was almost 30 before I knew that most other Christian denomination have a cross and not a crucifix. But I was never told why this was.

The times I have asked my Protestant friends or had it come up in conversation it seems to revolve around a theological point that Christ has died once and for all for sin. Of course, Catholics believe this too but there is a misconception that through the sacrifice of the Mass that we prolong or re-sacrifice Jesus again and again. For Catholics the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ is an eternal event that happened once in history but whose effect and power reverberate throughout time undimmed. In the celebration of the Mass and in the sacrifices of our own lives they are connected to the one most loving sacrifice of Jesus Christ that continues to inspire us today.