First, Jesus rose on the third day. He was crucified and entombed on Friday (Good Friday, specifically). Isn't the third day from Friday Monday? He was crucified by the Romans. If you listen to white supremacists, he was killed by the Jews. In either case, the Roman Empire's accomplishments with science and architecture and the Jews mastery of banking indicate enough of an understanding of math to be able to count to three, by either party.
Second, if Jesus rose from the dead, doesn't that make him a zombie? Can I start a religion devoted to the extras of George Romero's 'Night of the Living Dead"? Oddly enough, the most feared figure of the undead is vulnerable to the symbol of the most popular undead figure (vampires weakness to the crucifix).
Finally, I am not a christian (in part) because of Judas. It's not because of him; it is because of christian's treatment of him. Peter fulfilled Jesus' prediction that Peter would deny him three times, and Peter was the first pope. Without Judas' fulfillment of Jesus' prediction of Judas' betrayal, Jesus wouldn't have been captured by the Romans and crucified (read by white supremacists as: killed by the Jews). Judas was doing god's work and deserves to be a saint, more so than Thomas, who doubted that Jesus rose from the grave. Maybe Thomas could count to three, and that was why he was in doubt.
If the Catholic church wants me back, make Judas a saint; then we can talk about the child rape. And to the American christian evangelical right, unless you are Roman Catholic, you are not real christians. You are a bunch of pick and choose christians, just like you are pick an choose Americans. You pick and choose what parts of the bible and the constitution you like and disregard the rest.
Sorry about that last jab, but if they are really christians, then they will forgive me.
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