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In reply to the discussion: Progressive Christians, what do you tell your children Easter is about? [View all]hedgehog
(36,286 posts)27. If one believes that Jesus was both God and Man, why balk at teachings such as the Virgin Birth
or literal Resurrection? We toss the word "god" around so often, we never stop to consider what we are referring to. Let us step back and look at our natural world one moment - Where does space end? Does it end? Is there something outside space? Before the Big Bang, did space exist?
Now - time began for a reason. We are used to thinking of God the Father as this:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Cima_da_Conegliano,_God_the_Father.jpg/300px-Cima_da_Conegliano,_God_the_Father.jpg
Maybe we should try thinking of something more like this:
Now, if something like that exists before Time, and that something loves us......
Personally, this is my image of God the Father:
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Progressive Christians, what do you tell your children Easter is about? [View all]
cleanhippie
Mar 2013
OP
While I agree, I'm curious as to just what you will tell them the meaning is.
cleanhippie
Mar 2013
#7
Well I have no children but my sister does and she asks me to teach the kids religion.
hrmjustin
Mar 2013
#4
But to be honest I tend to stress how Jesus would want us to treat one another.
hrmjustin
Mar 2013
#14
Sounds like a difficult task, considering how many Christians in this country act
cleanhippie
Mar 2013
#15
Oh thank you! It just poured out as I typed. I like the person I responded to so I felt at
hrmjustin
May 2013
#34
When we talk about it, we talk about it as Easter being a rememberance of the time
woodsprite
Mar 2013
#6
No longer a 'Christian' but I tell them that it is about the Resurrection of the Body of the Christ.
grantcart
Mar 2013
#11
That's pretty much the approach I plan to take when my daughter starts asking about religion.
cleanhippie
Mar 2013
#21
If one believes that Jesus was both God and Man, why balk at teachings such as the Virgin Birth
hedgehog
May 2013
#27
Allegory about renewal, I guess. And the historical connection with seasonal change.
pinto
May 2013
#29
I tell them the story, emphasizing the message that God is with us, even when things seem hopeless.
Burbankteacher
Apr 2015
#37