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Friday, April 10, 2009 at 12:15pm
Now I hope you won’t crucify me for this next blog (pardon the pun) but I thought it only proper that on the Easter Break we ponder on what the weekend means to all of us.
No matter what religion you are, in Australia most of us get the day off, we have Bbq’s (some sans red meat) we eat chocolate, relax and enjoy each others company and all because of some dude called Jesus.
But who was this Jesus and how the hell did the Easter Bunny rain on his parade?
Now don’t think I’m trying to convert you but I was bought up in a Christian home, church every Sunday, sometimes twice every Sunday and when it comes down to it all I believe Jesus was just an all round rock and roll bloke.
Once again, no matter what religion you are, most believe that Jesus did exist-whether or not he was the son of God, that’s where division lies, but for the sake of this post, lets reflect on how if he were walking among us today, we would all be following him on twitter and signing up to be his facebook friend.
Most say he was a Fisherman-I say he was a caterer and a pretty dope one at that. A few too many people front up for your party, no prob with Jesus around, turn on the tap and he’ll turn it into wine, run out of food and he’ll make that French onion dip and crackers turn into a feast.
He was the ultimate wing man-that vow of celibacy drove the ladies crazy, they flocked to him (we always want what we can’t have), hang out with Jesus and your sure to get some left over’s.
As for party tricks, that Jesus, he’s always showing off and walking on water.
And if you drink too much and start to spew, one little touch on the shoulder from Jesus and your healed, even better, if you spew on him, hit on his Mum, or pick a fight with his best mate he’ll forgive you no matter what.
And the best bit-no matter who you are, what you’ve done, you’re always invited to his joint, makes for an interesting party, you never know who your gonna end up gibbering in the corner too.
Except for bringing us Chocolate he makes the Easter Bunny sound pretty lame huh?
Just something to think about.
Happy Easter all.Emily Everywhere
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Mansfield
hey i can understand all of that. but one thing i did wonder over the holidays was how the easter bunny came. i understand the whole choclate egg thing. but bunnys dont actually lay egg which confuses the whole thing why bunnys bring eggs.
ReplyDeleteEaster eggs and Easter bunnies may or may not have had some Christian symbolism, but that is well and truly gone now.
ReplyDeleteEaster is so stupid; we are an obese country and so what do we set aside a whole weekend for - eating chocolate. That's dumb.
I hate the people spend more time eating chocolate than reflecting on what Easter is actually significant for.
This is what bugged me about this particular blog I read.
What do the rest of you think?
Mansfield
I think that the Easter Bunny is there to fool little children!!!!
ReplyDeleteWow, thats a cool blog you have there.
ReplyDeleteI agree, Jesus is heaps cooler than the Easter bunny, and if it weren't for Jesus there would be no trees to make the cocoa beans to make the chocolate in the first place, so basically Jesus totally owns the Easter Bunny there.
Yeah Jesus is cool :)
-Beck.
(102966) ??
i have absolutely no idea what that blog was about...
ReplyDeletehannah powell
you make the easter bunny sound pretty uncool...
ReplyDeletethis blog did the same thing for me. most people think that easter is a time where they can sit around and eat chocolate. this totally defeats the meaning of easter for us christians and some people can just forget about the true meaning of easter.
ReplyDeletebtw where did the origin of eating chocolate on easter come from??
could be helpful :)
Alannah
i think people (nonchristians) just created the easter bunny to have a meaning for easter.
ReplyDeleteJesus is way awesomer than the easter bunny.
:)
I have a question, was the soldier standing by the cross; a christian, apostle or deciple?
ReplyDeleteWhen it comes to easter all i no is that jesus died on the cross and rose again to save our sins and we get LOTS and LOTS of chocolate.
ReplyDeleteBUTTTTTT!!!!!!!
Seriously
How many of us can actually say that we only focus on the death and resurection of Christ and not CHOCOLATE? If you answered yes to that question now answer this one. If the "real meaning" of easter means so much to you than if you dont get any chocolate for that whole easter period how would you feel.
When it comes to easter all i can think about is a break from swimming and being able to eat 400kg's of chocolate.
Cya
from maisy - belle
THIS IS WAT WIKIPEDIA SAYS ABOUT THE EASTER BUNNY. Just some backround
ReplyDeleteThe Easter Bunny as an Easter symbol seems to have its origins in Alsace and southwestern Germany, where it was first mentioned in German writings in the 1600s. The first edible Easter Bunnies were made in Germany during the early 1800s and were made of pastry and sugar.
The Easter Bunny was introduced to America by the German settlers who arrived in the Pennsylvania Dutch country during the 1700s.[3]
This was vaiiiir humourous.
ReplyDeleteI believe there is a jesus (i like to call him jeazus) but i just choose not to worship him. I never really thought easter was just about chocolate though. I knew it was a religious festival and all that jazz, but i never went to church and made the fact easter was about jeazus apparent.
Muh, i guess chocolate is just a bonus.
Easter isn't about chocolate!!!!
ReplyDeletethe easter bunny was probably made up for an excuse to eat chocolate. Many peepoles could have celebrated the resurrection of Jesus but still had fun eating chocolate.
ReplyDeleteThen the years passed and the resurrection was forgotten.
aye how did bunny and chocolate come in to easter? it drives me nuts!! grrr
ReplyDeletemaryane bro! (:
I think that God is heaps better than the easter bunny cause the bunny only comes around with chocolate once a year but God is everywhere at all times which is pretty cool>
ReplyDeletexoxo Steph
chocolate and Jesus
ReplyDeletenatano
Wow. I think this blog explains the "worldly" way of thinking but as Christians I think we see MORE than that. We dont just see this amazing guy who wil do anything for us (we see this also) but we see a saviour, a man who was willing to DIE for US in PAIN just for US. Thats what I think we should see. Not just what this blog says.
ReplyDelete-Jo Nelson
Well i agree with chirssy easter is truely about Jesus but that nonchristians decided to make easter fun for them..gettin heaps of chocoaltte and doing nothing...i believe easter is not about chocolatte
ReplyDeletebut the thing is... there wouldn't even be Easter if it weren't for Jesus' ressurection, but I don't know why chocolate is so connected to Easter.. not saying I don't like it! :D
ReplyDeleteHeidi
jesus is pretty cool and life saving and chocolate is pretty nice and also life saving(not really)
ReplyDeleteNatano
Wow - you guys are getting more and more into this blogging thing all the time.
ReplyDeleteHere's some thoughts.
1. I have a poster on how the chocolate egg came into existence - I'll try and remember to bring it to class.
2. I really like how you said Hannah B, that you believe that Jesus existed; you just choose not to worship him. You see, you are far more intelligent than the person who wrote the Easter Bunny blog because they say that Jesus existed, but he was just an average joe.
3. Maisy, I still think that Easter chocolate is stupid. It's unhealthy, expensive and indulgent. It's just another we can show each other how much emphasis we place on insignificant things.
Righto.
Nice work team.
What was that memory verse again?
Mansfield