I don’t like things that don’t make sense. Or, confusion…the blending of things together that don’t actually relate. It seems the Christ story has blended with pagan fertility goddess stories (hence the eggs and bunnies.)

But, sometimes two things can go together and something completely new is born. Or, three things.

Like today, I figured if I am living in the “The Buckle of the Bible Belt” as one neighbor informed me, I better see what Thomas Road Baptist Church is all about. There is a strange relationship between the pagan goddess festivals of ancient times and Christian Resurrection story celebrated today.

Ancient cultures celebrated figures like Isshtar, Diana, and Isis. Female goddesses gave life, people believed, as Ra the Sun God gave life to Egyptians, their stories told. So, people seek their origins to give meaning to their lives.

I confess I am a bit of a prude when it comes to ancient forms of worship. I am blushing just thinking about them. Imagine a Beyonce or Miley Cyrus concert, only the priestesses are wearing even less clothes (if that’s possible.)

It’s hard to imagine there’s a ‘god’ that thrives on twirking. But, apparently twirking as ancient origins, too.

Thomas Road Baptist Church is like a sport complex, Chick-fil-A, and a really loud concert – all blended into one. ‘How worship evolves in modern times, I guess. Perhaps an Ai Jesus might appear? That will be weird. How can we tell the Real Jesus from the Ai one🤔

I liked the story, though. And, it was impressive to see thousands of people moving in and out of the sanctuary with Chick-fil-A like efficiency.