Friday, April 18, 2003

What a culture!

This morning, I heard a woman call into a radio talk show and say to the host "Happy Good Friday!"

Let's deconstruct this greeting...If the woman is a non-Christian, then why would she be talking about an exceptionally holy day in the Christian religion, and why would she be referring to it as happy when it is a day of mourning? If the woman is a Christian, why on earth would she suggest that the most somber day in the Christian year be happy?

Of course, the Easter culture is a lot more ironic than that. Yesterday, on the radio, I heard a steak house ad suggesting that everyone come over to the restaurant for an Easter dinner of steak. Everywhere, people are buying grocery store eggs to dye and hide, or to use for decorations. So we can celebrate the Christian victory over death by dining on cows that have been horribly abused and slaughtered, or by eating eggs from chickens who have been tortured beyond belief throughout their miserable lives.

There is something deeply wrong with this picture.

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