The Biggest Hoax
Posted in Film, Religion on April 7th, 2007 by Chip GibbonsThis is not an article about the new movie, “The Hoax,” starring Richard Gere. But I should point out that I saw an interview with Clifford Irving who wrote the phony autobiography about Howard Hughes and he said that the more fantastic he made his lies, the more people believed them.
Having said that…
Tomorrow, millions of people around the world will celebrate what is arguably the biggest hoax ever perpetrated on some members of the human race by other members of the human race.
Christians celebrate Easter as the day that Jesus Christ rose from the dead. Christians believe they will do that same after they die and that non-Christians will be punished for not believing the same.
None of it has ever been supported by any evidence, yet that has not stopped Christianity from being used successfully to manipulate people into submission and irrationality for over two thousand years.
It’s a sad day and certainly nothing that rational people can celebrate with a clear conscience.
This article about the Easter Bunny makes you wonder why people don’t “grow out of” their Christian beliefs.
The Easter Bunny is an example of folklore mythology which children are sometimes taught to believe. Some people don’t approve of teaching of an existence of the Easter Bunny. Not everyone believes in the Easter Bunny, and most, if not all, eventually “grow out of” their belief. Other prominent characters thought of in this way are Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy.
And Jesus Christ.
And all other human beings who have been turned into gods by our imaginations and superstitions.
UPDATE 4/8/07: Trey Givens adds his own insights and wicked humor to this subject. Love the part about the electric chairs and syringes.