Easter offers an extremely relevant anti-tyrannical political message | Opinion

Sacramento Bee ^ | April 19, 2025 | By Andrew Fiala

[artichokegrower]

For Christians, Easter is ultimately about the empty tomb and its promise of resurrection. But before the resurrection, there was the cross, which was widely views as a symbol of a terrifying system of imperial tyranny, a frequent instrument for executions during the Roman empire. Setting aside the miracles and the metaphysics, Easter offers an anti-tyrannical political message.

[artichokegrower]

Such a system would be similar to that which is found in our own beleaguered constitutional system. The American Constitution guarantees freedom of religion, speech and the press, along with the right to assemble and petition.

Unless you are Jewish on an American college campus

[Steve_Seattle]

"Setting aside the miracles and the metaphysics . . . "

On other words, setting aside the actual significance of the day, let's politicize it.

[Da Coyote]

After reading this, you should fully realize why journalism majors are ONLY journalism majors. It’s all they can do (which is not very much).

[No name given]

Or a conservative for that matter.

[BipolarBob]

Tyrannical as in mandating experimental shots NOT proven safe not effective? Requiring masks even though you have natural immunity and are not showing signs of infection. Tyrannical as putting arrows on aisles for shoppers to follow like a robot?

[No name given]

And use it to whine about the election results.

[Regulator]

Well, they can aspire to be Education majors but even that can be a big step up for them.

[SaveFerris]

(Andrew Fiala)

https://andrewfiala.com/tag/lgbtq/

Tag: LGBTQ

Consider the controversy about an LGBTQ pride club at Fresno Pacific University. Fresno Pacific is a Christian school. It denied an application for a student pride club. The university president, Joseph Jones, explained that establishing a pride club “was not consistent with the Confession of Faith of the university.”

[chajin]

At least it isn’t as bad as trying to make our Lord’s resurrection into TRANSGENDER VISIBILITY DAY.

[SaveFerris]

Gee, what a surprise..../s - the agenda, by any means necessary - ALWAYS

[SaveFerris]

See posts 8 and 10

[artichokegrower]

That’s tomorrow

San Francisco’s favorite drag nuns, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, are back for their fabulously fun Easter celebration. on Sunday, April 20. Celebrity guest emcee Honey Mahogany will officiate an amazing celebration that includes a children’s Easter egg hunt and more activities from 10:30-11:00 am, followed by a series of contests from 12-4 pm, including the Foxy Mary contest, the Easter Bonnet contest, and the highly-anticipated Hunky Jesus contest.

This is the 46th annual Sisters’ Easter celebration, with this year’s theme “No Easter without the T.” Emcee Honey Mahogany will host the festivities alongside Sister Roma, Alex U Inn, and more. Embracing this year’s theme, the event will include transgender and gender-nonconforming performers such as trans opera star Breanna Elyse Sinclair, The Momma’s Boyz featuring Ariel B. and Lambert, and Pansy

https://secretsanfrancisco.com/sisters-easter-sf/

[hanamizu]

After wasting a few minutes reading the article, I have a few questions. Is Trump Judas, a money-grubbing thief or Herod Antipas, or Pontius Pilate or is he all three? And who is Jesus in this screed? The ACLU for defending MS-13 illegals, Senator Van Hollen who visits them, or could it be Abrego Garcia himself?

[blackdog]

Mixing religion and politics is the same as mixing ice cream and manure. One is ruined and the other still tastes awful.

[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

--- "Tag: LGBTQ"

SaveFerris -- First a complaint. You beat me to it, sir! I was looking through his "work" and found gay and Democrat oozing out of it. So my complaint is a big compliment.

Second, another Freeper, blackdog, commented with "Mixing religion and politics is the same as mixing ice cream and manure. One is ruined and the other still tastes awful."

It is a fine thing that so many look behind the curtain while MSM and the Democrats try to pull the wool over so many eyes. The Fresno Bee soils itself with Fiala's malarkey.

[Luke21]

“San Francisco’s favorite drag nuns, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, are back for their fabulously fun Easter celebration.”

Are they going to a Dodger game this year?

[SaveFerris]

(San Francisco’s favorite drag nuns, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, are back for their fabulously fun Easter celebration. on Sunday, April 20)

fwdude really showed last year's abomination with significant pictures

(TRANSGENDER)

DELUSIONAL - NO SUCH THING EXISTS
ANYWHERE ON PLANET EARTH 🌍🌎🌏

Satan used Democrat Barack Hussein Obama and
Democrat Joe Biden to deceive many

HOW could so many idiots believe in DEMOCRAT
Manchurian Candidate Barack Hussein Obama?

HAS to be the spirit of antichrist

DEMOCRAT JOE BIDEN and DEMOCRAT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA
ARE UNREPENTANT GODLESS REPROBATES PREACHING SATAN'S LIES
FROM THE 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 FIERY PITS OF ETERNAL HELL 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

DEMOCRATS prove every single day of the week that they
are at War with
Reality, Biology and Almighty God

All according to SATAN'S plan.

Rainbow White House happened on June 26, 2015



Do NO harm, Christians, but reject this Godless Reprobate Agenda.
(For the thread)

[SaveFerris]

(First a complaint. You beat me to it, sir! I was looking through his "work" and found gay and Democrat oozing out of it. So my complaint is a big compliment.)

Thank you. ☺️☺️☺️

We have to stay vigilant because they're working all of the time to take Society down the path of Sodom and Gomorrah.

So it's GOOD that so many are staying vigilant. God bless

It's yet another Ominous Sign
regarding the spiritual state
of the Entire World 🌍🌏🌎

Isaiah 3:9

[NativeSon]

Is it another article by a Christian hating leftist, explaining Chritianity to Christians?

[Fledermaus]

They are wrong. The Constitution doesn’t guarantee those rights but only protect them.

Rights come from GOD.