< ..><\/p>\n
According to wilstar.com – “To save lives, the missionaries
\ncleverly decided spread their religious message by allowing
\nconverts to continue to celebrate pagan feasts, but to do so
\nin a Christian manner.”<\/p>\n
No. It was Constantine who understood the power
\nof symbols over illiterate peoples and hijacked them
\nto create Christian soldiers, marching off to war.<\/p>\n
14 centuries later, along came literacy and the
\ninformation highway and enlightened evangelicals
\naware of the paganness of their holidays, now would sacrifice
\nthe Easter Bunny for political reasons, the same as Jesus
\nwas sacrificed for political reasons.<\/p>\n
The stolen, fertile Bunny of innocence,
\nbecame the stuffed beloved toy of our children,
\nand the promise of new life – the Egg,
\nbecame a game of hide and seek for the poor —
\nfor the rich – chocolate covered with gold leaves.<\/p>\n
Poor clever Constantine was not clever enough
\nto destroy symbols of Nature, nor the joys of springtime;
\nwhen every breeze breathes love, where every heart feels
\nthe spring birds’ song, or the beauty in springflowers
\npeeking thru…….surprise!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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