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OpEdNews - Article: Sex, Love, and Jesus: A Few Surprises in the Easter Basket

source: http://www.opednews.com/articles/Sex-Love-and-Jesus-A-Fe-by-Meryl-Ann-Butler-110423-566.html

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23 comments // OpEdNews - Article: Sex, Love, and Jesus: A Few Surprises in the Easter Basket

  • mrsitssopinkjones
  • FLeggplant
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    • This article reminded me of a sign I read a few days before Easter at a church in my neighborhood...
      'Jesus has arisen from the dead'
      All I could think of in my twisted brain was, Zombie Jesus.

    • 1 year ago
  • artemis6
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    • And to honor the pagan goddess it was customary to encourage ritual sex in the fields to encourage her fertility . Gotta love those old tyme religions .

    • 1 year ago
  • Leen61
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    • Like TCL, I thought that was a pic of Bob Marley, too. Anyway, interesting stuff here, mspray. I was just wondering this morning why we eat chocolate bunnies on Easter...no kidding. And this article told me why...makes sense now! And I loved the bumper sticker that said "Family Values? Jesus was a Bachelor!" LMAO! Thanks for posting this. :)

    • 1 year ago
  • futuregen
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    • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pgRUpDDrb0

      http://www.realitysandwich.com/gnosis_the_notso_secret_history_jesus

      "Son of God" is actually derived from "sun of God," as the mystery schools carefully marked astrological events, especially the precession of the equinoxes. The twelve tribes represent the twelve constellations in the zodiac and Jesus, Mithras, Dionysus and the other "godmen" symbolize the sun, which eventually passes through each of the signs. On December 25, the brightest star in the night sky, Sirius, aligns with the three brightest stars in Orion's Belt, which are called "The Three Kings," pointing directly at the sunrise. The Virgin (Mary in our case) is the constellation Virgo, who was also referred to as "The House of Bread" (she holds a sheaf of wheat). She represents the autumn months, which diminish and later give birth to the sun's reawakening. The little legendary town of Bethlehem literally means "House of Bread."

      As winter comes in, the sun falls further south in the horizon until reaching its lowest point at the winter solstice on December 22nd. There, it appears to die for three days (stops moving) directly under the Southern Cross constellation until it rises again on December 25, bringing in more light to our world each day. The sun’s resurrection wasn’t fully celebrated until it reached fruition during the spring equinox, or what we call Easter today. Those "crown of thorns" are thought to represent the sun's vibrant rays. Given the subtle, yet powerful spiritual/energy forces the mystery schools were working with (which we'll discuss in greater detail), it's no surprise that their spiritual heroes were symbolized by the continual nuclear fusion process of our glowing sun."

    • 1 year ago
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  • scooter3282
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      scooter3282  

    • mspray11, this was a great article. Two things struck me as very thoughtful and humorous. H.L. Mencken's comment on Puritanism, "The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy", could be the 2012 bumper sticker for the Republican candidate, preceded by "Vote for me if you have...". I also loved the "If you don't sin, Jesus died for nothing." I'm definitely glad that I've done my part to make sure he didn't die in vain.

    • 1 year ago
  • mspray11
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    • scooter3282:

      Haven't we all, except the perfect ones that are in denial. I suppose some will cry that it was in poor taste. Not to me though, I am still pissed at the catholic nut-jobs that destroyed the Piss-Christ in France. I move that we not only separate State And Church but Art and Church as well.

    • 1 year ago
  • scooter3282
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      scooter3282  
    • mspray11:

      Ah yes, the ones that can be total assholes to everyone all week but are absolved of all sin on Sundays and start all over again with a clean slate. Don't ya love 'em. I agree with your last point totally. The armies of religious zealots who look for blasphemy everywhere but miss it when they look in the mirror are some of the biggest violators of the first amendment, but use their faith as justification. Mapplethorpe showed just what guts he had by challenging the hypocritical religious and free speech police and he paved the way for many courageous artists to follow.

    • 1 year ago
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