Like Christmas or Easter, say.
Why do the great majority observe them? It is beyond any kind of rational thought that most men and women today observe the customs and signs of Christmas, however commercial they may be for them. It absolutely defies logic, and mystifies me. And it seems incredibly sad.
They ought not to -- and they certainly seem to ultimatly do it to their detriment. It's like a drunken Friday; they go out, they spend, they lose their heads, they end up with a mix of longing for something that is gradually slipping through their fingers, and then they seem to end with nothing but incredible pain, and a wrecked body, mind, and soul.
And it seems to me that for them, neither ceasing nor carrying on is a real option. Because they have none. It will always be empty without it, and it will always be empty with. And if, for a moment, so many of those lost in the mad frenzy of their party stop, and look at themselves, they find something so horrible and a revulsion so powerful that the only way to respond is to continue dancing the ridiculous, irrational dance.
They will keep on observing the signs lifelessly, drowning, and then one way or another, some day, they will realize why.
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John and I had the most jam-packed liturgical Easter ever this year, with some sort of liturgy every night from Wednesday through the Sunday, and from all three of the great branches of Christianity.
But I got to thinking...how do the secularist majority in our culture celebrate Easter? If they have kids, they buy Easter baskets and candy, and new dress spring outfits. And where do they have the kids wear those beautiful dresses since they don't go to church? I really wonder the answer.
But what about all those secularists who don't have kids, or kids young enough to appreciate Easter baskets? What is Easter to them? Brunch at the club?
No wonder Super Bowl and Halloween are becoming America's favorite holidays.
It's funny, I was just thinking about this. Excellent point. We need to take full posession of these holidays as holy days; Christians can't float in a neutral zone.
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