Monday, April 6, 2009

Absurdities In Genesis: Oversimplification

So, it's looking like I'm sort of making this a regular series here, but its always interesting to see what ridiculous crap is coming out of AiG or other denialist websites. That said, its a column I kinda like doing, so will probably keep doing it until I get bored. I don't plan to focus on their articles so much as the randomly ridiculous. There are much better refutations of their articles from people far more qualified. That said, I bring you idiocy!



Does this even remotely resemble the development of modern Easter celebrations? Not remotely. AiG, or whoever does their poor comics seems to think that the celebration of Easter is based on Christianity, and not the Pagan Eostre from which the name Easter is taken. It demonstrates a lack of understanding how the fusion in Anglo-Saxon culture and European Christian culture fused.

Surely there has been a gradual shift away from the solemness of either tradition, but the cartoon itself is neglecting the primary tradition that led to its final image, as well as all the celebratory traditions that the Christian church assimilated and adapted. It is entirely disingenous, and frighteningly ignorant, not to mention that it is (once again) being foisted upon children.

This is also of course a lack of understanding as to what devolution would be. This is, in fact evolution of an idea and the culture. Evolution does not mean "better"; even if evolution did mean unilateral improvement it would not necessarily mean what one demographic wants. Now, in theory devoltution would mean reverting to a preivous state. So, wouldn't that mean full on pagan worship as opposed to a fusion of the Christian and Pagan praxes? Of course, using their definition, I'd consider that Evolution.

4 comments:

  1. So, they hijacked the beltaine festival, and now they're mad that it got hijacked again in a secular fashion?

    yeah.

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  2. AiG, or whoever does their poor comics seems to think that the celebration of Easter is based on Christianity,

    Which it's not, just go look at my blog about how the word Easter was taken from the Great Bunny. He is the truth and the word and the wiggly nose ;)

    as well as all the celebratory traditions that the Christian church assimilated and adapted from the Great Bunny.

    May Peter of the cottontail bring you warmth, fuzziness, and of course, chocolate. Abun

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  3. PF: Its all indicative of this inane persecution complex the Christian majority has somehow acquired.

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  4. You see EC, Jesus said that if they were good RTCs (Real True Christians)they would be persecuted for their belief. Back in the early days of Roman rule, before Christianity was adopted by Caesar, they would taunt government officials until they were martyred. Today to become persecuted they have to poke people with sticks until someone tells them to stop.

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