tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post3118339035881447667..comments2024-03-29T03:28:22.296-05:00Comments on Writing In The Crosshairs: HAS EASTER LOST ITS MEANING?Roland D. Yeomanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-80211784646311510882015-04-06T01:11:25.673-05:002015-04-06T01:11:25.673-05:00I knew that the word Easter wasn't Christian i...I knew that the word Easter wasn't Christian in origin, but I didn't know the German or bunny and egg traditions at all. When I was little, I was more excited about getting an Easter basket full of candy than of going to church, but then church was a regular thing and my Mom restricted candy and sweets at all other times (yet another reason why I loved Halloween).Helenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14967821142796562697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-59465891211649431262015-04-05T14:45:37.367-05:002015-04-05T14:45:37.367-05:00Alex:
It would be nice to think so about atheists,...Alex:<br />It would be nice to think so about atheists, but I think "practical" atheists outnumber us -- especially worldwide. :-( <br /><br />The Pew Research Study recently determined that "Unaffliated" will outnumber Christians in 30 years.Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-45650188084119628882015-04-05T14:14:39.772-05:002015-04-05T14:14:39.772-05:00I believe as well! Jesus paid the ultimate price f...I believe as well! Jesus paid the ultimate price for our sins.<br />I think there are more Christians than atheists, they just aren't as vocal or demanding.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-77857452602541568982015-04-05T10:33:32.564-05:002015-04-05T10:33:32.564-05:00D.G.:
I live in what could be called the Bible Bel...D.G.:<br />I live in what could be called the Bible Belt as well. Across this nation, 150 million attend church weekly. <br /><br /> You are right: what we live, we believe. Even though I Iive where I live, I hear precious little lip service much less see anything more substantial during the week. <br /><br />Most in the Western World have become “practical” atheists, living and speaking daily as if there were no God. <br /><br />Only when life hits the dumpster, do we hear people talk of prayer or of God on the week days.<br /><br />Moslems nearly match the number of Christians worldwide. <br /><br /> When was the last time you saw a positive Christian portrayed on a weekly TV series? When have you seen the characters preparing to go to church, or at church, or having gone to church on a TV series?<br /><br />We see all occupations on TV and see their life styles portrayed: their drug use, their entertainments, their marriages, their love lives, their friendships – but not one murmur of their faiths.<br /><br />In today’s entertainment, you regularly see positive portrayals of homosexuals who were once shunned. I am happy that they have stopped being reviled. <br /><br />It is now the Christians who must be kept in the closet lest the viewing audience be offended. Our culture is daily becoming a strange new world.<br /><br />In Luke 18:8 Jesus says: “When the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?”<br /><br /> think I know what he means now.<br /><br />Hilary:<br />I think Jesus would be happy that you are comforted when going to His House. I, too, feel a renewing when I enter.<br /><br />As you say, we now know more and more and seem to be happy less and less. Being the one-eyed man in the kingdom of the blind never ends well.<br /><br />"The Thug Effect" -- I like that term. Thugs certainly have seemed to have taken over politics, nations, and religions lately that is for sure.<br /><br />Perhaps this Easter, a spiritual renewal will blossom in a few hearts anyway. All the best to you, too!<br /><br />Teresa:<br />And may your Easter Sunday be blessed, too! :-)<br />Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-11432419568743203012015-04-05T08:28:09.489-05:002015-04-05T08:28:09.489-05:00I believe! Have a wonderfully blessed Easter Sunda...I believe! Have a wonderfully blessed Easter Sunday.<br /><br />TeresaT. Powell Coltrinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02160774009926623671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-33247885258520154802015-04-05T02:42:18.536-05:002015-04-05T02:42:18.536-05:00Hi Roland ... I sit on the cusp - I find going to ...Hi Roland ... I sit on the cusp - I find going to an English church 'comforting' (probably not the right word) .. but it can give solace ... Easter - I did know doesn't tie in and relates to Spring. <br /><br />Times have changed and ideas have changed - it's always happened ... yet - having a religion should provide a coming together with like-minded (perhaps) souls for the common good and in today's more educated world we should be able to give ourselves a happier life, by thinking of others and having a camaraderies of hope and help. <br /><br />The butterfly effect - seems to have been taken over by the thug effect - I just hope we can find leaders in our world who will find a way through to heal and give hope .. <br /><br />All the best - Easter and Christmas are far too commercialised now .. HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-29661779826180353472015-04-05T00:33:10.413-05:002015-04-05T00:33:10.413-05:00I disagree with your assumption that there are mor...I disagree with your assumption that there are more atheists than Christians. From what I've noticed, the creationists and many other religious groups are growing. I live in what could be termed a 'bible belt', but there seems to be a multitude of variations on beliefs. What counts is how a person lives, how they deal with life. It's not what they say, it's what they do that counts.D.G. Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213237734772028645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-31055119351203017162015-04-04T20:56:39.827-05:002015-04-04T20:56:39.827-05:00Elephant's Child:
Hope, reconciliation, and fo...Elephant's Child:<br />Hope, reconciliation, and forgiveness -- if more practiced -- could stop the downward spiral of this sad, battered world, right? :-)Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-64213594768678637422015-04-04T20:54:11.429-05:002015-04-04T20:54:11.429-05:00I am not a believer but, as you say, hope and reco...I am not a believer but, as you say, hope and reconciliation are very necessary. For all of us.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.com