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Bees, Crucifixion, and Self-flagellation: Happy Easter from Little Images!

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Greetings everyone!

Joe at Little Images here wishing everyone a Happy Easter.

We’re excited for what God’s doing with our ministry, and we’re looking forward to a busy spring and summer ahead of us.

We hope you get to spend the holiday weekend with your loved ones.

On another note, if you enjoy satire and haven’t seen The Babylon Bee yet, you should check them out. Finally, there’s a high-quality satire site for Christians. And their latest article, published for Good Friday, really hit home with me. You should check it out:

“Jesus Thinking Those Guys In The Philippines Are Sort Of Missing The Point”

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A participant of Maleldo gets ‘crucified’ Photo courtesy of The Babylon Bee.

It’s in reference to the Filipino tradition of Maleldo, in which devout participants re-enact the crucifixion of Christ. Don’t worry – nobody dies. But they do draw blood, whip themselves, rip themselves open crawling on pavement, and practice other brutal self-inflicted injuries, which they believe demonstrates their sincerity of faith.

Sounds crazy, right?

It often takes an objective look at a cultural tradition to see the inherent harm in a practice.

The big finish for the article said this:

“I endured all that whipping and scourging and beating and everything, leading up to my agonizing crucifixion, you know, so my followers would not have to go through all that,” sources quote Jesus as saying. “I suffered in their place—that was kind of the whole thing. I’m thinking it went over their heads.”

In other words, Christ fulfilled the law so that we wouldn’t have to.

Need I point out that this includes circumcision?

Wouldn’t He say the same thing about American Christians cutting their babies that He ‘says’ about Maleldo in this article?

Food for thought.

Don’t get in any fistfights about it over the Easter Ham, though. 😉

Joe
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  2. Joe, Thanks so much for posting this. I’ve felt somewhat saddened today by some of the ugly “anti-religion” posts going on elsewhere. I’m so glad to have other intactivists here who fully support that one can actually be a Christian and also oppose circumcision. Keep up the good work. – Rosemary

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