Resurrection Sunday

Life is a beautiful struggle once said Talib Kweli, a phenomenal inspiring rapper from the new city of York. And he is show white (aka “so right” with some teeth missing). Me, myself, personally, I often wonder about why I have these constant, internal debates about the many subjects of life. Why do I hate flip-floppers and hypocrites when I myself grew to appreciate a change in opinion? And why do I preach change and revolution, when I hate updating my outdated way of life?

I have come to the conclusion that I am either insane or normal. For real-io, struggle is necessary. Actually its more of a necessary evil, but aren’t all evils necessary? (Quick answer, no!)

Anyway, struggling with oneself is the beginning of change. And we all know change is good. Because change leads to improvement.

I mean, can you imagine the person who is not capable of improvement? What perfect person must he/she/hermaphrodite be? This specimen, who obviously has it all figured out, like many narcissistic ass holes claim, MUST have nothing left to learn. And if that were really true, they should kill themselves. . . But if you know narcissists like I know narcissists, and I know #HellaNarcissists, they love themselves WAY too much to even consider the thought of self-infliction. However, I digress.

Sitting in Church on Resurrection Sunday (or to the non-believers Easter aka Peter Cottontail’s Annual Visit aka Get Chocolate and Peeps for Hallmark Purposes and No Other Reason Day), I have had the opportunity to reflect. One thing Christianity claims is the belief that we have the only eternal-living Messiah, aka our God can not die. This is emphasized on Resurrection Sunday when the human-form of God, which is also his Son (I know confusing), is killed and then returns in 3 days.

However, to the dismay of many Christians, this is not true. The idea of a dying/resurrecting/reincarnating God is prevalent in religions as old as ancient (yes I did just say that).

Example #1:  Persephone from Ancient Greece. She was the daughter of Zeus, abducted by Hades, and eventually became his wife (So yeah, Hades married his niece, which makes him a #perv). She dies and goes to Hell every year, but returns to bring fruit to the world.

Example #2:Ishtar is a Babylonian goddess, who was worshiped in northern Mesopotamia. She is associated with sex. So this chick threatens the Underworld’s gatekeeper to let her in. When she descends into the depths of hell, all sexual activity on Earth stops. The Gods decide that this is bad (thank you Gods) and forces her to leave. So her and her sister are on this rotation of who gets to be in Hell. Essentially, if you aren’t getting laid, Ishtar is in hell.

Example #3: Osiris from Ancient Egypt. The God of the afterlife, or King of the Living, or Merciful Judge, this dude was killed by his brother (like Mufasa and Scar) because his brother wanted his throne (like Mufasa and Scar #ToldYou). His wife puts him back together (Down Ass Chick) in enough time to get pregnant (he obviously got that good good) and then he dies again. His son is considered the reincarnation of the father (sound familiar?).

Anyway, some psychoanalyst, Carl Jung, suggested that resurrected pagan gods who preceded Christ were a foreshadowing of Christ’s death. And you may disagree but I find this interesting and compelling to debate. Either these pagan deities were a prediction that came true in the form of Jesus OR Christians have stole this concept and inserted it into Christianity.

Tick, tick, tick, BOOM! Mind blown!