Jesus, like Buddha, Krishna and others, sought to bring out the best in his followers. To me, it’s his life that is most important. His life was his message.
Since this is a political blog, I can’t resist pointing out that during an Easter celebration at what’s left of the White House, Trump’s “spiritual adviser” compared him to Jesus. In honor of Jesus and Easter, I won’t repeat the profanity-laced Easter message Trump tooted on “Truth” Social this morning.
As the child of atheists and an atheist and half-Jew, I don’t have any belief in Jesus as son of God or anything but a carpenter’s son. My mother belonged to a Unitarian church outside of Chicago primarily because Adlai Stevenson occasionally showed there. I actually looked forward to the talk Reverend Bletzer (another atheist) would give on Easter. For him, the resurrection was a metaphor. He saw the rebirth of the world in Spring as a time of rejoicing whether one was a Christian or not. I too rejoice for that same reason.
There's NYT story today describing an upsurge in conversions to Catholicism by young American Adults. What are they looking for, hoping for, and what are they worried about? Christians who follow the moral teachings of Jesus, are "losers," according to Trump and his many sycophants . Pete Hegseth sees our ultranationalist quest in the Middle East as a modern-day crusade, a war to cleanse the holy land from heretical Islam and establish hegemony for the one "true" religion, Christianity-his kind. We've been through this several times through the ages. It never turns out well. The consequences of repeating this folly are orders of magnitude more catastrophic in the nuclear age. Pope Leo is dismayed by the wonton mass annihilation and killing in the name of God that our nation, led by the nose by Netanyahu, are responsible for. Thinking about this on this Easter Sunday, I pulled two books from my shelf today. Chris Hedges' "War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning," and "The Delusions of Crowds--Why People Go Mad in Groups" by William J. Bernstein.
Jesus, like Buddha, Krishna and others, sought to bring out the best in his followers. To me, it’s his life that is most important. His life was his message.
Since this is a political blog, I can’t resist pointing out that during an Easter celebration at what’s left of the White House, Trump’s “spiritual adviser” compared him to Jesus. In honor of Jesus and Easter, I won’t repeat the profanity-laced Easter message Trump tooted on “Truth” Social this morning.
As the child of atheists and an atheist and half-Jew, I don’t have any belief in Jesus as son of God or anything but a carpenter’s son. My mother belonged to a Unitarian church outside of Chicago primarily because Adlai Stevenson occasionally showed there. I actually looked forward to the talk Reverend Bletzer (another atheist) would give on Easter. For him, the resurrection was a metaphor. He saw the rebirth of the world in Spring as a time of rejoicing whether one was a Christian or not. I too rejoice for that same reason.
This post by Andy Borowitz is not about Easter but it's hilarious.
https://borowitzreport.substack.com/p/donald-trumps-the-art-of-war?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
The into was great, but you had to subscribe to see more. Here's something similar for free:
https://mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/the-art-of-war-by-donald-j-trump
Oh phooey, I didn't realize that. Thanks for the heads up! I changed the link, please let me know if it works.
Happy Easter! Lovely that you’ll celebrate our Orthodox Easter as well next week.. Greek ‘girl’
What a lovely post! Thank you 🙏! And happy Easter!!
There's NYT story today describing an upsurge in conversions to Catholicism by young American Adults. What are they looking for, hoping for, and what are they worried about? Christians who follow the moral teachings of Jesus, are "losers," according to Trump and his many sycophants . Pete Hegseth sees our ultranationalist quest in the Middle East as a modern-day crusade, a war to cleanse the holy land from heretical Islam and establish hegemony for the one "true" religion, Christianity-his kind. We've been through this several times through the ages. It never turns out well. The consequences of repeating this folly are orders of magnitude more catastrophic in the nuclear age. Pope Leo is dismayed by the wonton mass annihilation and killing in the name of God that our nation, led by the nose by Netanyahu, are responsible for. Thinking about this on this Easter Sunday, I pulled two books from my shelf today. Chris Hedges' "War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning," and "The Delusions of Crowds--Why People Go Mad in Groups" by William J. Bernstein.