"✊ Good Revolutionary Friday ✊
Jesus was executed by the Roman state not because he preached kindness and love in the abstract, but because he embodied a radical threat to the status quo. He overturned tables in the temple—an act of direct action against economic injustice. He called out religious leaders for siding with power. He preached good news to the poor, liberation to the captives, and gave hope to the masses living under occupation.
He walked with the people, fed them, healed them, and lifted up the lowly. He was dangerous for his love.
Good Friday reminds us that empire always responds to liberation movements with violence. The cross was not just a symbol of suffering—it was the electric chair, the lynching tree, the drone strike in Gaza. It was a tool of state terror used to silence dissent.
The powers may try to kill the revolution. But Easter is coming."
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I disagree with this guy on his common assumption that all forms of Marxism are totalitarian. First of all, capitalism is totalitarian in its lack of alternative and destruction of any that arise. It compels our participation in that regard.
Capitalism only promises evermore toil and misery, and it diminishes thought to convince us this is good. Personally, I think Jesus aligns with Marxists in his concern for the poor and oppressed. For too long, conservatives dominate Christian theory.
Just like the totalitarian nature of capitalism, they stomp out any "heresy" that dare deviate from their orthodoxy. Who needs a council to determine right-thought when one can simply have a personal relationship with the Christ? I think people take great pains to separate communalism from Jesus, but its his very nature. How absurd!
He shared and healed for free, and he grew to anger at markets in the temple. Yet you tell me the church favors capitalism. Haha
"The True Pagan Origins of Easter | Ancient Architects"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSXzIR5OZ9w
"Easter Sunday is a time when the Christians of the world are celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ, whilst Christians and non-Christians alike will no doubt be feasting on chocolate eggs.
The consumption of chocolate eggs is certainly not a Christian tradition and historians and Biblical scholars will universally admit that before ever becoming a Christian holiday, Easter is undoubtedly a pagan festival.
This can be seen by the fact that the date of Easter weekend changes every year and it is due to Easter always being the first Sunday following the Full Moon after the Spring Equinox.
Unlike the word Christmas, the Word Easter is also has pagan roots and history books can trace it to the Saxons, where Eastra was the Spring Goddess. It wasn’t until the 8th century when the
Anglo-Saxons took the name from the goddess and married her up with the resurrection of Jesus to form the new Christian holiday of Easter.
Easter as a celebration goes back much further than the Saxons and some say it evens goes as far back as the Sumerians and the legend of Damuzi (or Tammuz) and Ishtar (or Inanna).
Jimmer
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