Happy Chocolaty Easter Everyone^^
Have you ever asked someone if they knew what they were celebrating in easter?? I have and, surprisingly enough, most of them had absolutely no idea what this festivity is all about.
"It's got something to do with God" some would say. Others would just stick to a plain old "I've no idea, but I love chocolate, so I don't really care".
That's just another proof that people do whatever someone tells them to do. You just have to put it in a nice way, add some ribbons to it, and they will buy it happily.
Why did we move from the traditional egg ((the symbol of new life)) to a chocolate one?? Does chocolate mean anything in particular other than indigestion and spots?? Does it, magically, reunite the family??
I'm a catholic girl, even though I don't really practice religion. I've been brought up in a family in which religion is only handy when you need something that's quite out of reach, so probably that's why I have some weird ((to some)) ideas about this whole affair. And, besides, my dad belongs to the Greek church, which is basically the same, but some of their stuff do make more sense than ours ((but that is something I will talk about some other time))
I don't think I'm the only person in this universe that thinks Easter in the modern days has become another chance for selling things. When did we let that happen and why?? Why are people so blind? Why can't they see they are being told they are free when the truth is they are even telling us what we should belive in??
Nothing can survive globalization, and don't get me wrong, in some aspects globalization is an amazing thing. Not going any further, this thing I am doing right now would not be possible without it... but everything has a limit... and we seem to be pushing that line everytime we get any close to it.
This will probably not change the way we all see easter, it will definetly not make people stop buying easter eggs, but it's helped me keep my peace of mind by letting me say what I think without being singled out.
Song of the day: Quelqu'un m'a dit by Carla Bruni
rs76.rapidshare.com/files/24936058/Carla_Bruni_-_Quelqu_un_m_a_dit.mp3
"It's got something to do with God" some would say. Others would just stick to a plain old "I've no idea, but I love chocolate, so I don't really care".
That's just another proof that people do whatever someone tells them to do. You just have to put it in a nice way, add some ribbons to it, and they will buy it happily.
Why did we move from the traditional egg ((the symbol of new life)) to a chocolate one?? Does chocolate mean anything in particular other than indigestion and spots?? Does it, magically, reunite the family??
I'm a catholic girl, even though I don't really practice religion. I've been brought up in a family in which religion is only handy when you need something that's quite out of reach, so probably that's why I have some weird ((to some)) ideas about this whole affair. And, besides, my dad belongs to the Greek church, which is basically the same, but some of their stuff do make more sense than ours ((but that is something I will talk about some other time))
I don't think I'm the only person in this universe that thinks Easter in the modern days has become another chance for selling things. When did we let that happen and why?? Why are people so blind? Why can't they see they are being told they are free when the truth is they are even telling us what we should belive in??
Nothing can survive globalization, and don't get me wrong, in some aspects globalization is an amazing thing. Not going any further, this thing I am doing right now would not be possible without it... but everything has a limit... and we seem to be pushing that line everytime we get any close to it.
This will probably not change the way we all see easter, it will definetly not make people stop buying easter eggs, but it's helped me keep my peace of mind by letting me say what I think without being singled out.
Song of the day: Quelqu'un m'a dit by Carla Bruni
rs76.rapidshare.com/files/24936058/Carla_Bruni_-_Quelqu_un_m_a_dit.mp3
posted by Miss Halfway @ 10:45 AM
9 comments
9 Comments:
At April 8, 2007 at 8:00 PM,
ckjolly said…
hey,
i noticed your comment looking for friends on Mike-the-guy-who-got-his-rib-broken-by-a-girl's blog. i thought i'd come over and say hi.
I was actually talking about this VERY thing with some friends yesterday. Not only do I find the commericialization of this holy day "distateful" ... but the idea of the CROSS being mass produced in sweet creamy chocolate!!!
really! (disgust)
chocolate ... to represent that awful tool of execution to kill the Savior of the world .. the Son of God. and putting lovely lilies on it as decoration doesn't make the cross any less horrific. What Christ went through to bring God glory and claim rebellious people to transform their lives that they may also bring God glory ... should never be memorialized in chocolate.
THAT'S distasteful.
(wow .. that turned out to be quite a rant ... eep.)
At April 8, 2007 at 8:52 PM,
mike said…
"What does Easter mean?" is perhaps a symptom of a world in which we struggle to understand a myriad of ideas, Islam, globalization, catholicism, commercialization. How can we make sense of it all? I believe there are answers to these questions... a good place to start is the story of the first Easter.
At April 9, 2007 at 1:05 AM,
Sweettooth said…
Hi! great song by Carla Bruni, have been wanting to listen to it for some time now. Thanks! Hope u'll continue blogging ;)
At April 9, 2007 at 1:55 AM,
ckjolly said…
oh but there IS such a wonderful sweetness to the day.
It is not Christ's death that we remember on this day ... it is His resurrection.
God became man, lived a perfect life (which we could not do), took our punishment of death upon Himself, and ROSE again on the third day ... this is what we celebrate ... Christ conquered death ... He is victorious ... and as such, those who look to him as their substitute forsaking any effort on their own part to gain God's favor, can rejoice in knowing that one day they too will not be conquered by death but live with God, glorifying Him for all of eternity.
it would not bring glory to God if we mourned on this day. What have we who know Christ as our Savior to mourn? Today is a day of celebration of life everlasting ... not the death of the Lord of all.
But there is a perhaps cause for solemn contemplation ... there are so many, like you mentioned, who do not know what they are meant to be celebrating. May we love them with the love of God and speak this marvelous truth to them in confidence, praying that God would work in their lives drawing them to himself so that they too may know life.
Paul wrote to the Corinthians:
"The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ."
What does the resurrection of Christ mean for you? Is it relevant at all? I recommend contemplating 1 Corinthians 15.
At April 9, 2007 at 2:13 AM,
ckjolly said…
this might be of interest.
your thoughts?
At April 9, 2007 at 4:13 PM,
Kathleen said…
It's true that we seem to have immortalzed Easter and it's commerciality in chocolate. I enjoy the Easter egg hunt, the chocolate eggs, the whole bunny thing; but for me, it's a separate issue from what Easter realy means. All that other fluff is fun fluff. WE commercialize Easter; if we didn't buy the chocolate, no one would be making a chocolate cross.
At April 9, 2007 at 5:06 PM,
MOZART said…
Hola Panaderita, ya volví, es verdad, ta weno tu blog... cómo hago para subir temas??? sí, soy una ignarita no muy brillante XD
En el torneo salimos segundas, no está tan mal XD...
Che, no te compré alfajores, porque viajamos en tren y se hacía bolsa todo lo que llevábamos, así que a nadie le traje alfajores.... compré cosas menos "rompibles". A vos te compré un llavero de un caracol re raro (raro como vos XD), espero que te guste, así que no rompas la bolas gorda comealfajores.
Bue, un beso trolis, Mata ne! ;)
HITOMI.
At April 9, 2007 at 5:33 PM,
Anonymous said…
nice blog!
i really really like the way you think, girl. yes, easter is another chance for selling things, chocolate eggs, cards, and stuff. but it's up to us not to believe what they want us to believe. and i'm glad you're doing that ;)
i've been looking for some carla bruni songs today, so you've saved my day!
At April 9, 2007 at 9:11 PM,
ckjolly said…
tell me more about the symbolism of the egg. i'm completely unfamiliar with it.
;)
to my shame, my first thought when you mentioned the hard boiled egg was ... "How can that represent life if it's COOKED? ewww!" But I guess the eggs that we hardboil never had a chance of living anyway.
but i'm sure that you have some fascinating insight about this egg thing.
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