the resurrection of the bunny king

so today is "easter." the day that christians believe that jesus broke through the bounds of death, stole the keys of death from satan and was resurrected once again. this may very well be true. i do not know, for i was not there and cannot dispute it. so as it stands, this story will be considered true.

however, my issue is not with easter (or christmas even) although i do not celebrate either. my issue is with people believing that it is remotely okay to put love in a box...i hear alot of people say "god is love." i hear songs, i see bumber stickers; hell, i used to say and believe such a thing myself. but i have come to realize that believing such a thing is detrimental to our over all spiritual well being. i prefer the phrase "love is god." saying it this way makes LOVE itself boundless.

LOVE. IS. GOD.

this means that ANY and EVERY act or display or thought or feeling of love IS GOD. anything done out of love i.e. hugs, gift giving, good thoughts, positive energy, etc. IS GOD. when you help an old lady cross the street that IS GOD. when you share yourself intimately with a friend or loved one that IS GOD. LOVE is god.

when you say "god is love" that to me seems to put a cap on it. or a box, if you will. it makes "god" the focus and love his/her/its action seem like an after thought. it makes love second to the entity of "god" which to me defeats the entire purpose of love itself. love just is. love always will be and always has been. LOVE. IS. GOD. not the other way around.

so back to the resurrection of the bunny king. i believe that jesus came here for a purpose as we all do. although i cannot say that i believe he died in order to shoulder the entire weight of sin for every man, woman and child born and unborn. i believe that the life he lived (the life that was reported to us) seems like an amazing example of how to live and die with the mantra of LOVE. IS. GOD. every act reported about him seemed to be of love, compassion, and justice which are all highly commended traits; worthy of emulation. he seemed to be an extremely honorable and honest man; also commendable traits.

but believing that he is solely responsible for whether I (who can make my own decisions, think my own thoughts, believe my own beliefs) make it into "heaven" or not is totally preposterous. he was responsible for himself as we all are. of course we are influenced by family, friends, schooling, etc but we have free will. we are capable of deciding for ourselves how we want to live and for the most part die. trying to tell me that i was born into a world where my fate, path and/or destiny is already decided for me, is offensive to me. i make myself. and no one else. to tell me that someone died for me (when i did not ask them to, first off) and if i do not chose to believe that, then i will spend an entire forever in hell is also offensive to me. i am free and i love freely and if that doesnt get me into heaven, then i DO NOT WANT TO GO.

i will not live within the bounds of a guilt trip. so give me the candy or go away.

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