I've been doing quite a bit of religion bashing lately, but today is Easter Sunday, and I think it's appropriate to take a break and post something uplifting instead.

Haha! Psych! As if I have ever posted anything uplifting.... When I first saw that video on my friend Princess' site a month ago, I knew I had to post it here on Easter Sunday.

Oops, sorry. The pastor at the church I go to said this morning that we shouldn't say "Easter" because the term has pagan origins. Pagans bad! He called it "Resurrection Sunday" instead. Hmm... "Resurrection Bunny" doesn't sound right to me, but... whatever. The topic of his sermon was, of course, the resurrection of Jesus. Wow, what a surprise. Pastors are so predictable.

As expected, the guy was more full of shit today than usual. I can tolerate his usual drivel about how Christians should live their lives, but today, he claimed that "the resurrection of Jesus is one of the most well-documented events in history." Of course, he didn't show or even mention any actual documents. He just said that a famous and respected legal scholar said so, so it must be true.

I'm amazed at how a man can tell an outright lie in front of thousands of people without anyone calling him on his bullshit. Well documented? Not even close. The Bible doesn't count--if you call it a historical document, you might as well call The Blair Witch Project a documentary. The only independent historical document that mentions the resurrection of Jesus is Testimonium Flavianum by the Jewish historian Josephus. That's about all the "historical proof" you can get. Unfortunately, even Christian Bible scholars admit that parts of the passage were probably embellished and amended by Christian scribes. What? Christians making stuff up? No way.

The pastor then said that "if Jesus did not rise from the dead, the whole of Christianity is a lie." Wow, he finally said something that makes sense. Good boy.