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minus-squareFlax@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·10 days agoTheologians have debated that one. I recently attended a service where the minister argued for Good Friday being more important. Christmas is the Incarnation - so it’s like arguing over the most important part of a purchase. Christmas - money put on the table Good Friday - money taken Easter - Receipt printed
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-210 days agoDavid Graeber’s “Debt” goes pretty deep into the implications of making this sort of thing a transaction But if you had to pick one of those to define the core of Christian faith - like Passover defines the core of Judaism - wouldn’t it be Easter? ETA: Watching the Rugrats nail someone to a cross to explain Easter would have been WILD
Theologians have debated that one. I recently attended a service where the minister argued for Good Friday being more important.
Christmas is the Incarnation - so it’s like arguing over the most important part of a purchase.
Christmas - money put on the table Good Friday - money taken Easter - Receipt printed
David Graeber’s “Debt” goes pretty deep into the implications of making this sort of thing a transaction
But if you had to pick one of those to define the core of Christian faith - like Passover defines the core of Judaism - wouldn’t it be Easter?
ETA: Watching the Rugrats nail someone to a cross to explain Easter would have been WILD