Resurrection and the Life...Tres Existential

If you see a rabbit laying little brown eggs, don't eat them... they aren't chocolate Antoinette!

Well ladies and gentlemen, now that the Easter eggs have been hunted🐰, the Seder has been eaten🐑, and The Man has risen🙏 it's a good time to take an accounting. By the way, Lent has also ended and for those of you foolish enough to have given up drinking it's time for you to get back on the sauce🍸. This past week marks the holiest combined week of the religions that fostered Western Civilization⛪, science, culture, individual freedom, capitalism💵, watchable sports🏈🏀⚾️🏒🥊👙, wine🍷, beer🍺, whiskey🍹, HDTV🖥, air conditioning, the V-8 engine🏎, astronauts👨‍🚀, action movies, Cowboys🤠, The Boss, The Stones, centerfolds etc., etc. It also produced a couple writers you've probably heard of... wordsmith Bill Shakespeare who was existentially "To Be" this week in 1564, and Not to Be the same day in 1616. This week also marks the initial publication of Charles Dickens', "A Tale of Two Cities"🗼🌁 which famously marked another existential moment when he said "it was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness... it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness," which of course could be seen as an apt description of the current state of affairs. Now of course you can give a thumbs up or a thumbs down to the philosophy of existentialism, because hey, afterall it's about individual freedom and choice man and "you know, that's just like your opinion man." Just ask the Dude if you don't believe me😎. But existentialism also is the idea that the meaning of life can't be found in Monty Python skits🙈🙉🙊, but rather in making rational decisions in an irrational world🌍. Unfortunately, the irrational and what you can call the opposite of existentialist, the nihilists, seem to be winning at times... and if this doesn't give you pause to think, a hankering for a Gauloise🚬, and a big thirst for drink 🍺then I don't know what will. Je pense donc je suis!🤔 If you read my blog last week you know the theme was the amount of disasters that have historically occurred that week, and little did I know that two more would be added to the list. Of course I also said that Western civilization has given all of us, believer and non believer the desire and ability to make increasingly rational decisions to better our lives, and then Judeo-Christian beliefs gave us the faith and optimism to work towards a better life ahead. A resurrection of our spirits if you will. 

Of course tragically last Monday, Notre Dame, the heart of Paris and heartbeat of French history was very nearly destroyed by fire. But out of the ashes of despair, resolve took over, and the collective will of citizens rich and poor vowed to rebuild asap. Then the irrational clamored for attention. "What about____?" Fill in the blank with whatever cause you want... but this has nothing to do with the gap between rich and poor, taxing policies, secular vs the faithful or, believe it or not, climate change.🏜 It's about restoring hope, raising the human spirit, and uplifting the disheartened. It isn't just a building, it's a church⛪...a symbol of hope, a work of beauty, and an opportunity for Resurrection open to all. Hey, irrationals... nihilism is no way to live its just death before death. I recommend having a seance and try to communicate with the perpetrators of last week's other tragedy👹👎... the Islamic terrorist bombing of churches in Sri Lanka on Easter😢. Because the only virgins they'll get the pleasure of is 72 satanic horny goats🐐😂. In fact, new translations of the text suggest the reward for martyrdom was cool white raisins🥂 (white wine? ) not doe eyed virgins. Oops! And ouch! Besides, what if the suicide bomber is a female... is a virgin Male worth blowing yourself apart for 2 seconds of his pleasure? 🤔😉I would think not...word of advice...get laid 72 times on earth first, hold yourself together, preach peace, practice peace like we all should, and start drinking... just give pinot a chance🍷... it will resurrect your spirits with spirits.😀 And for nihilists and others who reject the benefits of our Civilization in speech while benefiting from it in life...take your hypocritical nonsense and go save Somalia. #ilhanMN. Nowhere in the world are religious practitioners of any faith safer than in a Judeo-Christian culture and no one does more for the poor, the sick and the downtrodden than the church. They don't expect praise, they don't spend most of the donations on admin costs, they don't pay themselves fortune 500 salaries like the Red Cross, and the money just doesn't disappear like your tax dollars down the Easter Bunny hole. I think we see the right way now...what would Jesus do? And when would Jesus Jones sing about it? 

Right here, right now
there is no other place I want to be
Right here, right now
watching the world wake up from history

I saw the decade in, when it seemed 
the world could change at the blink of an eye
And if anything
then there's your sign of the times

I was alive and I waited, waited
I was alive and I waited for this

Right here, right now