• Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.world
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    Ah yes, the “no fun allowed” stance that is so successful

    Also, isn’t Easter more important? Everybody is born but only one primate came back to life, which is the important part.

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      Theologians have debated that one. I recently attended a service where the minister argued for Good Friday being more important.

      Christmas is the Incarnation - so it’s like arguing over the most important part of a purchase.

      Christmas - money put on the table Good Friday - money taken Easter - Receipt printed

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        David Graeber’s “Debt” goes pretty deep into the implications of making this sort of thing a transaction

        But if you had to pick one of those to define the core of Christian faith - like Passover defines the core of Judaism - wouldn’t it be Easter?

        ETA: Watching the Rugrats nail someone to a cross to explain Easter would have been WILD