All the sinners, saints
Easter just passed, not too long ago.
While I’m now a devout atheist, you’d probably be surprised to know I was once deeply religious.
Interestingly, it was my repeated reading of the bible that really started me onto the path of being an atheist.
It’s not so much alla the insanely fucked up things the bible does and says, so much as the inconsistencies and repeated illogical situations that make me no believe.
But that’s neither here nor there.
On the topic of Easter, the story goes that Pilate didn’t kill Jesus, despite being the highest legal authority in the area.
Rather, he merely stepped aside so others could do it and he could have clean hands, literally, as he washed his hands of the entire affair (Matthew 27:24).
The best interpretation of this event, IMHO, comes from my fave Rolling Stones song, Sympathy for the Devil – I’ve mentioned it here more than once.
There’s a line that goes:
I was ’round when Jesus Christ
Had his moment of doubt and pain
Made damn sure that Pilate
Washed his hands and sealed his fate
Strictly speaking, it’s unclear whose fate was sealed by this action:
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- Yes, Pilate sealed Jesus’s fate by not doing anything; he effectively made it so that the mob was able to have Jesus killed for standing up to the wealthy class.
- But Pilate also sealed his own fate as well, once he let an innocent man die for doing the right thing, he was forever damned. Because he knew he was letting an innocent man die and no amount of hand washing could clean his hands of the stain.
The wealthiest in America are on track to kill off:
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- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion – these are somehow bad things and bad words now.
- USAID
- Medicaid
- Social Security
- Education
- etc.
And, it seems, we’ve sealed their fates, the fates of hundreds of thousands of people – and our own – by doing nothing.
Every time I think I can’t be any more disappointed in the world, I’m proven wrong yet again.
Location: Home Depot, picking up bullnose tiles
Mood: disappointed
Music: after all it was you and me (Spotify)
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