easter lamb
lamb is the traditional choice for easter dinner, and i’m all about tradition (despite the whole atheism thing). mostly because i happen to love lamb. also, perse balked at my suggestion of serving rabbit, stuffed with hard-boiled eggs. when you think about it though, why is lamb traditional? well, jesus was the lamb of god, so naturally when celebrating the merging of his ressurection with that of pagan fertility rites and various other spring ressurection myths, it makes sense to symbolically eat jesus. because, as with the whole communion thing, christianity is all about cannibalism.Â
March 25th, 2008 at 10:26 am
You can’t eat the Easter Bunny. Too wrong.
March 25th, 2008 at 10:46 am
And he doesn’t even lay the eggs, just delivers them. That stuffing is just spiteful.
We went vegetarian this year (roasted veggie lasagna and a big ole cheese plate). I don’t know what it signifies, but we still managed to observe the important traditions. Which is to say, we all got drunk.
March 25th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
hey, the cadbury bunny lays eggs. but i don’t think chocolate and creamed sugar would hold up to roasting so well.
good to know some traditions are celebrated by all. the rest of my fam went to church on the beach in RI at the crack of dawn, had the kids hunt for hidden eggs, then had the adults hunt for hidden beers. cause that’s what jesus would have wanted.
March 26th, 2008 at 9:04 am
Well, there’s that whole story about turning the water into wine. I can take a hint.
April 1st, 2008 at 10:51 am
Perhaps the lamb/theology conundrum could be solved with Indian food?
April 2nd, 2008 at 5:05 pm
but i like lamb. and i’m an atheist anyway.