03-26-2016, 08:19 PM
(03-26-2016, 07:41 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Well, being raised a Catholic Christian, Easter is the holiest day of the year. Even though I haven't been a strong practitioner of my religion in years, I still give this holiday its just and due reverence, out of respect for all of those devout followers.
I am not surprised by this response, and many might say almost the exact same thing. It just isn't my experience because 1) I was never convinced of the primacy of Easter - there are lots of other holidays that seemed important too, and 2) since like you I don't practice the religion I was raised in I have even less strong feelings about Easter and don't see not "giving it reverence" as disrespecting devout followers. Whatever the holiest of Jewish and Muslim holidays are, I don't "give them reverence" either and it doesn't mean I don't respect Jews and Muslims, it just means it is just another day on the calendar to me.
Thanks for sharing your perspective on it.
JOHN ROBERTS: From time to time in the years to come, I hope you will be treated unfairly so that you will come to know the value of justice... I wish you bad luck, again, from time to time so that you will be conscious of the role of chance in life and understand that your success is not completely deserved and that the failure of others is not completely deserved either.
