Any other Christians annoyed at what society has turned Easter into?

[Opol]

I’m resigned that the same has been done to Christmas. But for me that is “only” the birth of Christ.

As a Roman Catholic, Easter is of far more importance to me. For me, God’s love for humanity meant he sacrificed his only son. Jesus’ resurrection is literally the embodiment of the victory of light over darkness, good over evil etc.

I don’t wish to gate keep but seeing it reduced to Easter baskets and chocolate rabbits is unpleasant to witness. I’m more annoyed at society making everything hollow and superficial via consumerism and over consumption.

RC confirmation takes place when children are of secondary school age, how dim do you think they are by that stage?

@cakeorwine We are a Christian country because we have an established church.

Are you sure it's not Christians who are commercialising religion?

https://www.lourdes-giftshop.com/?&clic=bing_boutique&msclkid=9b716b488322141f17340d41239bd5ee

A litre bottle of Lourdes Water only 22.41 Euros or a Miraculous Madonna illuminated Statue a bargain at 13.50

Makes fuck all difference when less than half the country identify as Christian.

This is where I kind of agree with you. I'm an atheist but I'd love to see more made of the traditional Pagan festivals, and I really dislike how commercialised so much of life is now. Any chance for companies to use clever marketing and persuade the general public to buy whatever crap they're selling, and they go for it.

We literally have an established Church, it's called the Church of England. It has a totally woke cretin as Archbishop, but that's a symptom of a crumbling society. The monarch is the Head and supreme governor.

The country may be secular, but there is no denying that it is a Christian country.

Can I get a Vatican shot glass with that please 😂

Again, it isn’t ‘much’ disputed. A few people have put forward a theory to suggest Bede concocted it but it’s only been suggested by a handful of people. You’re exaggerating it to fit your narrative.

And again, why the fuck you think it’s acceptable to tell others that their religion is made up I have no idea. I would never tell you Jesus didn’t exist. Never. Yet you can sit here and say that our religious figures or festivities are make believe. The arrogance on you is utterly shocking and you are not helping Christianity come across well at all.

Yet you’re the first to whine if someone dares to criticise your God.

And the sooner State and Church are separated, the better.

Enjoy your faith, no matter what faith you are.

Just don't bring it into the State. And don't insist your Head of State is also the Head of your Church.

I’m not in England.

OP has posted a question on a public forum. Not least, in the generalised section of 'AIBU' rather than the more specialised 'Philosophy and Religion' board which might have drawn the less general, more religious respondents requested.

That being the case, anyone can post here. That's the way discussion forums work.

And?

Less than half the population are Christian.

So it may have an Established Church but most people aren't Christian.

So that's strange, isn't it?

It just says a lot about the over influence of Christanity, despite less and less people identifying as Christian

"The country may be secular, but there is no denying that it is a Christian country"

Isn't that a contradiction?

What Easter has turned back to Easter? Giving eggs to celebrate spring, birth and decorating with flowers? Shocking!?

So pointing to the Church of England doesn’t enhance your argument to me.

Lourdes is actually a beautiful town, apart from the road leading to the religious bit, which is the tackiest place I have ever seen. You can buy plastic Popes that squirt holy water out of a hole in the top of their hats. It's actually so bad that it's funny.

On the plus side, you can get great Sri Lankan food there. There are 1.2 million Catholics in Sri Lanka and for them a pilgrimage to Lourdes seems to be what Haj is to Muslims. So there are four or five quite modest restaurants serving string hoppers, fish curry and rice, etc.

The Head of State, the King, is the Head of The Church of England. It's a fact.

Easter baskets and consumerism is far more "pleasant to witness" than listening to grown adults who genuinely believe in made up fairytales about "God" and "Jesus Christ". Do you also believe in the tooth fairy and father christmas?

I do see your point and really struggle with how materialistic Easter has become… and so so shallow. But I also get that for non Christian / pagans it can be about welcoming spring.

Except that I imagine for most families it becomes another day to spend a lot of money and go overboard on decorations and chocolate and doing Easter things because everyone else is doing them without giving a moments thought as to why they’re doing it. It then ends up becoming utterly meaningless and just another day for people to be fleeced into buying more stuff.

I spectacularly failed to answer any of DD’s detailed questions about the Easter story last week despite 7 years at a church secondary school, an A in GCSE RE and all the religious bollocks that has to take place by law in non-secular primary schools.

Turns out the local evangelical church muscling their way into her primary every Easter had no lasting impact either.

Atheism for the win. 👏

No shit

And the sooner we don't insist that our Head of State is also the Head of the Church of England, the better

Maybe - and hear me out, an ArchBishop should have that role

why though. I’d get rid of both quite happily.

No medieval historians give Bede's theory (never heard of again until the Brothers Grimm come along and quote him in the 19th century) any credence.

It makes the whole argument moot and a waste of time. So why even participate?