I don't mean to downplay the resurrection at all, because it is a miracle done only through God, but I think the jews are happy to distract us from focusing on the day that Jesus died for our salvation. The bunnies, the eggs, the name "Easter"- it all flies in the face of what these days really are. And people celebrate them without ever caring about the significance of those symbols. Christ's death is the point; we aren't saved through His resurrection, but His death. I celebrate "Resurrection Sunday", but I think Good Friday is more...central to God's message to those willing to hear.
I appreciate and value the stories in the bible because I've learned to look for the non literal meanings hidden within them. I think the problem I have is that "church" is a large room filled with people who take it literally and are convinced it's the only correct approach. Don't get me wrong, it's not that they're jealous or offended or something. I've literally seen it melt people's brains, they can't process it so they just lash out in some way.
It just makes it difficult to be around people like that.
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