Do not say "Happy Passover" without "Happy Resurrection"
I think Christians should not say "Happy Passover" without "and Happy Resurrection".
It amazes me how many call themselves Christian, celebrate the Passover (of a prophet Moses), but condemns the Easter celebration (of Christ's Resurrection, of God's Son himself)...... all due to the new age conspiracy theory disinformation of using the name Ishtar to discredit Christianity.
Really, just because it was named after Ishtar and celebrated with pagan Ishtar-ish symbolism of eggs and rabbits all over the world, does not mean the actual easter (Resurrection) celebration itself is impure and ungodly. Jesus himself requests to be remembered through the eucharist. Jesus himself passed down the blessings to his disciples, who spreaded the gospel into the Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches.
Just because there are dirty crooks in the Church system, does not mean the doctrins and actual documentation are non valid. Thus why Our Lady, the Church herself, often come to communicate the truth, to remind us, that the crooks are still inside, but she the church is still pure.
Due to love, Holy Mother drinks the dirty water. The water is impure, but she is still pure, it is the job of the other water inside her to help purify her system.
Btw, I do not mind celebrating easter with eggs, it symbolises birth, our new life of faith.
As for Judas Iscariot, I would guess he is already in heaven, maybe he had spent some time in purgatory, but he was not without God's graces. Jesus did bless him and love him. It was with Jesus' permission and God's will that he became the traitor, so that the scripture could be fulfilled. He was God's instrument too. This does NOT mean it is okay for us to betray God or sinning the way he did, because he did it all completely by God's will, not just his, DURING Jesus' time as human.
Yes, he is a symbol of sinning human, just like Pilate was, but so are we all sinners too! Don't tell me you have never sinned in your life.
