Folks, I just want to tip my hat to all the wonderful entries.

Wow! I almost died laughing at the end! Albeit, thank you!

Perhaps I was too presumptuous in saying that. I'm sorry if I offended you. I am arrogant sometimes, but I strive to get rid of that sin.

Easter is a time of rejoicing, not of argument. I'm sorry, I guess I got carried away. I would enjoy discussing this with you more, if you like, maybe by PM. Happy Easter, everyone. The Lord is Risen!

GoldRock, I know that it's not only Christians who respect Jesus. Many people respect Him. It's the people who accept His love and love Him in return, who receive the Holy Spirit and are cleansed; those are the ones that are saved. The human race is diverse, yes, but God didn't create it just for the purpose of diversity. He created us so that we would love and serve Him. We sinned, however, and broke the covenant with Him. I'm not trying to have an argument, but I won't remain silent when God's name is being blasphemed.

Look monkeyburn, the fact is, you aren't a Christian, and as such you haven't the foggiest who Jesus is and what he became Incarnate for. You are in no way doing justice to our Lord and Savior by saying that he's a very good man (it doesn't matter how many verys). If you read the Bible, Jesus said, in Matthew 10:35, "For I have come to turn a man against his Father, and a daughter against her mother." What he was saying here was that people would separate from their family and friends to follow him. I'm pretty revolted by your statement that the "real Jesus was about bringing people together." NO. Those are the words of an unbeliever who doesn't want to be a complete atheist, yet still cannot acknowledge Jesus. You are obviously selecting certain words of His that most benefit you and your worldview, while leaving out those you don't like so much. Jesus came to SAVE SINNERS. You are a sinner. I'm a sinner. He took upon himself the burden of God's wrath against the whole human race, which no other man or creature could do. He died so that we might die with him to our sins, and live a new and godly life. Jesus said, "No one comes to the Father except through me." Unless you accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, there's nothing you can say, nothing you can do, that will suffice. As to your statement that what you said was for "all people," well, what I just said was for "all people" too. I'm not trying to fit in, I'm not trying to coexist. I'm trying to fulfill the mandate that Christ gave in the Great Commission (Matthew 28:19), "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations." This forum is as good a place for evangelism as anywhere else. btw--you should watch the movie "The Passion." Even though it cannot come close to portraying all the suffering of Christ, it gives a glimpse of what it was like.

Thank you, loktinho. btw I went (well actually I served) at the most beautiful Easter Vigil last night. I could have died and gone to heaven right there.

uh....we might as well make a fan club for every member here xD. But as I've said before, Swag has some serious $$wagg going.

wow! fantastic! I've always meant to find the total value of my garage, but never got around to it. Thanks for encouraging my laziness xD No but seriously, it's great!

I'm sorry. Jesus was not just a "very good man." He is the Son of the Living God, and he was not murdered, he was sacrificed willingly for our sins. At Easter, we celebrate His Passion, Death, Resurrection, and Ascension.

I see by the lack of responses that either no one knows, or no one wants to admit what it's really about.

Sorry, I'm a Neo-Deconstructivist by nature, so I can't take this poll.

YAY! rail and wasp, my all-time favorites!

four-four-one

What do you believe Easter is about?

Yimmel al Kintar

Player SwagBoy11 has been banned for using bold in his text, Points 5.3, 5.7

My photo of the day:

*sigh* this is pretty easy. 1) Simplify within the parentheses: 4 x 3(-23)45 + 4 2) Multiply: -12420 +4 3) Add: -12416

If you don't study math now, you'll end up like Cheap_Plastic_Flower! xD

btw what calculators does everyone use? I'm in Calc 3, so I use the TI-89 Titanium w/ differentials software.

If you use a calculator, use the pi button. If not, the accepted approximation is 3.14.