Welcome to Easter. Based spring fertility worship, changed to a worship of blood sacrifice and then resurrection, we have a holiday that has many faces. We've even had many dates for it, and the usual religious friction of who is "right". My favorite evidence of how religion changes is this: This is a painting by Marcos Zapata in … Continue reading What the Boss Likes – welcome to Easter, syncretic religion at its best
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Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – Easter, the supposed events and implications
This is a compilation of various observations I’ve made about Easter over the years. This weekend is *the* Christian holiday, Easter. It commemorates the murder, and subsequent supposed magical resurrection, of a man/god in payment for the original sin of Adam and Eve (requiring them to exist plus the talking snake) and all the sinning … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – Easter, the supposed events and implications