FFRF has done a good blog on the nonsense of Easter. I’m looking forward to the live broadcast of Jesus Christ Superstar on NBC tomorrow night. I love the music and it is a good story. It also is a great demonstration that the easter stories in the bible contradict each other quite a bit. Gesthemane, one of the more touching parts of the bible, is no where to be found in the Gospel of John, and well, those thieves are missing from the rock opera and do various contradictory things in the stories.
I’m waiting for people to also freak out that JC is being played by a black man, John Legend. Judas is also being portrayed as a black man, Brandon Victor Dixon (Judas has the best songs). Herod is Alice Cooper, the rock star who some Christians were quite sure was going to end the world, or something, back in the 70’s. Mr. Cooper also golfs and wears wonderfully tacky plaid pants while doing that.
There will also be a lot of people in church tomorrow, who have no problem with following a man who lies, cheats, brags about sexual assault, is a repeat adulterer, etc. And these are the people who say that atheists treat this god as a “vending machine” whenwe point out that this god should answer prayers. They repeatedly ask for forgiveness for this idiot and themselves for giving him a “mulligan”.
Postscript – (4/2/18) – the live performance of Jesus Christ Superstar was a bit of a mess.
Pros – great singers. Alice Cooper makes a very good Herod.
Cons – too many freakin’ commercials. Often it was like listening to a 45 record on 33 1/3, and Pontius Pilate looked like he’d more at home on the Hunger Games. The Glen Carter version from 2000 is much better.
Club Schadenfreude 
I love Easter! And you’re going to love it too, after you see this. Sorry, it’s not on Youtube yet, but Jesus was SAVED by a guy in the crowd yesterday. I kid you not…
http://atl.clicrbs.com.br/pretinhobasico/2018/03/31/motoboy-invade-encenacao-da-paixao-de-cristo-em-nova-hartz-e-salva-jesus-de-soldado-romano-veja/
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and yes, that’s Brazil… and yes, he was actually saving Jesus.
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That was interesting 🙂 I’ve asked Christians about the ramifications if people simply saved Jesus rather than letting the blood sacrifice demanded by this god go on. Of course, they don’t respond.
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Judas is my favorite. He infiltrated a cult that was threatening a coup d’état and he turned in the ringleader to officials and saved Jerusalem.
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well, that’s one way to consider it. It tracks well with the postulated position of the jewish priests that they didn’t want their religion to fall because of the act of yet one more messiah wannabee. of course, the various versions of what Judas did at various times doesn’t work so well with assuming he was an infiltrator.
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Gee, I may watch it now. Yer right. Great tunes.
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